From Juneteenth and West Virginia Day to Pride Month, summer is all about celebrating. And since we celebrate America’s birthday this month, the publisher is offering 20% off all books and e-books on wvupressonline.com in July.
Here are three suggestions to get you started:
If you’re into beach novels, check out Slime Line by Jake Maynard, which transports you to an Alaskan salmon processing plant where antihero Garrett Deaver tries to forge a new identity as a model employee at Klak Fancy Salmon LLC—if his former life doesn’t catch up with him.
“Roxy and Coco,” which was featured in a spring New York Times book review, is about two glamorous harpies – mythical bird women – who try to escape extinction and Interpol while saving the planet by protecting children from their tormentors. In the climactic scene, Roxy and Coco are seen at a gala for egg lovers when chaos erupts.
If fiction isn’t your thing but you still want something light, try Utter, Earth: Advice on Living in a More-than-Human World by Isaac Yuen. Written in the format of an advice column, these short literary essays are bursting with wonder and appreciation. The appendix includes short entries on each creature mentioned in the text, such as a little penguin that “excretes glitter from the silver scales of the fish it eats. Nature, so magical.”
And don’t forget that your printed book won’t overheat and break if you leave it on the sand while you take a quick dip in the ocean, unlike some other reading devices.
Explore wvupressonline.com for more opportunities. Use code SUMMER24 to get your discount all month long.
