Happy Tuesday, shipmates! It’s Alex, and I’ve got two new releases for you and a werewolf-themed book recommendation week coming in hot! I am in the midst of moving, so…hoo boy, am I tired and sore and filled with lots of other complaints. But at least I’ve had some audiobooks to keep me company while packing boxes! Right now, I’m listening to The Spice Must Flow by Ryan Britt. Stay safe out there, space pirates, and I’ll see you on Friday!
Autumn is here, which means it’s time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it’s romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist reads you crave, TBR can help you find the perfect books for your fall reading, with options curated to your specific reading tastes.
Let’s make the world a better place, together. Here are two places to start: Maui Aloha: The People’s Response, which sends support to those affected by the wildfires on Maui, particularly first responders; and Entertainment Community Fund, which supports entertainment workers who are striking for living wages and a future where humans can continue to create art for each other.
Bookish Goods
Warning: Werewolf Area Sign by SignsbyLindaNee
I love a novelty sign as decoration (I have a raptor attack one that lives in my office) and this is an excellent example of that genre. Particularly good if you’ve got a bit of a backyard to decorate! $25
New Releases
Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam
Evelyn Hazard is a very normal middle-class housewife in 1920s Edinburgh…until her husband announces that he can communicate with the dead. This pulls them both into the spiritualist movement, and her normal life begins to unravel quickly, even before secrets from her past begin to catch up to her. Worst, she must grapple with a question no wife wants to ask herself: is the man she loves a fraud, fallen into insanity, or worse — can he actually speak to the dead?
The Witches at the End of the World by Chelsea Iversen
Two sisters who are witches grow up together in the birch woods of Norway, driven there on the day their former village burned their mother. Kaija, however, longs to rejoin society and eventually does, even though it means she will have to suppress her magic. Minna is devastated by her sister’s betrayal, and she expresses her rage with a curse aimed at punishing everyone who took away her family — she understands too late that it will destroy Kaija, too.
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Riot Recommendations
In keeping with the Halloween theme of the month, more monsters! This time, it’s werewolves — the non-romantic sort.
The Path of Thorns by A.G. Slatter
Asher Todd comes to Morwood as a governess because she knows the house is one that tends to eat secrets, and she has quite a few she’d like to make it choke on. But she unfortunately also becomes fond of the children, and the people of the surrounding community… just in time to wonder if she really wants to follow through with a plan she can’t really stop.
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan
At a bit over 200 years old, Jake Marlowe is the last werewolf, and he is tired. All he’s got to try to salve his burgeoning existential crisis is his love of scotch and books…and the lust for meat and pleasures of the flesh that takes him during the full moon. He might be thinking of ending it all, but there are two groups, both equally dangerous, who want very much to keep him alive.
See you, space pirates. If you’d like to know more about my secret plans to dominate the seas and skies, you can catch me over at my personal site.