I have found so many of my favorite reads thanks to the monthly book subscription box
Book of the Month. As an Enneagram 5, I spend a lot of time researching both the 5 main selections as well as the the new add-ons before I make any decisions.
If you are interested in reading a detailed synopsis for any of these, I've linked to Goodreads.
What follows is my commentary surrounding my thought process and what I ultimately select. Hopefully you'll find it to be helpful!
May 2021 Main Selections:
From what I can see this title is receiving very mixed reviews in the bigger publications. Booklist gave it a starred review and Publishers Weekly advised readers to take a pass on picking this up. In the land of Bookstagram @stay.stitchy makes it sound as if How Lucky could have used some tighter editing, which, in my mind, makes the Stephen King blurb make much more sense. Over @the.caffeinated.reader Amanda, felt that the book lived up to the intriguing premise.
Some Suggested Flight Picks:
I have not read any of those and such mixed reviews make me a teeny bit worried that I wouldn't completely enjoy this title. However, BOTM implies that this is a fast read that will make me laugh and Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here is the reader recommending it. I really enjoyed Nothing to See Here, so that recommendation holds some weight for me.
Greek myth retelling with a feminist spin?! Yes, please. . . well, maybe. Both
Booklist and
Kirkus Reviews commented on how the writing feels very much like the debut it is. Kirkus went so far as to say there was far too much telling versus showing and that's a major pet peeve of mine.
In Bookstagram land,
@coversandcollages says that this is a "fun and engaging story," but that it can be a little difficult to follow at times.
@laura_reads_ found the descriptions in this title to be vivid and the character development to be "fleshed out." Then the vast majority of the rest of Bookstagram did that thing where they geek out over the cover, but don't actually read the book.
I admit the UK edition has an incredibly gorgeous cover. I may just try to order that version.
Some Suggested Flight Picks:
Laura Dave is a repeat author for BOTM, however, I haven't read her previous featured title
Eight Hundred Grapes. The Last Thing He Told Me sounds like a pretty solid page-turner based on the reviews by both
Publishers Weekly and
Kirkus. This one has also already been optioned for an adaptation on Apple TV, staring the woman I wanted to be when I grew up, Julia Roberts.
Some Suggested Flight Picks:
I'm not finding a whole lot of reviews about this one, but what I can find leads me to believe that this is more than just a cooperate, spy thriller, that it is also a bit of a character deep dive. I am so intrigued by the premise of this, but am nervous about the lack of reviews.
Some Suggested Flight Picks:
This title received a stupendous review via
Publishers Weekly and they're using all the words that draw me to a book such as: gripping, illuminating, haunting, and captivating. This title also spans three-decades, which I am a total sucker for!
Some Suggested Flight Picks:
My May 2021 Book of the Month Box:
What's in your BOTM box this month?
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