The summer 2024 book releases are my favorite season for new books. Although, now that I think about it, every season of new books is my favorite. These books are so much fun. The stories are original and captivating. While I know I will never have enough time to read all these books, a girl can dream! As a matter of fact, Kirsten and I have been trying to read as many of these books as we can to put on our ultimate list of beach reads. Many of the books from this list made the cut. Get your TBR ready because this summer’s reading is AMAZING. *Summer 2024 book Releases post contains affiliate ..read more

The September 2024 book releases are here and I am so excited about this amazing list of books. September is always such an interesting month for books. We are still in the summer season but we are starting to see some fall books and books for the holidays. September is also when we will start seeing some mysteries and thrillers. After all, Halloween is just a month away. *September 2024 Book Releases Post contains affiliate links. Purchases made through links result in a small commission to us at no cost to you. Most Anticipated September 2024 Fiction Book Releases The Life Impossible ..read more

There is a trend in publishing I can’t help but notice – the growing popularity of time loop books! What is a time loop book? Think of it as a story that repeats itself over and over, much like the famed movie, Groundhog Day. These stories can be loads of fun or utterly flop. The trick is in the scenarios the writer is conveying. No one wants to read the same scene again and again, so it’s down to how the writer can make the story interesting and nonrepetitive within the same window of time. Below you will find time loop novels from a variety of different genres. Each of these books will keep ..read more

15 of the Best Short Stories and Collections 19 In recent years, I’ve gone from being ambivalent about short stories to craving them – reading them with relish whenever I have a moment. After Amor Towles came out with his collection of shorts, I knew that Beyond the Bookends needed a dedicated page for all of my favorites. Below, you’ll find some of my favorite short story collections across multiple different genres. Who knows, this post might just make it as a reading challenge prompt one day soon! *Short story Collections Post contains affiliate links. Purchases made through links result in ..read more

29 Most Anticipated New August 2024 Book Releases by Genre 42 The August 2024 book releases are here and I am so excited about this amazing list of books. I think it is so interesting how different months bring different trends in book publishing. August is a transition month almost at the end of the beach read season and the very start of the thriller / mystery / fantasy season we see in the fall. In the most anticipated new August 2024 book releases you will see a mix of all three of these genres with romances mixed in. There are fewer fiction and historical fiction books on our list this mo ..read more

Ultimate List of Best Beach Reads 2024: Must-Read Books for Summer 57Ultimate Beach Reads 2024 The Ultimate Beach Reads 2024 book list features all the books Jackie and I have read since fall that we think are perfect for the beach or pool. You’ll find familiar favorites and new authors too! Each of these summer reads features a quick review so you can pick your favorites. There are so many genres on this list, but they all have one thing in common: these are the best summer reads of 2024! So no matter what genre you love to read, you can navigate Ultimate Beach Reads 2024 by using the links b ..read more

31 Most Anticipated New July 2024 Book Releases by Genre 42 The July 2024 book releases are here and they are spectacular! I always love to see what type of books are released for the summer season and I can tell you that this year, there were so many choices. We had a difficult time choosing our most anticipated for this list. And while we know we cannot possibly read all the books on this list, we can try. There are picks on here from our favorite authors like Kate Quinn and Jamie Brenner as well as picks from debut authors. Our most anticipated new July 2024 book releases have some great hi ..read more

Good Morning America Book Club List: Best Books Ranked for 2024 (+PDF) 51 **GMA Book Club List Update on 3/19/2024** The Good Morning America Book Club is my favorite celebrity book club because of the consistency of the writing and the readability of the books. Making a GMA Book Club list was relatively easy to do because even when the story did not appeal to me, the writing in each of these books is undeniably excellent. When Kirsten and I went through all the books that GMA has chosen, we realized that we had read and loved so many of the books as advanced copies- before they were chosen as ..read more

43 Vibrant Books With Colors in the Title 46 Kirsten and I often talk about books- big surprise-! We thought about how many books we had read with a color in the title and were shocked by how many there were. We decided to make a post of books with colors in the title and arrange them by color rather than by genre. We know that many of you love your favorite genres and like to read within that same genre most of the time. We respect that choice completely. By organizing this post by colors, we hoped you might be intrigued by a book title or cover outside your usual genre. So, have a look throu ..read more

12+ of Best Plane Books to Read Before Your Next Vacay 18 Last summer we rounded up all our favorite boat books, so it seemed only fair that we do the same for plane books! The list below is filled with plane crash novels, stories set on a plane, books about pilots, or books where a flight (or flight mishap) is pivotal to the plot of the story. It’s a rather eclectic group of stories, but those are the kinds of book lists we love the most! So enjoy these plane novels and nonfiction works and let us know which is your favorite. *plane novels post contains affiliate links. Purchases made through ..read more