A beautiful family saga starting with a young girl married off to a widower with a strange affliction to water in a remote part of Kerala, India. This book covers almost 80 years following the family through happiness and sadness, love and loss, death and birth. Yes, the book is very long but honestly I would have read another 700 pages to stay with this family!
#NetGalley #GroveAtlantic #thecovenantofwater

Excited for this month‘s picks! #BOTM

Spanning Argentina‘s Dirty War in the 1970s to the AIDS epidemic in the 1990s, Our Share of Night tells the story of the Order, a secret society of occultists, and of Juan, a father that will do anything to protect his son from them. Not everyone will like this book. It is horror. Bad things happen. The characters are unpleasant. It is over 700 pages. But, I really liked this book and can‘t stop thinking about it. #NetGalley #OurShareOfNight

Jade Daniels returns to Proofrock four years after the events of My Heart is a Chainsaw. In less than 24 hours after her arrival, a terrible snowstorm hits along with the infamous killer Dark Mills South. And BAM, the book goes full force into slasher sequel mode without a break in the action. SGJ brings the same slasher film vibe as the first book, but this time it is balanced out by the growth of his characters. #NetGalley #DontFearTheReaper

Multiple locked-room mystery scenarios set against the back drop of a plague-ridden dystopian future? Sign. Me. Up. This book was a win for me. The author cleverly wove together the storylines while creating compelling characters. I enjoyed how it all slowly unfolded and came together like a puzzle. #NetGalley #TheDrift #RandomHouse #Ballantine

Whoa. This book is intense. Big. Over 900 pages. A sprawling story spanning decades as climate change catches up with the world. Scientists. Drug addicts. Environmental activists. Religious zealots. Celebrities. Politicians. Storms. Droughts. Wars. Floods. Disease. Politics. This story was terrifying and too real to enjoy; however, the meticulous research, narration style, and scope were amazing. #TheDeluge #NetGalley #January2023

A former NYPD detective reluctantly returns to her hometown to help her brother investigate the deaths of three young men. The story was a bit scattered at times; however, the setting and characters more than made up for it. Really hoping this turns into a series!
#NetGalley #TheHunter #penguingroupputnam #January2023

Entertaining police procedural-hard sci fi mashup! #NetGalley #Wormhole #angryrobot

December picks! #Botm

This one checked all the spooky action horror boxes for me:
Quaint village cut off and isolated from the rest of the world by snowstorm – check!
Creepy happenings rooted in folklore – check!
Terrifying creatures – check!
Group of survivors with complicated pasts banding together to battle said terrifying creatures– check!
#NetGalley #TheHollows #AngryRobot

November book of the month picks!
#botm

A beautifully written story centering around the dual narrative of Mayken, a young girl in the 1600s sailing on a doomed ship towards the Dutch East Indies, and Gil, a young boy sent to live with his estranged grandfather on a tiny fishing island off the coast of Australia in the 1980s. This story was unexpected and haunting exploring the different ideas of abandonment, sacrifice, friendship, and family. #NetGalley #TheNightShip

Thank you thank you, Netgalley! So excited to read Marianna Enriquez‘s new one. I was a huge fan of her Things We Lost in the Fire. Yay!!!
#NetGalley #ourshareofnight #arc

September pics! #botm

A former WWI veteran, now detective, is assigned a murder case, barred from the crime scene, and given five days to solve it or face dire consequences from the Nazi regime. The mystery itself was somewhat predictable: however, the setting of 1940s Paris as the Germans were beginning to creep in really ratcheted up the tension and almost became a character in itself. Really hoping this turns into a series! #NetGalley #DieAroundSundown

Perfect breezy summer read! Nonstop action with spies, car chases, explosions, and a clever plot. Enjoy! #AliasEmma. #NetGalley

Upgrade is fun twisty read tackling the subject of gene editing and the complicated ethics surrounding it amongst the backdrop of an intense cat and mouse game. I enjoyed this book immensely. Heavy on science but completely understandable from a layman‘s point of view and super interesting. Definitely makes one think of the upsides and downsides of tinkering with evolution. #NetGalley #Upgrade

This one spoke to the Gen Xer in me. Not for everyone but I loved all the characters and it delivered all the feels. ❤️ #tomorrowandtomorrowandtomorrow

Caine prize shortlist announced this month along with links to shortlisted stories! #africa #caineprize

http://www.caineprize.com/the-stories-2022

Andrew moves back to his sleepy Maine hometown and discovers his old acquaintance‘s rise to riches may not be what it seems. This isn‘t so much a suspense story as it is a focus on character and how things are not always black and white. The reader follows Andrew as his weaves the story together through flashbacks and town gossip. This was a solid & compelling debut from Adam White and I look forward to his next one! #TheMidcoast #NetGalley

Hide, on one level, is a great creepy story about 14 adult contestants that enter into a hide and seek contest set among a dilapidated theme park. On another level, it is a subtle commentary about class, trauma, trust, and family ties among this new digital age. This one really delivered on the creeps and chills, along with a smattering of the myth of the Minotaur! #Hide #Netgalley

Sibling road trip goes way awry. Was unable to put this book down. Creepy and original. Loved it!

Beautiful story, writing just flows and even tho at times I wasn‘t sure where it was going, I still found myself enthralled.

Oh this one was fun - perfect book to start the weekend!

Excited for this month‘s BOTM picks! #botm

Beautiful, tender, and unique…will forever see figs in a different light and will definitely be reading Elif Shafak‘s backlist now.
#cyprus #womensprize2022

Original fun witty mystery with fabulous characters!

I am a sucker for doomed expedition stories and love a good supernatural scare – throw in some complex characters with fabulous writing and you have me! A post WWI Antarctic expedition that goes awry leaving a stowaway and the surviving crew to contend with supernatural forces, oppressive cold, and personal demons to survive the winter ashore was fabulous written and stuck with me for weeks. #NetGalley #allthewhitespaces #antarctica

Such a fun and unique concept - a great easy weekend read!
#NetGalley #Mickey7

Perfect brain-candy-like-a-movie book to lose yourself in - parts Aliens and Event Horizon with a dash of Titanic. #space

Oddly compelling story of three best friends that bring a fourth friend in to their circle. While I wasn‘t a fan of most of the characters, I could not stop reading. #wahala #NetGalley

Was a bit hesitant to read a book set during early Covid - so glad I did! Jodi Picoult‘s still got it! #NetGalley #WishYouWereHere

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/best-mystery-books-of-2021/...

Be prepared to add to your TBR list!

Happy Friday all! Super excited about this Arc! #NetGalley #thecandyhouse

A gentle novel about about a middle aged woman debating on whether to divorce her philandering, but remorseful, husband only to find out the father she never knew is living and a former President of a small African nation. While the book is rather slow paced, I did find myself strangely unable to put it down - a slightly different take on a mid life crisis #NetGalley #Sankofa

Perfect kick off to spooky reading season with Vibes of Crimson Peak, Jane Eyre, and Frankenstein! #NetGalley #TheDeathofJaneLawrence

Unique unsettling tale about a girl in Tennessee and the god her family has worshipped for years. Hard book to classify in just one genre, has a bit of everything in it (horror, gothic, coming of age, mystery, creepy ick, heartwarming vibes, and sci if). #NetGalley #Revelator

As the title suggests, this is a slick noir set against the murky backdrop of Mexico‘s 1970s political tensions. Slightly slow to start, it picks up and has an excellent cast of characters. #netgalley #velvetwasthenight

The dark winter months of Antarctica make this a fun twist on the locked-room murder mystery trope! #TheDark #NetGalley #Antarctica

Reminiscent of the big horror tomes of the 80s (think King, Koontz, McCammon), this is a chunkster of a book that really delivers on the good versus evil, return-home-to-creepy town story! #NetGalley #TheBookOfAccidenrs

Twisty and breezy summer read that will make one think twice about their choice of travel companions! #NetGalley #WeWereNeverHere

Perfect book to kick off the summer! Gentle and moving story about the tight knit Riva family that unknowingly sucks you in. I could almost feel and taste the sun, saltwater, and sand grit of the beach! #netgalley #maliburising

#maywrapup

An entertaining and “gentle” end-of-world novel focusing on the nuts and bolts of what to do when life as you know it is gone. #NetGalley #TheApocalypseSeven

Fun twist on the usual new-vicar-in-sleepy-village tale complete with cold case disappearances, town secrets, corrupt families, and religious martyrs. #netgalley #Theburninggirls

Fabulous characters- an ex monk coffee shop owner, 90 year old retired BBC correspondent, care giver from the Ukraine with a mysterious past, an elderly “murder consultant”, and officer trying to climb the ranks with her bland but loyal partner - a delightful read! #netgalley #postscriptmurders