May 23 2025
Hello, readers! We’re doing a third roundup column of Most Anticipated Titles this May because there are so many good books still pouring in here at the end of the month and in the first weeks of June. Gosh, how is it almost June already? It feels like we were just slogging through the five …
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May 16 2025
Hello, dear readers! This week, we’re looking at books coming out in the back half of May, starting with a terrific series debut! Tori Eldridge’s Kaua’i Storm was a long time in the writing. Despite being a native Hawaiian who can trace her ancestry back to 1783, Ms Eldridge felt far less confident about setting …
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May 02 2025
Happy May, dear readers! I’m in the hard middle of Performance Season, but at least I have a whole bunch of terrific upcoming reads to keep me company as I gallivant around the country. First on my list is the latest book from local-to-me author Nick Brooks, which I’m super looking forward to bingeing with …
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Apr 25 2025
In which we check out some of the most interesting books to be released here at the tail end of the month before turning our attention to May! First up, we have a newly published memoir, Ana Hebra Flaster’s Property Of The Revolution. A family of Cuban revolutionaries found themselves growing increasingly disillusioned by Fidel …
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Apr 11 2025
Hello, readers! Sorry everything’s been a bit chaotic this week. The funeral of my co-parent’s mom was yesterday and we’ve been doing a lot of family-wrangling, which has eaten up more of my time than anticipated. But at least there are books to escape to and relax in, including some of my most anticipated for …
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Apr 04 2025
Happy April, dear readers! It finally feels like spring in the northern hemisphere, and I’ve been taking the opportunity to bring books with me on my daily walks to enjoy the weather as much as I can. Here’s a small selection of upcoming titles that I have my eye on for further jaunts, starting with …
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Mar 28 2025
Hello, dear readers! It is Week Three of me turning with the equinox to talk of current and upcoming titles that have caught my eye that I can’t quite yet squeeze into my reading schedule. The first of these is Alison Gunn’s debut horror novel Nowhere. Police chief Rachel Kennan throws herself into keeping the …
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Mar 21 2025
Hello, dear readers! With the advent of the spring equinox, I’m going to pivot towards spotlighting upcoming books in this column and not just ones that have recently published that I’m super excited to get to. So here’s a bonus column rounding up some of those latter, beginning with the third and latest installment of …
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Mar 14 2025
I continue to be flummoxed by the concept of time, dear readers, as March comes in like a lion here in my mid-Atlantic state. It has also been, quite frankly, a tough time to be a professional reader. It feels like one catastrophe after another threatening everything I hold dear, through the diabolical intersection of …
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Feb 28 2025
Hello, readers! It seemed like January just crawled on by but February hit the gas before we knew it! Let’s take a look at some of the delightful books I haven’t yet been able to cram into the shortest month, beginning with Margarita Montimore’s The Dollhouse Academy, a thriller that combines dark academia with celebrity …
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John Pitzel
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Professor X
Robert Maedgen
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The Shire