Nonfiction

Hot summer days, whether inside or on the beach, are the perfect opportunity to dig into some fresh reads. Lucky for you, southern independent booksellers have arranged and announced their Summer Okra Picks! The Okra Picks collect the best forthcoming fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books of the season. While each read carries its own flavor and perspective there are some things all these books share: they are Southern in nature, release sometime between July and September, and come highly recommended among Southern indie booksellers!

Bestselling author of Girl, Wash Your Face and Girl, Stop Apologizing and founder of TheChicSite.com, Rachel Hollis, has spent a year on the top of the bestseller's list with her first book and her second book has spent four weeks at number one! These have been huge sellers here at CHB as well and we are so looking forward to what Rachel has coming up next!

Do you ever suspect that everyone else has life figured out and you don't have a clue? If so, Rachel Hollis has something to tell you: that's a lie.

New book day is here!! So many great books! From Joanna Gaines' first picture book to comic style biographies all the way to the fact that we are getting ready for Mother's Day and Father's Day (head's up, moms and dads - what could be a better gift than having your kid read about book about how great moms and dads are??). Ah, Tuesday! The best day of the week!

Happy Tuesday! It's a book birthday for all of these beauties including the first in a new fantasy series by Kobe Bryant! Another big YA book is at the top of my personal list this week, Internment by Samira Ahmed, this is a dystopian look at a world that feels all too close in which Muslim people are forced into internment camps. There's also an ode to Spring and a trip to Mister Roger's Neighborhood... and have you seen this moon puzzle?