Welcome to What I’ve Been Reading Lately, a feature where I’ll be giving short reviews of what I’m currently reading: The Boy Lost In The Maze by Joseph Coelho and illustrated by Kate Milner Theo, a seventeen-year-old London schoolboy with a single mother, is desperate to track down the father who left them, whom he scarcely remembers. At school he discovers Greek mythology and the ancient story of Theseus, a fatherless son driven on a similar search. As Theo focuses on Theseus in a series of poems he composes, it becomes clear the two journeys echo each other in uncanny ways. Theseus must co ..read more

This Saturday, April 27th is Independent Bookstore Day, the annual event that celebrate independent bookstores across the US, online and in-store. And Libro.fm is celebrating in style with a week-long sale of bestselling audio books! Starting today and running through April 28, shop and support your favorite indie bookstore by seeing what audiobook picks are on sale this week! Start shopping today! Don’t know what to buy first? Here are some highlighted audiobooks that are on sale this week! Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner Purchase Link Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan Purchase Link ..read more

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Exciting news! My Dueling Detectives partner, Adena and I will be having in conversation with British thriller author , C.J. Tudor, author of The Drift and The Burning Girls, and both marked as the Best of the Year in 2021 and 2023 , on Tuesday, April 16 at 2 PM EST/7 PM BST. We will be talking about her latest gothic thriller, The Gathering! A perfect event for fans of the mystery and horror genre…and also vampires. Register Today! Synopsis: In a small Alaska town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and all the blood drained from his body. The inhabitants of Deadhart haven’t seen a ki ..read more

I don’t know about you, but I am glad March is over. It was a tough couple of weeks, as I discussed in my latest Substack. However, we’re now getting into the warmer months, well, barely. We still have a long way to go before we enjoy that springtime air, and with uplifting news, we are at the budding beginnings of spring releases! That means fascinating book releases are heading our way this month. We have riveting new books from our favorite authors, but it is also a chance for you to try something new and encounter a new author with much-talked-about book debuts. It may not look like i ..read more

Welcome to What I’ve Been Reading Lately, a feature where I’ll be giving short reviews of what I’m currently reading: Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé It’s like I keep stumbling into a dark room, searching for the switch to make things bright again…Sade Hussein is starting her third year of high school, this time at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy boarding school after being home-schooled all her life. Misfortune has been a constant companion all her life, but even Sade doesn’t expect her new roommate, Elizabeth, to disappear after Sade’s first night. Or for people to th ..read more

Spring has officially arrived this week and we can FINALLY dive into spring reading! There is something so lovely about reading in the springtime. The spring air makes it so comfortable and snuggly compared to reading in the summer or winter. And 2024 gives us book lovers a real treat, giving us exciting and hear thumping reads that will have you excited breaking out of the winter thaw. So have your pen and paper ready! The following 30 books will have you running towards your favorite park bench and excited for your next reading adventure: How To Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Expe ..read more

Format: Hardcover Pages: 416 pages Published: March 19, 2024 Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Genre: Young Adult, Mystery & Thriller,LGBT Synopsis: It’s like I keep stumbling into a dark room, searching for the switch to make things bright again… Sade Hussein is starting her third year of high school, this time at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy boarding school after being home-schooled all her life. Misfortune has been a constant companion all her life, but even Sade doesn’t expect her new roommate, Elizabeth, to disappear after Sade’s first night. Or for people to think she had ..read more

Are you looking for your next great read? Why not try out the books from across the pond? Despite from what governments say, books are essential and are needed now, more than ever. So if you are need of a variety and want to read diverse stories, then I suggest you try out some British and Irish titles! We may have left 2023 behind, but the pain and struggles of last year are still being faced, especially independent bookstores. Continue to support indie bookstores by shopping on Bookshop.org and Hive.co.uk. Waterstones currently ships to the United States but there will be an international sh ..read more