New Release Tuesday

It is not the monster you must fear, but the monster it makes of men. . . Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared under mysterious circumstances in the Arctic, but she doesn’t know why or how. . . . The 1850s are a time of discovery, and London is ablaze with the latest scientific theories and debates, especially when a spectacular new exhibition of dinosaur sculptures opens at the Crystal Palace. Mary is keen to make her name in this world of science alongside her geologist husband, Henry—but despite her sharp mind and sharper tongue, without wealth and connections their options are limited. When Mary discovers some old family papers that allude to the shocking truth behind her great-uncle’s past, she thinks she may have found the key to securing her and Henry’s professional and financial future. Their quest takes them to the wilds of Scotland; to Henry’s intriguing but reclusive sister, Maisie; and to a deadly chase with a rival who is out to steal their secret. A queer, feminist masterpiece inspired by Mary Shelley’s classic, Our Hideous Progeny is a sumptuous tale of ambition and obsession, of forbidden love and sabotage and a twisty Gothic adventure that may forever change your view of human nature.

HAPPY READING!!

2040 Most Anticipated pt2

June is right around the corner which means another round of books I'm looking forward to reading! This list was a little harder to narrow down because there are so many good books coming out in the next three months. And, so many of them have their way onto my TBR. These nine however are the ones I really wanted to get my hands on. The ones I want to add to my shelves. My top picks are: Sightseeing with Aliens, Holly Horror, and Frankie D! Though I'd love to manage to pick up all of them before the end of the year.

 

In the last three months, I've read one book, and have several more on hold at the library. The two cookbooks I need to add to my cooking shelf. I feel like both of them I'll fill with tabs and notes. I have two from this list already on pre-order. The others will either go on hold at the library, or I'll use them as an excuse to go book shopping. Because that's what I need more, excuses to buy books!

HAPPY READING!!

Cover Runway Sunday

    

They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but we all know we do it. Sometimes the cover initially catches our eye, drawing us to give a book a closer look. It's the first thing we see, our first impression. Every Sunday I'm going to post some of my favorite covers of books coming soon!

The Finch sisters once spent long, hot summers exploring the dozens of abandoned properties littering their dying town―until they found an impossible home with an endless hall of doors…and three keys left waiting for them. Curious, fearless, they stepped inside their chosen rooms, and experienced horrors they never dared speak of again.

Now, years later, youngest sister Claire has been discovered dead in that old, desiccated house. Haunted by their sister's suicide and the memories of a past they've struggled to forget, Meg and Esther find themselves at bitter odds.

As they navigate the tensions of their brittle relationship, they draw unsettling lines between Claire's death, their own haunted memories, and a long-ago loss no one in their family has ever been able to face.

With the house once again pulling them ever closer, Meg and Esther must find the connection between their sister's death and the shadow that has chased them across the years…before the darkness claims them, too.

HAPPY READING!!

May Silent Book Club

Hey hey hey! A new month means it's nearly time for another Silent Book Club. This one will be held on May 15, same bat time, same bat channel. Only this week I might be hosting alone as my co-host will be gearing up to go on vacation. So come out and meet other readers, help us take over the long tables at Leftcraft, and maybe find some new books to add to your TBR. We'll be kicking off at 7pm, and reading will begin at 7:30! 

If you have any questions you can reach out to the Book Club on Instagram, @SilentBookClubEdmonds. Or, drop a comment here! You can also find other Silent Book Clubs closer to you if you don't live in Western Washington! There are so many Silent Book Clubs, and not all of them require physical present. So places do virtual read-ins!

HAPPY READING!!

May Spotlight Read

 

I adore Christina Henry's books. So when I saw she had a new book out, I ran, not walked, to add this to my TBR. I've already had this on pre-order, and it comes out right before our May Silent Book Club. So this will probably be my May Book Club read. I should be in between physical reads because this also comes out the week after I get back from vacation. I'm hoping to spend reading on my parents' patio!

A single mother working in the gothic mansion of a reclusive horror director stumbles upon terrifying secrets.

Harry Adams loves horror movies, so it’s no coincidence that she accepted a job cleaning house for horror-movie director Javier Castillo. His forbidding gray-stone Chicago mansion, Bright Horses, is filled from top to bottom with terrifying props and costumes as well as glittering awards from his career making movies that thrilled audiences—until family tragedy and scandal forced him to vanish from the industry.

Javier values discretion, and Harry always tries to keep the house immaculate, her head down, and her job safe. Then she hears noises from behind a locked door, noises that sound remarkably like a human voice calling for help. Harry knows not asking questions is a vital part of keeping her job, but she soon discovers that the house may be home to secrets she can’t ignore.

HAPPY READING!!

April Wrap Up

Hello May!  April was an odd month for me. It was both busy and not busy at the same time. If that makes any sense it all. Or, maybe it feels that way because I've been a bit under the weather. This year the pollen is definitely trying to kill me. It feels like it's been ages since I've been this sick with my allergies. I've gone through so many boxes of tissues. That does mean I've been reading a lot because the only I've wanted to do in the morning, or after work, is curl on the couch.

However, I seem to be coming out of my need to read short books. I finally finished Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone. Though, that might have to do with the fact I've finally finished and caught up with, the Judge Dee series, so I'm moving on to full books. Or, maybe because it's almost summer and I'm excited about beach and pool reads! Either way, I'm reading two great books at the moment.

Books Read: 7
BINGO Books: 2

A to Z Challenge: 1

Pages Read: 551

Currently Reading: I'm Starting to Worry About the Black Box of Doom

This year's BINGO card is definitely harder than last year's card. While I'm not struggling, per se, I'm definitely not flying through squares like last year. I did however manage to cross off 2 squares this month (Free Space & Red Cover). I'm currently reading my Debut Author Square! My A to Z Challenge has definitely been a struggle this year. Because I've been low-key obsessed with my Kindle. Most of what I've been reading has been on there. I haven't been very interested in my physical reads, despite how many I have, not that it's stopped me from collecting more.

HAPPY READING!!

Waiting on Wednesday

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally, they are books that have yet to be released but don't have to be. It is based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous at Breaking the Spine.

Hazel Davis is drifting: she’s stalled in her career, living in a city she hates, and less successful than her younger sister @evelyn, a lifestyle influencer. Evie came of age on the family YouTube channel after a viral video when she was five. Ten years older and spotlight-averse, Hazel managed to dodge the family business—so although she can barely afford her apartment, at least she made her own way.

Evie is eighteen now, with a multimillion-dollar career, but Hazel is still protective of her little sister and skeptical of the way everyone seems to want a piece of her: Evie’s followers, her YouTuber boyfriend and influencer frenemies, and their opportunistic mother. So when Evie disappears one day during an unsettling live stream that cuts out midsentence, Hazel is horrified to have her worst instincts proven right.

As theories about Evie’s disappearance tear through the internet, inspiring hashtags, Reddit threads, and podcast episodes, Hazel throws herself into the darkest parts of her sister’s world to untangle the truth. After all, Hazel knows Evie better than anyone else . . . doesn’t she?

Why I'm Waiting: This sounds creepy, mostly because people on the internet creep me out.

HAPPY READING!!

New Release Tuesday

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate.

Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end.

Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm's length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction.

Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn't been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.

While going through their parent's belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends. Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.

HAPPY READING!!

Book Haul

Okay, so I went book shopping twice last week. This isn't something I normally do, but I wanted to support a couple of small indie bookstores during SnoCo's Indie Bookstore Week. Two of the bookstores are a little bit out of the way, and while the drive to them isn't bad and the town super cute, I just don't normally find my way that far North. So I made a special trip to go to both and support during Book Store Week. While on my way home I realized my favorite comic book store was on the way home.

So.. of course, I stopped in there and picked up a couple of things that have been on my wishlist for a while. Nerded out over Stranger Things, and then realized I'll have to go back sooner rather than later. Because one of the graphics I picked up is book one for maybe three. And, since it's Sarah Gailey, I know I'm gonna need to keep up with the series.

And, because Saturday was officially Indie Bookstore Day, I ran into my local bookstore and supported them. So definitely did more book shopping than I normally do in a week, but it was for a great cause. I was able to three of my favorite bookstores, and wander around a new one I'd never been to before.

HAPPY READING!!

Cover Runway Sunday

   

They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but we all know we do it. Sometimes the cover initially catches our eye, drawing us to give a book a closer look. It's the first thing we see, our first impression. Every Sunday I'm going to post some of my favorite covers of books coming soon!

Discover everything about aliens in this fun handbook packed with eerie accounts of the extraterrestrial, fascinating science, and weird facts–perfect for middle grade readers and young sci-fi fans.

Incoming transmission . . . Are there aliens out there? What’s the deal with Area 51? Can outer space support human life? Explore the extraterrestrial in Sightseeing with Aliens, a field guide for the curious and the adventurous. Blast off to space and discover:

Weird science and eye-opening history! Read up on humanity’s forays into space and meet the Mars rovers. Fascinating accounts of alien encounters! What really happened in the 1947 Roswell Incident?Out-of-this-world science fiction! Tune into iconic alien media, from H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds to Star Trek. 
The third book in the Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural series, Sightseeing with Aliens is a hilarious and unabashedly weird investigation into how the unknown can shape our lives. Get to know the extraterrestrial with stellar illustrations and hands-on activities, like creating a time capsule and taking on the 7-Day Earthling Challenge to help Planet Earth. The whole galaxy is out there—grab your guide, and let’s go!

For more on the supernatural, check out Hanging with Vampires and Chilling with Ghosts!

HAPPY READING!!

Indie Bookstore Day

If ever there was a good reason to go out and get that book you've been thinking about reading, a day to break that book-buying ban, today that is that. Because it is Independent Bookstore Day! Now, I have to work today because it's Saturday and my day to open, but I am also very lucky that my local bookstore is just right around the corner from the kitchen I work in. So during my break, I'll be able to run over and support them today! Because I'll take any excuse to add books to my shelves. Though at this point, I'm pretty sure I'm officially out of room on all my bookcases.

So today is the day to get that book you've had your eye on. If you can't get out to go to a shop in person, don't forget about bookshop.org, they allow you to shop online and support a local shop anywhere. Either way, in case you needed a reason to get yourself a little bookish treat, here's me, giving you that excuse. I'll be using it today. Hopefully to add another cozy murder mystery to my Summer TBR. 

HAPPY READING!!