Every new reading year kicks off with one of the most anticipated lineups in the book world: Book of the Month’s January picks. With publishers rolling out their biggest titles for the new year. Think debuts poised to explode, buzzy thrillers with movie rights already sold, and the kind of conversation starting fiction BOTM loves;…
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October 2025 BOTM Predictions
October is shaping up to be such a fun release month, and I think BOTM is going to lean heavily into thrillers, witchy reads, and cozy fall romances…because that’s what I want to see. They do always like to balance a buzzy thriller with a big-name romance and at least one literary or historical pick,…
May 2025 | BOTM Predictions
Welp, I sat down to put my predictions together last week and ended up never finishing them; but that is life with a toddler. Anyway, I don’t have any spoilers at this moment but DM me later on this month and I’m always happy to share once I know. May in general has a massive…
January 2025 BOTM Predictions
The publishing world is kicking off 2025 with a bang! The sheer number of books on my TBR that release in January is ridiculous, and so many of them feel like they would make excellent BOTM picks. With so many interesting books coming out in January, I think we’ll see mostly January releases, though I…
December 2024 | Aardvark Predictions
Even though Aardvark is great about giving us hints each month so we know what the picks will be before they ‘go live’, I think its fun putting together my own predictions based on my reading and experience with Aardvark. Unlike some other book clubs, I feel that Aardvark is a bit more of a…
June 2024 | Aardvark Predictions
Even though Aardvark is great about giving us hints each month so we know what the picks will be before they ‘go live’, I thought it would be fun to start putting together my own predictions based on my reading and experience with Aardvark. This will be my third month doing predictions for Aardvark and…
August 2023 | BOTM Predictions
August has so many great books coming out that I had a tough time narrowing down what I’d like to see as picks. I do have two confirmed picks and in order to avoid spoilers I won’t call them out. But if you’d like to know them, message me a=on Instagram @speakingof.books. While I have…
March 2023 BOTM Predictions
Narrowing down my picks this month was HARD! March is such a big month for publishing and there are so many good books coming out that choosing 2-3 books for each genre was not an easy task, but I did my best! I’ve read only 1 of my predictions so far but have copies of…
September 2021 | BOTM Prediction
1 week left until we are in my favorite month of the year! Fall is my absolute favorite season, and it’s also the time I find myself reading the most. The hubby is occupied by Football and curling up with a good book on a rainy Sunday is one of my absolute favorite pastimes. It’s…
May 2021 | BOTM Predictions
With five days left in April, I am once again ready for new books to drop. Not because I need more books but more for the thrill.April had some great options for Book of the Month picks. One of which is most likely going to make it onto my top ten reads for 2021 list!…