What I'm writing, What I'm reading
I received a digital advance copy of Classic Monsters Unleashed, edited by James Aquilone, via NetGalley. Classic Monsters Unleashed is scheduled for release on July 12, 2022. Classic Monsters Unleashed is an anthology of short stories by a slew of well-known horror writers. Each story is a take on a classic monster. Some stories reimagine... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of The Hidden One by Linda Castillo via NetGalley. The Hidden One is scheduled for release on July 5, 2022. The Hidden One is the fourteenth novel in the Kate Burkholder series. Kate chose to leave the Amish community when she was young. Now she has returned, as the... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc by Katherine J. Chen via NetGalley. Joan is scheduled for release on July 5, 2022. Joan is a fictionalized story of Joan of Arc’s path from a young girl living in poverty with her abusive father to a young woman favored... Continue Reading →
I received an advance copy of Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert from the publisher (Flatiron Books). Our Crooked Hearts is scheduled for release on June 28, 2022. Our Crooked Hearts follows seventeen-year-old Ivy in the present day as encounters a stranger on a road in the middle of the night. This mystery triggers a... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of Local Gone Missing by Fiona Barton via NetGalley. Local Gone Missing is scheduled for release on June 14, 2022. Local Gone Missing focuses on Detective Elise King, an experienced detective in small town Ebbing, who has been sidelined by medical issues. She is now recovering, and almost ready... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine via NetGalley. Woman of Light was released on June 7, 2022. Luz is the Woman of Light. She is a tea leaf reader, a laundress, and a legal secretary in 1930s Denver. When Luz’s brother Diego (a snake charmer) is run out... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill via NetGalley. The Woman in the Library is scheduled for release on June 7, 2022. The Woman in the Library is a story within the frame of another story. The framing story is correspondence between Leo and Hannah. Hannah is... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of Deep Water by Emma Bamford via NetGalley. Deep Water was released on May 31, 2022. Deep Water begins with a naval vessel finding finding a yacht in distress. On board are two people: Virginie and Jake. Months ago, they had cashed in their lives to buy a boat... Continue Reading →
I don’t remember the day my dad died. I have a memory, crystal clear and visceral. It’s not real. Here’s what I remember. I was four years old, sitting on the rusty brown carpet in our living room. I was playing with my Strawberry Shortcake doll, alternately adjusting her dress and sniffing her fruity hair.... Continue Reading →
I received a digital advance copy of The Favor by Nora Murphy via NetGalley. The Favor was released on May 31, 2022. The Favor tells the parallel stories of Leah and McKenna. Both are young women married to successful men. Both recently left their own promising careers. Both are feeling trapped. Despite these similarities, and... Continue Reading →
Susan Monroe McGrath 