Currently Reading
Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli
“If you are someone who gravitates toward emotional gut punch reads, allow me to introduce you to this spectacular debut…”— BuzzFeed
(I never thought of myself as “someone who gravitates toward emotional gut punch reads,” but now that BuzzFeed has put it that way…Maybe I am.)
I received Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli from NetGalley but didn’t get to start it before it was released on the first of this month. It starts out with a young woman grieving the death of her husband with her Nigerian family hovering, unable to break through her wall of misery.
Nigerian-born British author Onyi Nwabineli grew up in Glasgow and lives in London. Someday, Maybe is her first novel.
Old Country by Matt Query and Harrison Query
Based on the Reddit sensation, a horror thriller of a young couple who buys the perfect, secluded house—only to discover the terror within. – from the Publisher
The Atlas Six from last month was a TikTok sensation and this month I’m reading a Reddit sensation. I don’t go on either, so clearly the viral buzz on both books must have gone mainstream by the time I heard about them!
The Third Rail by Bill Fleming and Joe Peters
I think this is the third week for The Third Rail!
Local author Bill Fleming’s third book about MBTA cop Morris Fitzgerald has been my lunch hour reading, but my lunch hours haven’t been lasting an hour lately and I try to take a walk, too, so I may need to revise this plan.
Currently Listening To
In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer
Read the AudioFile review here.
I have less than a day to finish listening to In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer before the audiobook loan expires. (This is becoming a pattern.) I chose a romance to balance out my darker reading this month.
I’m sure In a New York Minute was recommended by at least one book blogger that I follow, but now I can’t remember who! The book has a lot of New York flavor and the audiobook narration is really good, but when I need my next snarky friends-to-enemies romance fix, I may go back to Jasmine Guillory and Christina Lauren.
This post is linked to “It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?” hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. Check out the link-up party there for more book lists!
Please tell me what you’re up to in the comments!
I’m reading The Atlas Six now but kind of bored. Third Rail looks good!
Good to balance out our reading with light and dark. Important I believe. Someday Maybe appeals to me.
i am reading ‘the seven skins of esther wilding’ by holly ringland. such a good writer!
Sometimes a good audiobook narration can carry a book! The Magicians by Lev Grossman is a favorite of mine and I’m always on the lookout for similar books, but The Atlas Six definitely falls short in comparison.
Welcome to the emotional gut punch club! Lol for me it depends on my mood, but I do like that kinda book sometimes, though I haven’t read this one. I’m a little late to this post, so hopefully you enjoyed these!
[…] the mark for me, despite the great narration by Dara Rosenberg. As with In a New York Minute that I wrote about recently, the book has some funny lines and several comedic scenes, but the author tries to get too many […]