Because she doesn’t need another candle. She needs uninterrupted reading time and a really good book. Mother’s Day is this Sunday and if you’re still searching for the right gift, I’m going to make this very easy for you: books. Always books. Literally always books. & if you’re my husband reading this, I’d like a…
Category: Most Anticipated
Buyer Beware
From the internationally bestselling author of 56 Days, Buyer Beware is a thriller about two women whose fractured lives collide around a house with dangerous secrets. When Ellie moves to 1 Delaney Row hoping for a fresh start, she quickly discovers her new home is already hiding someone else’s buried past and the people protecting…
How to Write a Love Story
Catherine Walsh’s newest book follows Sam, an ambitious editor and total fanboy, who’s sent from his New York publishing house straight to the Irish coast to help Ciara Sheridan finish her late father’s final fantasy novel. Ciara’s legendary author dad left her with a sprawling, crumbling estate, an outline for the series finale his fans…
30 Most Anticipated for Summer 2026
Summer is just around the corner. Unless you are in Texas, like me, then it’s basically already here. I always have the hardest time narrowing down my Most Anticipated for the upcoming season. I normally would have just done 26 but I could barely narrow it down to a list of 30 and OMG are…
The Burning Side
Sarah Damoff’s The Burning Side is a beautifully layered family drama about marriage, memory, and what survives after disaster. After a house fire forces April and Leo and their young children to move in with April’s family, old wounds and buried secrets rise to the surface, testing not only their marriage but their understanding of…
The Library After Dark
Aria Stokes, a New York bookseller, is invited on an exclusive after-hours tour of the infamous Daedalus Library; a place known for its eerie, immersive rooms and whispered hauntings. But the night takes a deadly turn when the group becomes trapped inside and discovers there’s a murderer among them. As secrets unravel and danger closes…
May 2026 | BOTM Predictions
With a new month coming up, I’ve been looking at upcoming releases and trying to get a feel for what Book of the Month might pick. They usually aim for a mix across genres: something buzzy, something accessible, and at least one or two titles that feel like strong book club picks. I tried to…
May 2026 Most Anticipated
May is shaping up to be one of those dangerously good reading months where my TBR has absolutely no chance of staying under control, not that it’s ever under control but I digress. Between buzzy new releases, long-awaited favorites, and a mix of genres that somehow all feel perfectly timed for late spring reading, I’m…
Dark is When the Devil Comes
Dark Is When the Devil Comes is an eerie supernatural horror set in the small English countryside town of Idless. After a traumatic divorce, Hazel returns home planning to quietly regroup at her parents’ empty house and reconnect with her estranged sister, Cathy. But when Hazel never arrives, Cathy begins to worry. As Cathy searches…
The Man With No Shadow
How to Survive Camping: The Man With No Shadow blends eerie folklore with dark humor in a campy horror story set at the infamous Goat Valley Campground. Kate, the campground’s manager, has inherited both the land and the responsibility of protecting campers from the supernatural dangers that live there. Over the years she’s developed a…