So, full disclaimer – I do have reviews to post! I just haven’t gotten around to actually writing them yet… and I also have books I’m reading for different awards and such and therefor I can’t publicly post my reviews. But I will try to get some of my backlogged reviews up here soon. Thanks for sticking with me everyone ◡̈
April 7, 2026
A mind-bending, emotionally charged sci-fi novella with mystery and character-driven journey that intertwines generational trauma.
The Subtle Art of Folding Space
By: John Chu
A YA romance where a boy is not only trapped in a time loop but also in a girl’s body that’s driving down an unknown highway. Laurie always crashes and she always meets Gideon every day. She realizes she only has 100 days to get back in the right body, break the time loop, and not fall for Gideon while he does it.
By: Alex Ritany
Follow a Book Witch, who can jump in and out of novels with her umbrella and feline familiar. When her grandfather goes missing and a priceless book disappears, Rainy asks for the help of the Duke of Chicago, the dashing British detective who stars in her favorite mystery series.
By: Meg Shaffer
A debut middle grade novel about Lacey who recently moved from her best friend Grace in Austin to Rhode Island and wants to reinvent herself, but does she have the courage to be her authentic self?
By: Rebecca Bendheim
April 14, 2026
A forty-year-old workaholic house painter takes a eight-year-old under his wing as they form a makeshift father-son duo as they take on life’s bleakness and cynicism.
By: Willy Vlautin
A folk horror that deals with generational poverty and the all-consuming hunger of capitalism and atmospheric dread, cause, why not?
By: Carter Keane
With all the hype from WICKED, how about a retelling of Dorthy and her adventure in Oz (with some spice).
By: Nikki St.Crowe
Second chance romance(s) with a college crush and soon to be ex-husband – written by one of my favorite authors!
By: Rainbow Rowell
During a royal visit to the town, Princess Tandy’s dream comes true when she finds herself cursed to remain in a run-down bookshop until she unlocks her heart’s desire.
By: Amy Coombe
After her old professor (and affair from 30 years ago) contacts her, Jean prays to Monica Lewinsky begging for her forgiveness of not understanding everything they had in common. To her shock, Saint Monica appears to her and leads her back in time to reassess what happened.
By: Julia Langbein
After both seeing a vision in a lake of a burning house, Chanel Cao and Ares use each other to find out and keep secrets.
By: Ann Liang
After losing her baby in delivery, Cleo starts working at a funeral home and discovers that the best way to honor the dead is to live.
Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead
By: Mai Nguyen
In a world where creating anything creates demons, Aurelie’s an inventor and Destrier is a demon hunter. When a mysterious figure offers Aurelie a job she can’t refuse her decision to accept sets off a chain of events that will alter every aspect of their world… and sparks the connection that will change both Aurelie and Des.
The Demonic Inventions of Aurelie Blake
By: Mara Rutherford
April 21, 2026
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April 28, 2026
Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, 120,000 Japanese Americans were removed from their homes on the West Coast and corralled into inland concentration camps. To be considered for release, Question 27 asked the inmates whether they were willing to serve in combat for the US military. Question 28 asked them—many of whom American citizens who had never visited Japan—to renounce allegiance to the Japanese emperor. This novel is told through mixes of fact with fiction and layers genres from James Bond movies to haiku to oral history, transfiguring an enormity of archival research into a chorus of stories.
By: Karen Tei Yamashita
A debut about a teenage girl in 1970s Brazil who is torn away from her twin sister after she becomes ill. Now, Dolores must learn what it means to fight for those she loves when all the odds are stacked against her.
By: Juliet Faithfull
Told through the diary of Anna-Jane, who went to summer camp but is now possibly facing the end of the world.
Anna-Jane and the Endless Summer
By: Paige Classey
The world is ending but Don an Rodney have one final journey across the country to take care before the blackhole consumes the Earth.
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