Kirkus Reviews are in for Spring 2024 Books!

Sibylline Press is pleased to announce the following Kirkus Reviews for our upcoming Spring 2024 titles.

Kirkus Reviews, a longstanding and trusted book review magazine, has reviewed all of our upcoming five Spring 2024 titles. The magazine reviews are distributed through their weekly newsletters and online bimonthly magazine issues, and are read by library and publishing professionals, and readers alike. We’re including them here as a sampler of the list which includes one memoir and four novels. All the books are available for pre-sale at bookshop.org or Amazon, as well as many other retailers.

Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival by Brigit Binns
Publication Date: March 5, 2024 (memoir)

Image of Rottenkid book cover, orange with Binns hiding behind a plate of foot sat on a red dining table.

 

 

“Binns’ self-aware and wry writing will interest readers who grew up with angry, self-involved parents. A grounded remembrance of an outwardly glittering Hollywood upbringing.” —Kirkus Reviews

Link to full review here.

 

 

 

1666: A Novel by Lora Chilton
Publication Date: April 2, 2024 (Historical Fiction)

Book cover for 1666 that has a Potawomeck woman staring ahead of her with her hair bowling in the breeze. Green plants cover the top portion of the cover where the title is.

 

 

“Packed with Indigenous culture and customs and sprinkled with tribal terminology, the narrative is vivid, magnetic, and chilling. A disturbing, absorbing, and valuable addition to the literature of cruelty inflicted upon Indigenous peoples.” —Kirkus Reviews

Link to full review here.

 

 

 

I Never Do This: A Novel by Anesa Miller
Publication Date: April 16, 2024 (Fiction)

Image of the book cover for I Never Do This that depicts a young woman covering her face with her arm and hand. There is a road and trees in the background.

 

“LaDene’s narration is full of personality and flair. Miller has crafted a compelling cast of characters, from LaDene’s churchgoing family to her fellow pregnant classmates at New Dawn Ministry to the overbearing faculty who ruthlessly rule the school. Everyone from casual readers to the staunchest of mystery fans will find something to enjoy in this quick—and quick-witted—read.” —Kirkus Reviews

Link to full review here.

 

 

The Goldie Standard by Simi Monheit — STARRED REVIEW!
Publication Date: May 7, 2024 (fiction)

Image of The Goldie Standard book cover that feature a cartoonish young woman on the phone and an older woman holding a book.

 

 

“Monheit’s sparkling prose poetically and humorously conveys the collision of romantic dreams with crotchety reality.  A hilarious saga of family renewal and last-chance romance that plucks the heartstrings.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Link to full review here. 

 

 

Bitterroot: A Novel by Suzy Vitello
Publication Date: May 21, 2024 (fiction)

An image of the Bitterroot book cover that features a view of sprawling green land on the top and a view of underground in the bottom half with long roots and a skull.

 

 

“Vitello’s crystalline prose elegantly captures the numbing grief that grips Hazel for much of the novel… memorable characters nimbly embody the larger cultural forces at war in contemporary America…A gripping and emotionally intelligent tale of resentment and loss.” —Kirkus Reviews

Link to full review here.