Need a sweet and funny escape from the daily grind? Try Annabel Monaghan‘s new rom-com. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#its-a-love-story

Publication is expected May 27.

#NetGalley #PutnamBooks #ItsaLoveStory 📚💙

There‘s a healthy dose of reality in this romance starring lifelong best friends who enter a marriage of convenience. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#friends-with-benefits

Publication is expected May 6.

#NetGalley #CeladonBooks #MacmillanAudio #FriendsWithBenefits 📚💙

This slow-burn romance is just in time for wedding season. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#jilted

Publication is expected May 6.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #Jilted 📚💙

This year‘s Katherine Center rom-com release is well worth the wait, but get yourself on the library or preorder list now! Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#the-love-haters

Publication is expected May 20.

#NetGalley #StMartinsPress #MacmillanAudio #TheLoveHaters 📚💙

Here are my nominations for #CampLitsy25. I read the first two in ARC form, and highly recommend both. The other two are on my precious Libby holds list.

The Love Haters, by Katherine Center

Head Cases (PAR Unit #1), by John McMahon

Kate & Frida, by Kim Fay

Atmosphere, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

@Megabooks, @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB

Read (or reread) the first installment before digging into this horror/mystery/paranormal sequel. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#another-fine-mess-bless-your-heart-2

Publication is expected April 15.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #AnotherFineMess 📚💙

This romance was not the positive, fun story I expected. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#passion-project

Publication is expected April 8.

#NetGalley #PenguinGroup #Viking #PassionProject

In John Scalzi‘s signature style, his latest is a wild, silly, and occasionally thought-provoking ride. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#when-the-moon-hits-your-eye

Publication is expected March 25.

#NetGalley #TorPublishingGroup #TorBooks #WhentheMoonHitsYourEye

Happy publication day!

Finlay Donovan is back and better than ever! If you haven‘t already, read my full reviews here:

https://debbybrauer.org/#finlay-donovan-digs-her-own-grave-fi... [e-book]

and

https://debbybrauer.org/#finlay-donovan-digs-her-own-grave-fi... [audio]

#NetGalley #StMartinsPress #MinotaurBooks #MacmillanAudio #FinlayDonovanDigsHerOwnGrave

Finlay Donovan is back and better than ever! Read my full reviews here: https://debbybrauer.org/#finlay-donovan-digs-her-own-grave-fi... [e-book] and https://debbybrauer.org/#finlay-donovan-digs-her-own-grave-fi... [audio]

Publication is expected March 4.

#NetGalley #StMartinsPress #MinotaurBooks #MacmillanAudio #FinlayDonovanDigsHerOwnGrave

Anne Tyler‘s latest is a short character study/family drama. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#three-days-in-june

Publication is expected February 11.

#NetGalley #Knopf #ThreeDaysInJune

This series debut mystery/thriller kept me up past my bedtime . . . in a good way! Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#head-cases-par-unit-1

Publication is expected January 28.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #StMartinsPress #MinotaurBooks #HeadCases

Emma Lord‘s latest YA rom-com features childhood rivals turned college journalists. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#the-rival

Publication is expected January 21.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #MacmillanYoungListeners #TheRival

There‘s no mystery about the sex scenes in this adult debut from YA author Jenny Elder Moke. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#she-doesnt-have-a-clue

Publication is expected January 21.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #StMartinsPress #MinotaurBooks #SheDoesntHaveaClue

Alice Feeney‘s latest mystery is true to her style . . . with mixed results. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#beautiful-ugly

Publication is expected January 14.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #BeautifulUgly

This twisty mystery/thriller debut kept me reading! Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#the-business-trip

Publication is expected January 14.

#NetGalley #StMartinsPress #MacmillanAudio #TheBusinessTrip

This was a miss for me, but read my review anyway, in case it sounds like a hit for you! Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#not-in-my-book

Publication is expected December 10.

#NetGalley #RBmedia #NotinMyBook

This Alice in Wonderland/James Bond mashup for middle-graders (and beyond) was a smashing fun and clever adventure! Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#from-wonderland-with-love

Today—November 5—is publication day!

#BookSirens #NetGalley #RingtalePublishing #FromWonderlandWithLove

This middle grade/holiday/realistic fiction story about identical twins separated at birth was fun and well-done. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#let-it-glow

Publication is expected October 29.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #MacmillanYoungListeners #LetItGlow

This paranormal cozy mystery is funny, but not without content warnings. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#a-new-lease-on-death

Publication is expected October 29.

#NetGalley #StMartinsPress #MinotaurBooks #ANewLeaseonDeath

I don't think this would be interesting or challenging enough for a middle-grader. It was OK, but the language, tone, and pace were very basic.

I may change my rating (down, if anything) after I sit with this a bit. I have some serious reservations about Charlie.

If you read only one book about US politics between now and November 5, make it this one. [full review to come, but probably not before the election—you'll just have to trust me]

I expect to read this again soon (have a hold at the library, but got an early peek at someone's personal copy). The illustrations are gorgeous!

good message; amazing illustrations [full review to come]

Possibly my favorite Osman yet (which is saying something). . . . [full review to come]

It pains me that I can't stop myself from reading every book supposedly about books, bookdragons, and libraries that comes along. . . . [full review to come]

If dogs are your preferred cozy mystery companions, check out my winter holiday reading season book four: David Rosenfelt‘s Andy Carpenter series #30. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#the-more-the-terrier-andy-carpenter-...

Publication is expected October 15.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #TheMoretheTerrier

Winter holiday reading season continues with a cozy mystery. Donna Andrews‘ Meg Langslow #36 (birds in every title) dishes up Christmas with a side of murder. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#rockin-around-the-chickadee-meg-lang...

Publication is expected October 15.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #RockinAroundtheChickadee

The second contestant in my winter holiday reading season is another magical rom-com. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#the-nightmare-before-kissmas

Publication is expected October 8.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #TheNightmareBeforeKissmas

Similar vibe to The Last Thing He Told Me. [full review to come]

I‘m starting my winter holiday reading season with a magical rom-com. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#the-merriest-misters

Publication is expected October 1.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #TheMerriestMisters

This did not live up to expectations! [full review to come]

Randy Rainbow is back in print with a second memoir/essay collection every bit as funny, sassy, irreverent, and personal as the first! Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#lowhanging-fruit

Publication is expected October 8.

#NetGalley #StMartinsPress #LowHangingFruit

This mystery was neither entirely cozy nor unrelentingly vicious. Whatever it was, I didn‘t want to put it down! Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#the-serial-killer-guide-to-san-franc...

Publication is expected September 24.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #TheSerialKillerGuidetoSanFrancisco

It's exactly what one would expect from the comparison to Remarkably Bright Creatures and A Man Called Ove. [full review to come]

I was definitely in the mood for/in need of some fun! [full review to come]

[review to come]

I didn't love it as much as the first, which very well could have been a Me Thing (just not the right book for me at this moment). [review to come]

High pick! I enjoyed it so much that I “had to“ buy a “reading copy“ in addition to the beautiful signed indie bookstore edition. I'll probably buy the audio, as well. [review to come]

This rom-com starring a gay musical theatre writer/composer who has an unexpected extended stay in his hometown was mostly sweet and sassy. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#showmance

Publication is expected October 1.

#NetGalley #PenguinBooks #Showmance

This middle school fantasy/mythology debut features two 12-year-old BIPOC kids making their way through the Ghanaian underworld! Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#kwame-crashes-the-underworld

Publication is expected September 10.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #KwameCrashestheUnderworld

I re-read this in anticipation of the sequel publishing next week. I liked it even better the second time around (hard to believe)! This is exactly what I needed to read in this moment. 💙 [Full review to come, hopefully.]

Flavia de Luce cozy mystery fans, rejoice—book 11 has arrived! Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#what-time-the-sextons-spade-doth-rus...

Publication day is September 3.

#NetGalley #RandomHousePublishingGroup #Ballantine #Bantam #WhatTimetheSextonsSpadeDothRust

Mystery, police procedural, and/or Vera Stanhope fans can read this installment regardless of previous series experience (or lack thereof). Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#the-dark-wives-vera-stanhope-11

Publication is expected August 27.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #TheDarkWives

I was nervous going in to this one, afraid that it wouldn't live up to The Wishing Game (and based on mixed reviews among my bookish friends). I shouldn't have worried. [Full review to come . . . hopefully.]

Emma Lord‘s adult romance debut is finally here. How does it compare to her YA work? Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#the-breakup-pact

Publication is expected August 13.

#NetGalley #MacmillanAudio #TheBreakUpPact

This Inheritance Games spin-off leader doesn't live up to its potential. [Full review to come . . . hopefully.]

Who doesn't like to moo?!

This pales in comparison to Johnson's other YA mysteries. [Full review to come . . . hopefully.]