Holly Reads Too Much

Tag: NetGalley

  • January 2026 Reading Recap

    15 🎧audiobooks for January10 🔱 Percy Jackson/Riordanverse2 ⭐️ NetGalley9 re-reads1 📚book club3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ riordanverse #netgalley

  • 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…

  • December 2025 Reading Recap

    🎧20 (audio) books in December:9 brand new books11 re-reads🐉🌀👁️Sea of Monsters twice because of the Disney Plus show1 five star (The List of Suspicious Things)1 NetGalley review There were clever detectives, suspicious neighbors, emotional gut-punches, comfort re-reads, and more murders than I can count. 🔪🔪🔪

  • 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…

  • The Queen Who Came In From The Cold by S.J. Bennett

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A delightfully clever blend of Cold War intrigue and cozy mystery. This time, the Queen of England and her assistant private secretary find themselves quietly facilitating the defection of a Soviet scientist and untangling a murder spotted from the royal train. The Venice scenes were very suspenseful (fog, canals, gunfire), and the playful nods…

  • 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…

  • The Valley of Lies by Ali Standish

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This has quickly become one of my favorite middle-grade series—but honestly, any Sherlock Holmes fan could enjoy it, no matter their age. Ali Standish does such a clever job weaving Holmesian lore into the mischievous adventures of these young students at Baskerville Hall. I’ve been wondering since book one how Arthur’s roommate Jimmie (whose…

  • 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…

  • September 2025 Reading Recap

     September 2025 Reads🎧 14 audiobooks ✨ Favorites: The Hallmarked Man & The Armchair Detectives😅 Least favorites: a few Amelia Peabody adventures 🪶 Highlights:• 7 Amelia Peabody mysteries by Elizabeth Peters• 2 NetGalley listens• 1 short story collection• 9 re-reads Full lineup: 🩵 Total: 14 audiobooks of mystery, mayhem, and mummy dust 🏺🔍🐫⚖️