HeyJaredThat Bookish Life
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October 2026 Anticipated Book Releases (opens the original)
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Temperatures are cooling, color is beginning to creep into the trees, and the calendar, and quickly darkening evenings, say it’s officially fall. Temperatures may be cooling, but fall publishing is still hot. While September publishing brought a glut of new releases October has plenty to offer our TBR stacks from horror and thrillers for Spooky Season, to literary darlings, speculative worlds, and romance, plus some interesting non-fiction—there’s something for everyone!Here are 27 October book
An unexpected break and an unexpectedly good book pairing (opens the original)
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The last week… 10 days… two weeks—to be honest, I’ve lost count and don’t want to be bothered with the math—have been a span of time so chaotic and upheaving it’s as if my normal life has been completely put on hold, or perhaps disappeared to some alternate timeline somewhere where Other Me spent those days reading and gardening and cooking and writing and whatever else I usually get up to while this me was not doing that. That said, things are calming down, or are now calm, or whatever the curr
August Reading Wrap-Up (opens the original)
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August reading brought plenty of highs and few lows—though one of those lows was was an extremely rare DNF. Despite only seeing raves for Emma Brodie’s Into the Blue it wasn’t for me. It’s so random, but improv comedy is a total turn off for me and the opening of this book involves way too much of it for my comfort level 🙈 Let’s normalize providing a trigger warning for improve comedy, okay?! Hahaha! I’m always working on knowing when to set aside books that aren’t right for me. Quitting on thin
5 Backlist Books to Read in Late August & September (opens the original)
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As someone very connected to the seasons, now is a time of change and transition. Summer is winding down, fall is on the horizon, and my reading is in flux. At this point in the year I’ve read through most of my summer TBR and I’m eagerly anticipating the start of Prestige Reading Season and the wealth of books September publishing offers. It seems to me I’m not alone; many readers appear to fall into something of a slump this time of year. Not only is the season changing, but <a href="https://t
September 2026 Anticipated Book Releases (opens the original)
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Welcome to Prestige Reading Season! After a typically quiet August, September is bringing Big Fall Energy. As much as I love the vibes of summer reading, fall truly has my heart. Fall is traditionally peak publishing season featuring books from literary heavy weights, awards contenders, commercial blockbusters, notable non-fiction, AND Spooky Season has entered the chat. This September in particular is absolutely stacked with exciting new releases I can’t wait to get my hands (and eyes) (and ear
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