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The cover includes a quote from Sophie Gonzales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/96267324-7dc3-4fc3-8825-542f4c51e378/81scRkmWrlL.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover for "Winter's Orbit" by Everina Maxwell, featuring silhouettes of a man and a woman against a cosmic landscape with planets, stars, and a sunset. The title and author's name are prominently displayed, along with a quote from Martha Wells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/1c8f881c-15f8-462b-b9a3-5c8884b86886/9781250767424.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Cover of a book titled 'Smaller Sister' by Maggie Edkins Willis, showing two young girls on a porch with one excitedly gesturing, and the other looking annoyed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/b542dd0b-da4d-4105-9e71-c0b7a5b8260e/61q3NmCHaXL.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover for 'Make Up Break Up' by Lily Menon, featuring a blue background with pink broken hearts and title text in large white and black fonts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/4aa20a0b-e681-4ab1-9e5f-1f0580e5a615/91-ZmJNZitL.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover titled 'A Place to Stay: A Shelter Story' showing a woman with light brown hair and a purple shirt pushing a stroller with a young girl holding a stuffed animal rabbit. The girl has light brown hair with pink and blue hair clips, and the stroller is red and gray. The background shows trees, a building with windows, and a blue sky with floating toys and stars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/9a2b6780-9006-421e-bac4-a7cd6a8225a7/71ATJK3A0%2BS.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover titled "Must Love Books" by Shauna Robinson with illustrations of two people reading among floating books on an orange background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/11fd595c-9198-4722-9cc6-b6f7e3cd0559/9781250818478.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski A person wearing a green gas mask with large round eye lenses, dressed in dark clothing and gloves, is leaning over an old television set displaying a distorted green and yellow 'BERUCO'. The person is holding a briefcase, and the background is a dark, icy environment with metal bars on the side. The text on the image reads 'B.L. Radley', 'Strictly No' in large pink letters, and the television screen shows a distorted word 'BERUCO' in green and yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/1613580828666-WMJU20XAQI454QBTC4ON/Bringing+Up+Race+by+Uju+Asika.jpg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover for 'Bringing Up Race' by Uju Asika, with the title in yellow and green text on a black background, and a quote in red text at the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/54360378-cf30-41a7-b70e-724f53ea8d25/dancelikealeaf_gen_fc_rgb_1000px_72dpi_2.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Illustration of an older woman and a young girl dancing with colorful falling leaves around them. The title reads 'Dance like a Leaf' and the authors are AJ Irving and Claudia Navarro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/1613581067010-AQMRFH76VDMEW7J04UMA/Blue+Skinned+Gods+by+SJ+Sindu.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover titled 'Blue Skinned Gods' by SJ Sindu, featuring a stylized abstract face with blue and gold colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/13d0387f-ab74-4460-bfa8-1be557910c7d/9781948340083_FC.jpg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Illustration of diverse children and adults holding hands in a circle with colorful text that reads 'Intersection Allies: we make room for all', promoting inclusion and diversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/d0f1a6e6-fb39-46ee-a741-f52f58ca29a1/dinnerondomingos_genpb_fc_rgb_72dpi.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Illustration of a family preparing dinner together in a kitchen with the title 'Dinner on Domingos'. The family includes two parents, two children, and an older woman. They are cooking and setting food on the table, with various dishes and ingredients visible, along with a hanging plant overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/f4aa62f3-305b-4462-941d-83380937bbff/cb_final61931798823.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover of 'The Cacao Die Ride' by Ashleigh Bell Pedersen featuring an abstract, colorful illustration of a swirling, leafy green and purple design with the title and author's name in stylized text. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/ad150abf-b1d9-48fe-b295-7ae37ec0cf9b/PERMAFROST-1B_RGB.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover of 'Permafrost' by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches, featuring a side profile illustration of a woman with short dark hair, resting her chin on her hand, on a teal background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/6f8d3f65-8e4b-4deb-acaf-239268497bff/water_fc_rgb_1000px_72dpi.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Cover of the book titled 'Water: A Deep Dive of Discovery' with colorful underwater scene, including divers, fish, a turtle, an octopus, starfish, a whale, and coral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/c4a1fa01-3c76-44d5-923e-0487b5ca004d/712vu%2BzNXvL.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski A black and white photo of three punk rock individuals on a city street, with bold yellow and white text overlay promoting a book titled "I'M NOT HOLDING YOUR COAT" by Darcy Barile, featuring Ian MacKaye, with quotes and descriptions about punk rock rebellion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/5e05023d-3584-4921-9b78-5b89af0d6c1e/61faIz0IOML.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Abstract digital illustration of mountains with orange, brown, white, and red hues under a blue sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/b3337dff-b754-40e9-8d88-2af1b230d784/Pass-with-Care-Cooper-Lee-Bombardier-Cover-Small.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Close-up of a pocket knife with a folding blade and a curved tool, placed on a wooden surface. The book cover features the title "Pass With Care" and the author's name, Cooper Lee Bombardier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/5f458bf5-1dbb-428f-a42e-3b27aea0f909/9781948340267_FC.jpg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski A red spiral paper cup with a white rim, with a speech bubble saying 'send pics' and the author's name, Lauren McLaughlin, at the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/92c2d380-bdd5-4b76-af09-ed139495b452/81B8B-MA%2B5L.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover titled 'Tick-Tock: Essays on Becoming a Parent After 40,' featuring two large, overlapping fingerprint patterns in green and blue with a light green background, and text indicating the editors, Vicki Breitbart and Nan Bauer-Maglin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/c1ed458e-efff-4ce7-8831-dbec5409be26/amazingplaces_genhb_fc_rgb_1000px_72dpi.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Children's book cover titled "Amazing Places" by Miralda Colombo and Beatrice Cerocchi, featuring illustrations of famous landmarks like the Sydney Opera House, Moai statues, Machu Picchu, pyramids, and the Colosseum, with colorful hot air balloons, airplanes, and people exploring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/1613580449066-2ISCH71YEK51XYZA666L/Banshee+by+Rachel+DeWoskin.jpg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover titled 'Brain Shift' with large purple and pink text and subtitle 'A novel by Rachel DeWoskin' on a purple background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/1a17737a-daa0-41c8-93e6-a7ef1cf7caa4/Now-That-Were-Men-Cover-small.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover titled 'Now That We're Men: A Play and True Life Accounts of Boys, Sex & Power', edited by Katie Cappiello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/031230e5-3229-42f9-a1f3-c31d92943a63/51g8Gq52hcL.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover of 'Hit Me With Your Best Scot' by Suzanne Enoch, featuring a romantic scene with a man and woman sitting closely, surrounded by pink and purple flowers with a pink sky in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/c4a87965-f2b5-4000-ad87-21a346e23dc2/lf.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover for 'Los Chicos Fantasmas' by Jewell Parker Rhodes, featuring a red background, large white text, and illustrations of traffic lights and children with a boy looking upward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/5b31b5a2-7121-49f5-b4d9-b7b15ca417ae/Please-Read-This-Leaflet-Carefully-Cover-with-border.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski A flyer titled 'Please Read This Leaflet Carefully,' with pink oval shapes arranged in a grid, and one red oval shape among them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/1613580880331-4KGVXKIKL5FVUT5OOC7M/A%2BRhyme%2B%2526%2Ba%2BReason%2Bby%2BIk%2BJagait.jpg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover titled "a rhyme & a reason" with an abstract watercolor map of South America showing colorful splashes and silhouettes of a man and a woman. The author's name is I K Jagaït. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/1613581255408-IWUM05I8VPYTYRMW2T8Y/Cyn+%26+the+Peanut+Butter+Cup+by+Pru+Warren.jpg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover for 'The Cyn & Peanut Butter Cup Series, Book 1' by Pru Warren, featuring a man chasing a woman who is running with a shopping cart, all against a red background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/466e8aaa-84a7-414b-b093-6b43a4946efb/91iX3rcivIL.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Colorful illustrated book cover titled 'The Wild Kindness: A Silicon Odyssey' by Bett Williams. It features a whimsical landscape with mountains, trees, mushrooms, and creatures, in vibrant colors and a fantastical style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/0178f45e-c18a-45fd-8e49-f28ca3fc19ed/51yj1WuwFyS.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover titled "Dash & the Moonglow Mystic" by Pru Warren. The cover features a man in a suit being pushed by an animated horse, and a woman with long hair and a white shirt saluting, all set against a purple background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/b58a2574-b2d2-4137-b16b-213ce6d1673e/we-imagined-it-was-rain-hi-res-web167514345.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover for 'We Imagined It Was Rain' by Andrew Siegrist featuring a pair of hands in black-and-white touching with falling stylized rain drops against a gradient background from teal to orange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/1657480317416-CSMXCZJZ63IRVG9N8LLE/59317112._UY2700_SS2700_.jpg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover for 'The Flying Would-Be Gigolo,' a romantic comedy novel by Pru Warren, featuring three animated characters on a pink background: a woman wearing purple with white hair and a feathered headband, a man in a tuxedo with blonde hair, and a woman in a purple dress with a camera around her neck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/e1413448-3739-405b-a5ab-e064005db3a8/9781948340168_FC.jpg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover for 'Question' by Auður Jónsdóttir, translated by Meg Matich, with a light blue background, white text, and an image of a red brain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/bf45e467-086e-4e59-8f0f-e55c01607c90/AtlasParadox.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover of "The Atlas Paradox" by Olivie Blake, with abstract gold and black geometric designs and the subtitle "Destiny is a Choice." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/89b5b204-8127-4f49-b7dd-8532985c6ddd/The-Visitors_RGB_HR.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover for "The Visitors" by Jessi Jezewska Stevens featuring pixel art skull with red and white sections on a black background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/5e2c978b-cbde-45f3-b8df-d63c1cd09791/51sZnk%2BjMpL.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover for 'The Farrah & Court-Appointed Boss' by Pru Warren, featuring three characters with fireworks in the background, one holding a wine glass and another making a peace sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/f933a067-14a5-48c2-8131-2022c1804f17/7119EAY371L.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Close-up of a young man with short dark hair, wearing a denim jacket with yellow accents, holding a yellow cloth in front of his chest. The cover features large white and yellow text saying "Charming Like Us," and smaller white text indicating it's book 7 in the "Like Us" series by Krista & Becca Ritchie, with a note that they are New York Times bestselling authors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/55fddf0e-ba2c-4afc-8918-afa9bbf67b4b/81YwM1V9ctL.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Cover of the novel 'I Kissed a Girl' by Jennet Alexander, featuring two women walking hand in hand at night with a city skyline in the background and large palm trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/23fe9153-745b-49e0-a424-b31241821a90/71oipHAYLXL.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover for "The Other Mothers" by Jennifer Berney. The cover features handwritten-style text and four pairs of pink, white, and red sneakers at the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/3207001c-d201-4d9d-b813-efab234d5075/9781728250366.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover titled 'Two Little Girls' by Laura Jarratt, featuring a doll in a pink dress lying on a dark, wooded background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/f4e6102e-e8be-4529-b561-5c3ba4523e2c/lf+%281%29.jpeg About book editor Larissa Melo Pienkowski Book cover featuring a black and white photo of a woman resting her chin on her hand, with purple and yellow text reading 'Streaming Now Laurie Stone Postcards From The Thing That Is Happening.' https://www.lmpeditorial.com/quiz daily 0.75 2025-08-04 https://www.lmpeditorial.com/speaking daily 0.75 2025-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60298adf94325c1cfe940ab6/72bb9465-2889-4629-90de-59db662c9b86/1742582505211.jpeg https://www.lmpeditorial.com/for-speaking-engagements daily 0.75 2025-08-04