#rachel menard

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Series info:

Book 1 of The Labors of Gen

Book 2: Clash of Fate and Fury

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(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (March 21st, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Moonlight Blade by Tessa Barbosa

The Witch & The Vampire by Francesca Flores

While You Were Dreaming by Alisha Rai

Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

Free Radicals by Lila Riesen

Brighter Than the Sun by Daniel Aleman

Infamous by Lex Croucher (Reprint)

Three Drops of Blood by Gretchen McNeil

Crown of Dawn by C.M. McCann

New Sequels: 

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London #2) by Garth Nix

Clash of Fate & Fury (The Labors of Gen #2) by Rachel Menard

The Future King (Emry Merlin #2) by Robyn Schneider

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Happy reading!

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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Clash of Fate and Fury by Rachel Menard

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Clash of Fate and Fury by Rachel Menard

Today on the site we’re revealing the cover of Clash of Fate and Fury by Rachel Menard (sequel to Game of Strength and Storm), which releases from Flux on March 21, 2023! Here’s the story: Seventeen-year-old Gen may have rescued her beloved father from prison, but she hasn’t saved him yet. If she fails her end of a bargain with the Olympian Empresses, they will send him right back to his cell. To…

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Book Review: Game of Strength and Storm

Book Review: Game of Strength and Storm

Title: Game of Strength and Storm [The Labors of Gen 1] Author: Rachel Menard Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, LGBTQ+ Rating: 3 Stars Description/Synopsis: Victory is the only option. Once a year, the Olympian Empresses grant the wishes of ten people selected by a lottery—for a price. Seventeen-year-old Gen, a former circus performer, wants the freedom of her father, who was sentenced to life in…

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Game of Strength and Storm - Rachel Menard

Once a year, the Olympian Empresses grant the wishes of ten people selected by a lottery—for a price. Seventeen-year-old Gen, a former circus performer, wants the freedom of her father, who was sentenced to life in prison for murders she knows he didn’t commit. Castor plans to carry the island Arcadia into the future in place of her brother, Pollux, but only after the Empresses force a change in her island’s archaic laws that requires a male heir. To get what they want, Gen and Castor must race to complete the better half of ten nearly impossible labors. They have to catch the fastest ship in the sea, slay the immortal Hydra, defeat a gangster called the Boar, and capture the flesh-eating Mares, among other deadly tasks. Gen has her magic, her ability to speak to animals, her inhuman strength—and the help of Pollux, who’s been secretly pining for her for years. But Castor has her own gifts: the power of the storms, along with endless coin. Only one can win. The other walks away with nothing—if she walks away at all.

tw: sexism, violence

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aesthetic | Game of Strength and Storm - Rachel Menard

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Weekly Update - September , 2019

Weekly Update – September , 2019

Weekend three of the Connecticut Renaissance Faire is coming up, and here are this week’s guest authors:

Saturday, September 14: Rachel Menard (Steel Hand, Cold Heart)

Sunday, September 15: Deborah Ann Davis (Fairly Certain)

WRITING PROJECTS

Action Figures – Issue Nine: Hell Hath No Fury: Getting close to the final sequence! I’m hoping to wrap up draft one before the end of the month.

The…

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Maggie Rogers // Give A Little  

if only we could find a way to leave all of our darker days soak in all the sweetness on our skin

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Some new releases from June-July that fit the YA world challenge!

🇫🇮  Finland

Wind Daughter - Joanna Ruth Meyer

🇬🇷  Greece

Game of Strength and Storm - Rachel Menard

🇬🇾  Guyana

The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad - Natasha Deen

🇭🇹 Haiti

A Girl’s Guide to Love & Magic - Debbie Rigaud

🇮🇳  India

The Dream Runners -  Shveta Thakrar

🇯🇲  Jamaica

Empress Crowned in Red - Ciannon Smart

🇯🇵  Japan

The Dragon’s Promise - Elizabeth Lim

🇲🇦  Morocco

A Darkness at the Door - Intisar Khanani

🇳🇴  Norway

The Valkyrie’s Daughter - Tiana Warner

🇵🇰  Pakistan

The Man or the Monster - Aamna Qureshi

🇵🇪  Peru

Valiant Ladies - Melissa Gray

🇵🇭  Philippines

Dauntless - Elisa A. Bonnin

🇻🇳  Vietnam

Calligraphy Guild - R.M. Archer

🇬🇧  Wales

The Drowned Woods - Emily Lloyd-Jones

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The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander

The Search for Delicious (Babbitt, Natalie) The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker

Maya and the Rising Dark (Barron, Rena)

Peter and the Starcatchers (Barry, Dave)

The Looking Glass Wars (Beddor, Frank)

Eigth grade bites by brewer (published under author's deadname?)

Minecraft the island by Max brooks

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism (Byng, Georgia)

The Awakening (Carroll, Michael )

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Carter, Ally)

A Week in the Woods (Clements, Andrew)

The Supernaturalist (Colfer, Eoin)

Artemis Fowl (Colfer, Eoin)

Airman (Colfer, Eoin)

Of Fire and Stars (Coulthurst, Audrey)

Into the Land of the Unicorns (Coville, Bruce)

Out of My Mind (Draper, Sharon M.)

So you want to be a wizard by Diane Duane

The Patron Thief of Bread (Eagar, Lindsay)

Half Magic (Eager, Edward)

Inkheart (Funke, Cornelia)

Bunnicula James Howe

Which Witch? (Ibbotson, Eva)

The Secret of Platform 13 (Ibbotson, Eva)

Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

The Reformed Vampire Support Group (Jinks, Catherine)

The Akhenaten Adventure (Kerr, P.B.)

The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Kessler, Liz)

Savvy (Law, Ingrid)

The Fairy's Mistake (Levine, Gail Carson)

Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg (Levine, Gail Carson)

Ella Enchanted (Levine, Gail Carson)

The Two Princesses of Bamarre (Levine, Gail Carson)

Nightmare Academy (Lorey, Dean)

The Merchant of Death (MacHale, D.J.)

The Ruby Princess Runs Away (Malcolm, Jahnna N.)

If the Shoe Fits (Mason, Jane B.)

How to Become a Planet (Melleby, Nicole)

Game of Strength and Storm (Menard, Rachel)

The Host (Meyer, Stephenie)

Fablehaven (Mull, Brandon)

Five Children and It (Nesbit)

The Borrowers (Norton, Mary)

The Wicked Bargain (Novoa, Gabe Cole)

If I Was Your Girl (Russo, Meredith)

Magyk (Sage, Angie)

The Alchemyst (Scott, Michael)

Scythe (Shusterman, Neal)

The Glitch in Sleep (Wexler, Michael)

You, me, and our heartstrings by See, Melissa

Instructions for dancing by Yoon, Nicola

The Jasmine Project by Ireland, Meredith,

Rise to the sun by Johnson, Leah

Happily ever afters by Bryant, Elise

Everything I thought I knew by Takaoka, Shannon.

The falling in love montage by Smyth, Ciara

The peasant's dream by Dickerson, Melanie

The princess will save you by Henning, Sarah

If I'm being honest by Wibberley, Emily

Opposite of always by Reynolds, Justin A

Summer constellations by Sevigny, Alisha

The wicked deep by Ernshaw, Shea

The supervillain and me by Banas, Danielle

The boyfriend bracket by Evangelista, Kate

An enchantment of ravens by Rogerson, Margaret

Wild beauty by McLemore, Anna-Marie

Stay tuned 🐺

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Game of Strength and Storm by Rachel Menard

Today's sapphic book of the day is Game of Strength and Storm by Rachel Menard!

TW for murder mentioned in summary

Summary: "Victory is the only option.

Once a year, the Olympian Empresses grant the wishes of ten people selected by a lottery—for a price. Seventeen-year-old Gen, a former circus performer, wants the freedom of her father, who was sentenced to life in prison for murders she knows he didn’t commit. Castor plans to carry the island Arcadia into the future in place of her brother, Pollux, but only after the Empresses force a change in her island’s archaic laws that requires a male heir.

To get what they want, Gen and Castor must race to complete the better half of ten nearly impossible labors. They have to catch the fastest ship in the sea, slay the immortal Hydra, defeat a gangster called the Boar, and capture the flesh-eating Mares, among other deadly tasks.

Gen has her magic, her ability to speak to animals, her inhuman strength—and the help of Pollux, who’s been secretly pining for her for years. But Castor has her own gifts: the power of the storms, along with endless coin. Only one can win. The other walks away with nothing—if she walks away at all."

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(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (June 7th, 2022)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

TJ Powar Has Something to Prove by Jesmeen Kaur Deo

A Little Bit Country by Brian D. Kennedy

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler

Happily Ever Island by Crystal Cestari

Game of Strength & Storm by Rachel Menard

The Gravity of Missing Things by Marisa Urgo

This Place is Still Beautiful by Xixi Tian

Exactly Where You Need to Be by Amelia Diane Coombs

Relic & Ruin by Wendii McIver

Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer

Fireworks by Alice Lin

Zyla & Kai by Kristina Forest

Slip by Marika McCoola

The Holloway Girls by Susan Bishop Crispell

Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder by Various

The Signs & Wonders of Tuna Rashad by Natasha Deen

Before Takeoff by Adi Alsaid

We All Fall Down by Rose Szabo

New Sequel: 

Empress Crowned in Red (Witches Steeped in Gold #2) by Ciannon Smart

Rise of the Snake Goddess (Samantha Knox #2) by Jenny Elder Moke

Curse of Shadows (Amassia #2) by A.K. Wilder

The Gifts that Bind Us (All Our Hidden Gifts #2) by Caroline O'Donoghue (this particular edition releases today)

For the Throne (Wilderwood #2) by Hannah F. Whitten

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Happy reading!

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𝘾𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙡 Game of Strength and Storm by Rachel Menard @menardrachel @fluxbooks@northstareditions A YA gender-bent Hercules retelling told in multi-pov. Release date: June 7, 2022 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧: If I could draw, this is what I would have created for the GAME OF STRENGTH AND STORM cover. I started writing this story three years ago, and over the course of drafts, I had developed pretty detailed images of Gen and Castor in my mind. This is them. This is exactly how I see them. Gen with her quiet defiance, and Castor about to light the world on fire. Standing back-to-back with their magical abilities on display, this looks like a poster for an epic fantasy battle, and that’s exactly what readers will find beyond this gorgeous cover! 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙨 Teenagers of Olympia Gen and Castor race to be the first to complete six nearly impossible challenges to obtain their greatest desire. Only one will win. The other walks away with nothing—if she walks away at all. 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙌𝙊𝙏𝘿- Have you read any Hercules retelling? #GameofStrengthandStorm #RachelMenard #YA #YAfiction #fantasy #YAFantasy #mythology #retelling #romance #fantasyreader #NorthStarEdition #Flux #reader #bookstagrammer #bookaesthetic #bookphotography #BooksTeacupandReviews #Indianbookstagram #bookcommunity #bookgram #Herculeseretelling #ipreview via @preview.app (at Ahmedabad, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUX7suBgba3/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Biggun’s in June, Tonka Teas, The Pig Saga (part 3) and some serious Boat Drama, Cedar Lake (New Prague) and Lake Minnetonka 6/21/19 -6/24/19

June fishing has been historically great fishing for me!  I’ve some serious pigs in June, and I’m not talking about the pork variety.  Generally, June sees fish coming out of their post spawn funk and ready to get chomping.  This is exactly what we experienced on 6/21/19 at Cedar Lake in New Prague.  The only thing is, the highlight of the night was quite unexpected.

I had a slight dilemma on my hands.  Nerd Alert: Josh and I had a good session of Call of Duty going.  We had one victory in the books and were playing well.  Mike texted and asked about fishing.  We had talked about taking my boat because his was in the shop getting some electrical work done.  I had a decision to make.  Fishing or Call of Duty.  The wind was blowing like a hurricane, which I hate.  But obviously, I still picked fishing!  I loaded the boat up and headed over to Mike’s.

Prelude to the Boat Drama (later in the blog): My boat trailer has been acting up.  The wheels have been getting blazing hot on occasion and smell like something is burning.  I knew something wasn’t right with the trailer which is why I canceled our Mille Lacs trip that weekend.  I didn’t want to take the trailer on a long ride.  Instead I suggested we stay local.

So local is what we did.  Mike and I trailered my boat over to Cedar Lake, a short 5 minute drive from his house.  We dumped the Nitro in the lake, and slowly made our way out of the shallow bay and toward the main lake.  Cedar Lake is a very shallow lake, known for it’s crappies, largemouth bass and occasional tiger musky.  Mike an I have fished this lake a few times together and had some decent luck.

We spent the first 30 minutes using side imaging to mark locations (rocks) we wanted to come back and fish.  We couldn’t fish them while marking the rocks because we were running the motor in about 5-7FOW and likely spooking everything around us.  We’d come back later and sneak up on ‘em with the trolling motor (if we could get it to work...)

We started on the eastern shoreline, a bit protected from the wind.  We hit it with jig, crankbait and spinnerbait.  Picking up a couple of very small bass.

We buzzed to the western shoreline looking for a downed tree that has ALWAYS produced fish on previous occasions.  Unfortunately, the bay was choked out with weeds this year which is very unusual because the lake floor is usually so clean in this area.  Anyway, it took us awhile, but we did find the tree buried in curly tail pondweed.  We fished it for less than 5 minutes before leaving.  Now that the fish have cover in all the weeds around the tree, they didn’t appear to be sitting on the tree.  Bummer.

We moved over to the prominent point on the SW side of the lake.  No bites.  We continued south, around the point.  I decided to slow down the presentation.  I tied on a shakeyhead with a 7” Motor Oil ribbontail worm.  On my fist cast, I landed just next to a dock post.  Let it sink.  Popped it two times.  It was buried in the grass.  Popped it again.  At this point the line started moving to the left.  Something had picked it up.  I set the hook hard to some solid resistance.  I started reeling it in telling Mike I didn’t think it was very big.  The fish came flying out of the water and Mike bellow out, “That’s a giant!”  The fish pulled around the back side of the boat before I pulled him in next to the boat.  Mike pulled him out.  He was a giant.  Although my scale had run out of batteries, we figured this fish was in the 4.5 pound range.

We were getting hammered with the wind so we moved out of the wind to the eastern shoreline, fishing docks with shakeyhead and other more finesse techniques.  We were getting bit, but most fish were in the 10-12” range.  Not the size fish we were looking for.  

We decided on moving back out on the rocks in open water.  Yes, the wind may make things tough for boat control, but we have Ultrex spot lock which makes fishing in wind less of a hassle.  Mike worked the rocks with a big jig while I went with the drop shot.  We picked up a couple more small bass and one crappie.  We moved down the rocky point close to the shoreline.  As the wind blew around the corner, there was a swirl in the water – looked like an eddy.  I cast right in the middle of it.  Right as I cast, Mike mentioned something about the swirl in the water and how I needed to cast it.  Great minds think alike!  Just as he said it, I felt a fish bump my 2.5” natural colored Gulp drop shot worm.  I set the hook.  Oh yeah, there was definitely a fish on.  The fish almost lethargically moved from the front to the back of the boat, staying deep in the water column.  I laugh when I think about that because deep in this area means the fish was circling the boat in 4-5 FOW.  It’s a bit surprising we could not see him swimming, but it was overcast, and the water is stained.  The fish worked the length of the boat two different times as I tried my best to reel in the drag it was pulling out.  My setup was either 4lb test line, and the only reason I was using such light line is that I had it setup for Aidan when he goes fishing over at Cobblestone for panfish.  After about 2 minutes of cursing myself as to why I didn’t bump up the line diameter on this reel, the fish finally came to the surface.  It was a musky, a big strong tiger musky!  An excitement came over the boat that doesn’t usually happen.  Musky are rare.  It’s said that musky hit on 1 in 10,000 casts.   For me, it’s probably more like 1:30,000. Mike and I both wanted this fish in the boat.  Mike netted the musky, which didn’t fit in the net too well.  The back half of the freshwater Jaws spilled out of the net, dangling over the edge.  Mike hoisted the net into the boat.  She was secured.  

Only the second musky I have ever caught and landed in my life!  This one came in at 44” long.  A true giant by tiger musky standards.

We finished the evening fishing the south shoreline of the lake.  Neither of us had ever fished this area, which is surprising, because the shoreline was littered with downed trees, docks and lily pads One tree in particular, we mush have taken a dozen casts at with no bites.  We came back to the tree after a few minutes and casted it another dozen times.  Mike worked it hard with the lizard.  On his last cast to the tree, he was rewarded with this 3+ pound bass.

6/22/19

As I eluded to earlier, Mike and I were supposed to take my boat up to Mille Lacs this morning.  But, with the trailer problem I was having, I decided to keep our fishing trip local.  Mike showed up at my house at 4:40AM and we headed off to Minnetonka.

We spent a significant portion of the morning fishing the bridge between Crystal and Smith Bay as well as the shoreline of Smith Bay.  Smith Bay proved most productive as we picked up several smaller bass.  We looked for bass around Gale Island, Mahpiyata Island, the boat slip inlet around Narrows Bridge.  We ventured further west fishing in Spring Park Bay, Black Lake, Seton Lake before moving into Jennings Bay.  Just before the girls were set to meet us at Lord Fletchers, I hooked up with this chunky little girl using a Strike King squarebill crankbait over a rocky hump just south of Deering Island.

By 1PM, the weekend warriors owned the lake with their jet skis, wake boats and yachts.  The seas were fierce.  Fishing the main lake was out of the question.  Dyan and Rachel met us at Lord Fletchers for some great food, and drinks.  I think they were called Tonka Teas.  A little bit of tea, and a whole lot of vodka!

We all then made a crazy insane boat ride down to Menards.  The waves were so big, some of those in our party had bruises on their butts by the time we arrived.  The ride made for a lot of laughs.  We had more good food, and more beverages.  Before taking a final boat ride back to Grays Bay.  An amazing day on the water!

6/23/19

Mike put Pepa on the smoker around 8AM.  She cooked all day long and turned out looking a little prettier than her sister, George.  

Around 4PM, Mike sliced her open.  She was done perfectly.  The extra week she lived allowed her to put on nearly 10 more pounds, and it definitely made a noticeable difference in the amount of meat yielded.

6/24/19

Seriously, with the amount of issues I’ve had with my Z19, I almost have to chuckle and look around for the hidden camera.  Nobody in their right mind would spend the amount of money on a brand new boat that we spent and be cool with the boat being at the shop more than it’s been on the water.   The boat went back to the shop first thing Monday morning.  I dropped it off at Cabela’s at 9AM.  The service manager approached my boat along with a technician before I even got out of the truck.  Nice, this was some serious service!  But it was short lived….very short lived.

Without even inspecting the boat, the service manager indicated everything looked just fine, and that the wheels were supposed to heat up.  As the service manager was doing his best job to send me on my way,the tech reached down and felt the wheel.  Blazing hot.  He pulled his hand away like he’d just had molten lava spilled on him. “Whoa!” he yelped, “that’s not normal.”  The tech ran off to the garage like he was in search of ice.  The service manager rolled his eyes and asked where I bought the boat.  “Oklahoma,” I responded.  But he cut off anything else I was about to say with informing me I clearly bought it from a “sh!tty” dealership that didn’t give a “rat’s @ss” about the rigging of the boat.  I was listening.  He informed me the dealership didn’t set up the trolling motor or Talons correctly.   The tech returned, with a jack.  He raised one side of the trailer.  Both wheels should have spun freely.  Both were locked up in place.  He lifted the other side.  Same result.  This trailer had major issues.  The service manager now believed it was shot bearing and needed now brakes, pads and rotors.  I would be leaving the boat with them today.  I also told him about the intermittent power and the problematic release cable on the trolling motor.  They said they would look at it.

Later in the afternoon, Cabelas called saying the boat and trailer were fixed up and ready to be picked up.  Upon arriving, the service manager again met me in the parking lot.  He said they fixed the bearings, and e-brake.  He then went on to tell me that they re-rigged my Talons and are now done correct.  They also said they could not replicate the trolling motor issues, so nothing was fixed.

I left Cabelas happy to have my trailer fixed.  When I got home that night, I backed the trailer into the garage.  For good measure, I felt the trailer wheels fully expecting them to be perfectly cool.  They were blazing hot.  You’ve got to be kidding me.  Nothing had been fixed, or at least the problem had not been fixed.  This trailer needed more time in the shop.

National Dance Competition, Wisconsin Dells, 6/26/19

The girls have been so excited for this week for a long time now.  It was Nationals Week!  Lucky for me, all but one of the girls dances fell on one day, so I was able to drive to the Dells early Wednesday morning and catch  their dances.  As usual, the girls both received platinum awards for their dances - the highest awards given.  They’ve worked so hard all year. so I was thrilled for them that they were rewarded with such amazing results at Nationals!

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Home Field Advantage - Dahlia Adler 🏳️‍🌈

Before Takeoff - Adi Alsaid

Happily Ever Island - Crystal Cestari 🏳️‍🌈

Exactly Where You Need to Be - Amelia Diane Coombs 🧠

The Holloway Girls - Susan Bishop Crispell

The Signs and Wonders of Tuna Rashad - Natasha Deen ✊🏾

TJ Powar Has Something to Prove - Jesmeen Kaur Deo ✊🏾

Zyla & Kai - Kristina Forest ✊🏾

Forging Silver into Stars - Brigid Kemmerer (Forging Silver into Stars #1)

A Little Bit Country - Brian D. Kennedy 🏳️‍🌈

Slip - Marika McCoola, Aatmaja Pandya (Illustrator) 🏳️‍🌈✊🏾

Relic and Ruin - Wendii McIver (Born from Chaos Saga #1)

Game of Strength and Storm - Rachel Menard 🏳️‍🌈

Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder -  Saundra Mitchell, Kayla Ancrum, K. Ancrum, Kalynn Bayron, Z Brewer, Mason Deaver, Alechia Dow, Z.R. Ellor, Leah Johnson, Naomi Kanakia, Claire Kann, Rahul Kanakia, Alex London, Jim McCarthy, Abdi Nazemian, Emma K. Ohland, Adam Sass, Nita Tyndall 🏳️‍🌈 ✊🏾

Rise of the Snake Goddess - Jenny Elder Moke (Samantha Knox #2)

Empress Crowned in Red - Ciannon Smart (Witches Steeped in Gold #2) ✊🏾

We All Fall Down - Rose Szabo (The River City Duology #1) 🏳️‍🌈✊🏾

This Place is Still Beautiful - XiXi Tian ✊🏾

The Gravity of Missing Things - Marisa Urgo

Hell Followed with Us - Andrew Joseph White 🏳️‍🌈

For the Throne - Hannah F. Whitten (Wilderwood #2) 

🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ

🧠 Neurodivergent

✊🏾POC

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Search marketing company Botify raises $20M

Botify, a search engine optimization company that works with customers like Expedia and Nike, announced today that it has raised $20 million in Series B funding.

Co-founder and CEO Adrien Menard said that the opportunity in SEO is “even bigger now than in the past,” and that the problem is much broader problem than many realize.

“Most people think about SEO in terms of keyword optimization, but more than 50 percent of the pages in large websites are not being indexed,” he said. So Botify can identify which pages aren’t being crawled by Google, and then make recommendations on how to better organize your content.

Over time, Botify has also launched a keyword product, as well as tools like a JavaScript crawler and mobile versus desktop analysis. Menard said the company now offers a platform designed for “optimization of every stage of the search process.”

The new funding was led by France’s Idinvest Partners, with participation from Ventech. Botify has now raised a total of $27 million.

The company was founded in France, launching in the United States after taking the stage at TechCrunch’s Disrupt NY conference in 2016. Next, it’s opening what it calls a “second U.S. headquarters” in Seattle (the first is in New York City), which Menard said will mostly provide sales and support for West Coast customers.

In addition to announcing the funding and the new office, Botify has also grown its leadership team, with the hiring of Christophe Frenet as senior vice president of product and Rachel Meranus as chief marketing officer, as well as the addition of Neolane co-founder Stephane Dehoche and former BuzzFeed President Greg Coleman to its board of directors.