I read When I Kill You by B.A. Parris, The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Shana is borrowing) and Twice by Mitch Albom (Christiana is borrowing.)

Ashley read The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold.

Shana read She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica, The Secret Books Society by Madeline Martin, Evil Bones by Kathy Reichs and The Stolen Life of Colette Marceau by Kristin Harmel.

Hugh read Tatiana and The Sierian Dilemma both by Martin Cruz Smith, Angel Maker by Jordan Greene, The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton, and City of Dark Corners by Jon Talton.

Christiana read Tales from the Cafe by Toshikanzu Kawaguchi, Wool by Hugh Howey, Taming the Molecule of More by Michael E. Long, and White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Mariya read Don’t Let Him in by Lisa Jewell, People You Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry, Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden and The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia.

Matt read River of Doubt by Candice Millard.

I’m really hoping for an early spring and much warmer weather when we see each other in March. Until then stay warm and happy reading!

It was great to see everyone. Thanks for stopping in Sarah, it was great to meet you!

Christiana read All Together Now by Gill Horsby, People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Hendry, and That Festive Feeling by Heidi Swain. She also enjoyed Mariya’s pick The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig.

Shana read His and Hers by Alice Feeney, The Book CLub for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick, and Ashley’s Vagabond by Tim Curry.

Hugh read Little Caesar by W. R. Burnett, Stolen Souls by Stuart Neville, and Misery Bay by Steve Hamilton.

Ashley read When the Devils Sing by Xan Kaur, and But Not Too Bold by Hace Pueyo.

I read Shana’s choice, You Belong Here by Megan Miranda, as well as Queen Esther by John Irving and Keep it in the Family by John Marrs.

Matt read Too Old for This by Samantha Downing.

Mariya read The Girl Who Was Taken and Don’t Believe It by Charlie Donlea and The Drowning Woman b Robin Harding.

Sarah read The Briar Club by Kate Quinn and The Way Home by Mark Boyle – I’m going to have to check out that one!

Thanks for coming out this week. See you in February!

I read My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney and Somebody I used to Know y David Bell. I Really enjoyed Shana’s The Witch’s Orchard by Archer Sullivan and Mariya’s The Intruder by Freida McFadden.

Hugh read Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka and Murder Never Knocks by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins.

Ashley read Shark Heart by Emily Habeck and Self Made Boys by Anna Marie McLemore.

Shana read The Locked Door by Freida McFadden and You Belong Here by Megan Miranda (I’m borrowing.)

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and lots of cozy, quiet time for reading over the holidays. See you all in 2026 on the 2nd Thursday this time, January 8th.

Christiana read Summer at Skylark Farms by Heidi Swann, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson, The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young, 10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World, and the final book of the trilogy Shop of Destiny by Robin Hobb.

Ashley read Vagabond by Tim Curry.

Shana read A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales, The Housemaid by Freida McFadden, Don’t Let Him In by Lisa Jewell, and What Wild Women Do by Karma Brown. I’m borrowing The Witch’s Orchard by Archer Sullivan.

Hugh read The Reformatory by Tananarive Due and Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger.

Mariya read One Perfect Couple and The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware, Intruder by Freida McFadden (I’m borrowing) and The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig (Christiana is borrowing.)

Matt read Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson.

I read Super Host by Kate Russo and You Should Have Told Me by Leah Konen (Mariya is borrowing.)

I can’t believe Thanksgiving will have gone by before we get together again. I hope you all have a great holiday with lots of reading time. : ) See you in December!

I read The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis, and Circle of Days by Ken Follett.

Ashley read The Jinn Daughter by Rania Hanna and Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Shana read The Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean, THe Change by Kristen Miller, The Hallmared Man by Robert Galbraith, The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware, Under the Southern Sky by Kristy Woodson Harvey, and Fragile by Lisa Unger.

Hugh started scary reading month with The Night House by Jo Nesbo. He also read After Pearl by Stephen G. Eoannou, and A Hero of France by Alan Furst.

Mariya read The Favor by Nora Murphy, and continued the series 12 House Series with Shifter and Shadow.

Matt read…. finance. My condolences.

Hope to see you all next month!!

Ashley read Masters of Death by Olivie Blake.

Hugh read Dead Lions by Mick Herron and Blue Ridge by T. R. Pearson.

Matt read had fun with Assassins anonymous by Rob Hart as well as non-fiction, The Day Without Yesterday by John Farrell, and short stories in Jack and the Devil’s Purse by Duncan Williamson.

Mariya read Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid and Confess by Colleen Hoover.

I’m looking forward to some cozy fall reading. I can’t wait to see what everyone is reading for “spooky season” next month!

Matt read The Stone Raft by Joe Saramago.

Mariya read The Frozen River by Ariel Lawton and My Dead World by Jaqueline Druga.

Christiana read The Wedding People by Alison Espach, Shark Heart by Emily Habeck, Everything’s Coming up Rosie by Courtney Walsh, The House of My Mother Shari Franke, Piercing the Darkness by Frank Peretti, Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart, and The Graceling by Kristin Cashore.

Ashley read Lady McBeth by Ava Reid, and Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan.

Hugh read What We Reckon by Eryk Pruitt and The Taken Ones by Jess Lourey.

Shana read The Laughing Dead by Jess Lourey, Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica, A Tarnished Canvas by Anna Lee Huber, After Anne by Logan Steiner, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix, and You Know What You Did by K. T. Nguyen.

See you in September!

Ashley Read If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

I read The Divines by Ellie Eaton, and After Anne by Logan Steiner (Shana is borrowing.)

Hugh Read Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart and Rooms of their Own by Alex Johnson.

Shana read American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld, No Second Chance by Harlan Coben, and Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson.

Mariya read Nothing Ever Happens Here by Seraphina Nova Glass

Matt read 10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte.

Christiana read Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Blackbird House by Allice Hoffman, One Italian Summer by Rebecca Searle, If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie, What Does it Feel Like by Sophie Kinsella, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novak, Please Teach Me Like I’m a Boy by Dr. Vermelle D. Green, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. 

Christiana read Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson and The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hill by Robert Dugoni.

I read Christiana’s pick from last month, Don’t Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders, along with Home Before Dark by Riley Sager, The Story Collector by Evie Woods, and Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. (Christiana is borrowing)

Mariya read This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

Ashley read Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey, and Dark and Deepest Red by Anna Marie McLemore.

Shana read The Match by Harlan Coben, The Booklover’s Library by Madeline Martin, and The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki.

Hugh read Sugar on the Bones by Joe R. Landsdale, and The Foreign Correspondent by Alan Furst.

Matt read The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis. Yikes!

It was great to see everyone. Hugh, I am envious that you will have lots of extra reading time soon. But well deserved, congratulations! See you all in June!