Good Dirt Author: Charmaine Wilkerson Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: January 28, 2025 Publisher: Ballantine Books Thank you to Ballantine Books and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the […]
Babylonia Author: Costanza Casati Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: January 15, 2025 Publisher: Recorded Books Thank you to NetGalley and Recorded Books for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion […]
A Killing Cold Author: Kate Alice Marshall Genre: Mystery Publication Date: February 4, 2025 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat […]
The Lost House Author: Melissa Larsen Genre: Mystery Publication Date: January 14, 2025 Publisher: Minotaur Books Thank you to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, death of a loved one (off-page), murder, […]
Beautiful Ugly Author: Alice Feeney Genre: Mystery Publication Date: January 14, 2025 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an audiobook ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with […]
The Empress Author: Kristin Cast Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: January 7, 2025 Publisher: Bloom Books Series: Towerfall #1 Thank you to NetGalley and Bloom Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. He’s a ruthless, battle-scarred warrior with a dark […]
Ooof, and we’re back to work. This week’s prompt is most anticipated books releasing in the first half of 2025, and I must admit that I haven’t really stayed on top of upcoming books unless they come across my radar on social media. In the last couple of […]
The Vanishing Bookstore Author: Helen Phifer Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: January 7, 2025 Publisher: Bookouture Audio Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. ‘Every story needs a happy ending. And you can’t have […]
As the first bookish discussion post of 2025, I want to talk about ARCs. As book bloggers, this is something that comes up for so many of us, and it dominates a lot of my reading. Here’s some subtopics to consider: Why is it so hard not to […]
I finished November with 18 ARCs left to be read. December was another fun month, but is it just me or did it fly by ridiculously fast? I spent half the month fighting off a cough and runny nose, and trying to rest as much as possible, then […]
