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You already know… end of the month = bookish business. The May Edition is here, and we’ve got my latest ARC reviews, approvals, and current reads
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VOL. 2 | Issue No. 15| MAY 2026| Blog Version | PDF
LATEST BOOK REVIEW
Odessa
Gabrielle Sher
[HORROR✮ FANTASY✮HISTORICAL FICTION]
✨4.01 Goodreads Rating
THANK YOU! NetGalley and Little, Brown and Company for the advanced copy of this title.
There was so much buzz around this title—and with it showing up on so many “upcoming horror” lists, I was genuinely excited to dive in. That said, it wasn’t quite what I expected.
It’s a bit outside my usual go-to genres, but at its core, this is a solid story. It carries a quiet heartbreak, and once the reason behind the strange disappearances is revealed, the tension really starts to settle in.
When you think of Jewish lore, the first thing that comes to mind is the Golem. I’ve only encountered it a few times in my reading, but the way this story presents the creature feels both familiar and slightly reimagined—different in its telling, but rooted in the same foundation.
The atrocities experienced by the town of Odessa feel pulled straight from history—people at war, fighting for their families, their faith, and what they believed was right. It’s one of those reminders that, in some ways, we haven’t come as far from that kind of thinking as we’d like to believe.
While there are elements of horror, they lean more on the subtle side—because what’s horrifying can look very different depending on the reader. I appreciated how the ending unfolded; it didn’t feel rushed, and it left just enough unanswered to linger… with a quiet sense of wanting more.
Rating: 3.75 stars ✨
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MARION NORMAN WAS HER FIRST. Marion is in deep. She’s stolen money from the Manhattan ad agency where she works in a desperate bid to help her sister escape an abusive marriage, but the bus breaks down before she can make it to Saratoga Springs. It’s late at night, and the only place with vacancies is an old set of cabins on the outskirts of town. She pays for a room in cash and ends up chatting with Norm, the young innkeeper who’s handsome, charming, and a touch hung-up on his elderly mother. Back in her room, she steps into the shower, scrubbing off the late-summer heat, when the curtain is pulled back…🍵 📖 |
CROSS MY HEART I HOPE YOU DIE One isolated cabin. One cheating boyfriend. One plan to get even. When Nora, Ruby, and Cham discover that they’ve each been dating the same man, what starts as outrage quickly spirals into a plot for revenge. Together, they hatch a plan to lure their boyfriend to a romantic getaway in a secluded cabin at the top of a snow-covered mountain. Only what was meant to be harmless payback soon takes a chilling turn when their not-so-adoring boyfriend is found dead in the cabin. 🍵 📖 Here
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MAY downloads 💾This House Will Feed, Maria Tureaud Adding a line for formatting |
June 🎧 reading challenge!“Read a banned book.”here |
📌 Completed May titlesThe Summerfun Massacre here |
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