Mar 21 2025
Hello, dear readers! With the advent of the spring equinox, I’m going to pivot towards spotlighting upcoming books in this column and not just ones that have recently published that I’m super excited to get to. So here’s a bonus column rounding up some of those latter, beginning with the third and latest installment of …
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Mar 14 2025
I continue to be flummoxed by the concept of time, dear readers, as March comes in like a lion here in my mid-Atlantic state. It has also been, quite frankly, a tough time to be a professional reader. It feels like one catastrophe after another threatening everything I hold dear, through the diabolical intersection of …
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Feb 28 2025
Hello, readers! It seemed like January just crawled on by but February hit the gas before we knew it! Let’s take a look at some of the delightful books I haven’t yet been able to cram into the shortest month, beginning with Margarita Montimore’s The Dollhouse Academy, a thriller that combines dark academia with celebrity …
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Feb 14 2025
Happy Valentine’s Day, readers! Love the day or loathe the day, we have a terrific slate of new book recommendations to complement your feelings toward the season. First off, we have a new genre-bending standalone novel from TJ Klune, The Bones Beneath My Skin. With an enemies-to-lovers queer romance, speculative twists, road trip comedy and …
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Jan 31 2025
What a busy month filled with some terrific books! We’re on our third round-up of January so let’s dive straight into some of the really terrific books I’m hoping to find time to read soon. First up is Linda H Codega’s Motheater. Being a game designer, I know Mx Codega from their excellent work reporting …
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Jan 24 2025
Hello, readers! There have been so many exciting books publishing this month that January’s Tantalizing Tales is expanding to three columns. Let’s dive in! First off are several books that debuted on January 14, also known as (to give him his full title: my kids’ future stepdad) Declan Rice Day! First is a hilarious thriller …
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Jan 17 2025
Hello, readers! January is always such a weird month, feeling at once packed with activity and strangely prolonged. Depending on how many recent releases I can spotlight here, I might have to do three round-up columns this month, starting with this one! Late last year, I was sent a delightful gift bundle featuring Ramsey Campbell’s …
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Dec 31 2024
Hello, readers! I decided to keep my final 2024 recap of books on my TBR pile for the very last day of the year instead of trying to shoehorn it into last Friday’s slot. Mostly, I needed the time off from writing and publishing. It has been a very busy year filled with a tremendous …
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Dec 13 2024
Happy December, readers! This is our only December pre-Christmas book roundup this year, so hopefully you’ll find some amazing reads in this list to gift to your nearest and dearest (which definitely includes yourself!) First up, we have the latest book from one of my favorite lawyers turned crime writers, Marcia Clark. Her non-fiction tome …
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Nov 29 2024
Three, three fortnightly roundups for the month of November, ah-ah-ah! (That last bit was meant to be laughed a la Sesame Street’s The Count.) And what a coincidence, today’s post falls on Black Friday too! Let’s take a look at some of the delicious books I haven’t yet had a chance to get to reading …
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Al Singh
Doug Merrill
Doreen Sheridan
Emily Lauer
John Pitzel
Lars N. Goldschlager
Laura Eilers
Professor X
Robert Maedgen
Sylvere Ap Leanan
The Shire