Holly Reads Too Much

Tag: fiction

  • Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser

    ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Lady Tremaine is a brilliant and unexpectedly moving retelling of Cinderella, told from the stepmother’s point of view. This novel begins with the stepmother (Ethel) as a young girl and follows her through two marriages, two widowhoods, and the relentless struggle to secure safety and stability for her children, carrying…

  • The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

    ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ This is probably my favorite book of the 2025. That might be recency bias talking, or it might be because Harriet the Spy was one of my defining childhood reads. Either way, I can’t remember another book this year that made me feel quite like this one did. Set in…

  • November 2025 Reading Recap

    23 audiobooks for November This month was a cozy collision of crime, classics, kids’ adventures, and King-level chaos: ✨ 7 newly published🔁 15 re-reads📖 1 book club pick💻 1 NetGalley🎧 100% audiobooks Highlights included an Alex Cross binge, a Bill Hodges + Holly Gibney run, clever mysteries with Phyllida Bright and Her Majesty, the strangely…

  • October 2025 Reading Recap

    October 2025 Audiobooks 🎧22 audiobooks for October!10 first-time listens 🎧12 re-reads — some old favorites I’ve revisited many times ❤️1 #NetGalley audio-ARC1 Non-fiction pick (for #SecretStuffBookClub)16 of the 22 books crossed 7 different series, with 2 complete series read this month ⭐️ 5-Star Favorites (One of my all time favorite books)• The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith (3rd…

  • Murder in Matrimony (Lady of Letters #4) by Mary Winter

    💍 Murder in Matrimony (Lady of Letters #4)🖋️ by Mary Winters | 🎧 Narrated by Sophie Roberts Lady Amelia Amesbury, secret advice columnist “Lady Agony,” has her hands full this time! A blackmailer threatens to reveal her identity, her sister announces a wedding in one month, and then her dear friend the vicar turns up dead.…

  • The Armchair Detectives by Matt Dunn

    I mentioned that this was one of my favorites of September but I wanted to post my @goodreads review also to encourage more people to read it. It’s so good! Here’s the text of the review in case it’s too small in the picture: Eighty-four-year-old Martin Maxwell is temporarily staying in a seaside nursing home while recovering…

  • August 2025 Reading Recap

    📚✨ August Reading Recap ✨📚 25 books this month: A mix of cozy whodunnits, historical sleuthing, thrillers, and a dash of Egyptian adventure. 🏰 High society & golden-age style mysteries:Murder at Blackburn Hall, The Egyptian Antiquities Murder, Murder in Black Tie, Murder in Mayfair, Murder at the Mansions, Murder on a Midnight Clear, Murder in…

  • Knave of Diamonds by Laurie R. King

    ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ One of my all-time favorite series continues strong with Knave of Diamonds. Following the shocking revelation in the previous book (that Holmes and Mycroft’s mother is alive and living in France at 100 years old), this installment shifts focus to Mary Russell’s side of the family. We’re introduced to her elusive…

  • Miss Morton Mysteries by Catherine Lloyd

    Miss Morton Mysteries by Catherine Lloyd – Books 1–3🎧 Narrated by Lucy Rayner Thanks to a recommendation from @allaboutcosy, I dove into the first three books in Catherine Lloyd’s Miss Morton Mysteries series this week, and I was hooked. I finished them back-to-back and am now counting down the days until Book 4 releases at the…

  • Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd

    This was soooo good I almost want to listen again just to be able to spend more time with Nora 🥰. She is a former nun who goes looking for her missing pen pal. Fantastic audiobook narration.