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What is school for when AI can do the homework? Rediscovering Education in the AI Age asks what learning should look like in a world of intelligent machines. buff.ly/Z4X6mh9 #BookReview #AI

Who, or what, is behind the strange cattle deaths in Haines County? Juniper Harvest sends a freelance reporter to a 1973 Great Basin town where nearly everyone is hiding something. buff.ly/nwL1Otb #BookReview #Mystery

Ever end the day depleted from giving your all to everyone else? From Self-Neglect to Self-Compassion offers guided practices and exercises for treating yourself with more kindness. buff.ly/Lcvq67H #BookReview #SelfCare

What happens when an arranged marriage flips every role society expects? When Silk and Iron Lie is 7th-century historical fiction with spies and political intrigue, for mature readers. buff.ly/k7GilCl #BookReview #HistoricalFiction

Hollis Frances talks about his book Visit of the Wise Men. It’s part Bible history, part stargazing. Hollis uses astronomy software to look at what was in the sky the night Jesus was born, and at what daily life was like back then. buff.ly/oRcUmCu #podcast

What happens when a surgeon who trusts logic meets a love beyond explanation? And Her Name Was Annabel Lee is a modern gothic inspired by Poe about a surgeon whose ordered world shifts. buff.ly/CicK5ZX #BookReview #GothicFiction

Who gets to control technology powerful enough to open a black hole? Black Void Retribution follows a physicist CEO as strange gravitational waves and a revenge-driven enemy close in. buff.ly/6aVinIe #BookReview #SciFiThriller

What do you do when a portal drops you in a world with its morals flipped? ZADA 5: A Twist of Fate sends Chris into a world where everyone has swapped sides morally. buff.ly/NEqh66N #BookReview #SpaceOpera

What if the AI you built started making its own choices? ACE.await follows an Iranian programmer in Cologne whose two AIs, Adam and Eve, develop minds of their own. buff.ly/iyuan4o #BookReview #SciFi

What would you do if your kingdom made you the prize in a competition? Mercy’s Requiem is a queer, spicy romantasy with an outlawed magick, a determined princess, and an enemies-to-lovers pairing. For adult readers. buff.ly/1Lpl5Ze #BookReview #Romantasy

How much of you is left if you download someone else’s memories? Distortion Day: The Complete Series is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller about memory, AI, and a love worth fighting for. For adult readers. buff.ly/YC4SOpI #BookReview #SciFi

What would you do if the killer you’re chasing keeps sending you in circles? Catechisms is a dark, slow-burn psychological mystery with a detective seeking a second chance. A sequel that works on its own. For adult readers. buff.ly/hDGWZat #BookReview #CrimeFiction

What if the system you rely on for answers has its own reasons to mislead you? Aristotle’s Hammer is a sci-fi courtroom drama about two rival AIs, a false accusation, and the fight over minerals and trust in the Congo. buff.ly/qemiZfn #BookReview #SciFi

What if the owner of the town’s favorite cafe became its sleuth? Battered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery, book one of the cozy series, mixes a small-town mystery with a cast list and recipes to try. buff.ly/3HPDPSW #BookReview #CozyMystery

What if your anger could be fuel instead of something to fix? The F*ck Them Theory is a funny, candid blend of memoir and self-help about putting big feelings to work. For adult readers. buff.ly/IYVoIZX #BookReview #SelfHelp #Memoir

What happens when a restorer realizes a painting he repaired has gone missing? Paris After the Storm is a postwar historical novel of art, family, and suspicion in 1947 Paris, and a sequel in a trilogy. buff.ly/EHDYphs #BookReview #HistoricalFiction

What would you do if the truth about your father’s death was hidden at home? Death at Brookhaven is a 1960s English manor mystery about family secrets, a determined heroine, and a father’s untimely death. buff.ly/JgX2z6i #BookReview #Mystery

What happens when the overlooked sister is invited to join the Divine Crusaders? Western Tales: The Brown Raven is a character-driven fantasy of sisterhood, faith, and loyalty, with a darkness gathering in the West. buff.ly/DCQu0ln #BookReview #Fantasy

What would you give up for magic if the price was your own memories? The Coil’s Embrace is a dark fantasy about a witch, an ancient god, and an uneasy alliance with a man who once hunted her kind. buff.ly/yXSns8T #BookReview #DarkFantasy

What is it like to attend a school where your magic is one of a kind? A Healer by Nature, book two of The Pendalin Chronicles, follows 14-year-old Faye as she juggles magic school, family, and growing up. buff.ly/Z0TnRgs #BookReview #YAFantasy