It’s already the second quarter of 2021, and I have another batch of exciting new SFF books coming out, this time for the months of April, May and June! As usual, I will highlight my top five books for each month, and at the end, I’ll show you how I did last quarter. It’s always so hard to pick just five, and obviously I will be reading other books as well, but these are the books that are “must reads” for me. Let’s get started!
April 2021
Titan Song (The Carter Archives #3) by Dan Stout. I’m currently reading this, and I love being back in Stout’s world! Carter and Jax have a new murder to solve, and we’re learning more about what happened to Carter after the exciting ending of Titan’s Day.
Whisper Down the Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman is a fictionalized story of the “Satanic Panic” of the 1980s. I’ve heard this is more about cults than a real horror story, but I will let you know for sure once I read it!
Another series I’m loving is the Frost Files by Jackson Ford. Eye of the Sh*t Storm is book three in the series, and I’m ready to jump back into this world too.
The Last Watch (The Divide #1) by J.S. Dewes has been getting fantastic reviews already, and I can’t wait to start it.
Finally in April, I am really looking forward to Christina Henry’s next book, Near the Bone, which sounds super scary!
May 2021
I’ve actually already read The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory, and I loved it! I’m doing an interview with the author in May and so I wanted to read the book early before I get my questions together. Anyway, Gregory fans are going to have fun with this one, and if you’ve never read his books before, this is a great place to start!
Christopher Beulhman is such a talented writer, and I’ve been looking forward to The Blacktongue Thief (Blacktongue #1) for months now.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who can’t wait to read Andy Weir’s new book, Project Hail Mary. My expectations are very high, so it will be interesting to see how it holds up to them!
You’ll notice at the end of this post on my recap from last quarter, I also listed Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill. Apparently the release date was pushed to May, so that’s why it’s on here again.
And yes, I am one of many readers who can’t wait to read the new John Gwynne book, The Shadow of the Gods. At this point I may be the last to read it, since many bloggers I know have already read it!
June 2021
Starting off with my top pick for June, Adrift (Donovan #5) by W. Michael Gear. This series is so strong, each book has been fantastic and I’m pretty sure this one will be as well.
I’ve been seeing some good reviews already for Rabbits by Terry Miles, a book described as a “surreal technothriller.” I think it sounds fantastic!
For the Wolf (Wilderwood #1) by Hannah Whitten looks like a fairy tale based on Little Red Riding Hood, and I’m very curious to try it out.
The Jasmine Throne (Burning Kingdoms #1) by Tasha Suri is another book that’s getting lots of buzz. I haven’t read Suri before so I’m glad I have the chance to remedy that!
And last but not least, I can’t wait to read The Library of the Dead (Edinburgh Nights #1) by T.L. Huchu. I love all these new series that I’m going to be starting, and here’s one more.
Now let’s take a look at how I did last quarter! Not too bad, I only missed a couple of books, and you really can’t count Day Zero because the release date was moved. Books with an “X” are the ones I read:
There’s so many great books coming out. Wish I had time for all of them.
Me too! If I could quit my job… 🙂
It’s a pity that Day Zero was pushed forward, since I was looking forward to it… Well, it’s not as if I don’t know what to read in the meantime… 😀 😀
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Ha ha we are never short of books, are we?;-)
There are some great books coming out! Looking forward to your reviews of most of them. 😀
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I agree, there’s a lot to choose from and most of it sounds so good!
You did great with the last quarter ones!
I’m excited for The Jasmine Throne and Library of the Dead. I’m supposed to get the later through the Goldsboro subscription, but it’s been stuck in post-brexit shipping for a month.
Oooh now I wish I hadn’t cancelled my Goldsboro subscription, I would have liked their edition of The Library of the Dead:-)
SO MANY great sounding books! A surreal technothriller? Gosh that sounds fun, and different. I wouldn’t mind reading Rabbits. Can’t wait to see your eventual review!
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Thanks Priscilla, there is definitely a lot to choose from these days:-)
I could see myself reading a number of these, but first I’ll wait to hear your thoughts on them. The Last Watch intrigues me, though based on its short book blurb I’m not entirely sure what to expect. You did an incredible job with the books this past quarter. But more important than how many you checked off, how much did you enjoy them? I hope you enjoy this quarter’s reads even more! 🙂
I would have to go back and check my ratings, but overall I enjoyed all the books I read that were on the list. I try to skew my Most Anticipated lists to be books that I’m pretty sure I’m going to love:-)
None of these are on my immediate TBR or wishlist but I’m sure they will be once I read your reviews of it 😛
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Maybe I can convince you to read a few:-)
Loved The Last Watch, and I’m currently enjoying Near the Bone! I feel so behind with The Shadow of the Gods as well. I have an ARC, but I hadn’t picked it up yet since it was so early, haha–I’m getting persuaded to start it soon, though! I’m also really excited for For the Wolf and The Jasmine Throne (Tasha Suri is amazing, I have loved all of her work).
It looks you did amazingly with last quarter’s reads! That’s always a nice feeling. 🙂
There’s so much pressure to read The Shadow of the Gods Early, lol:-)
Wow, you’re good! Very impressive that you read so many of the books you planned to! I’m excited for Near the bone, Day Zero, The Album of Dr Moreau, and Hail Mary (the ones I have ARCs for so far), and I see a few others I want to read too! I’m reading Whisper Down the Lane now, and I”m already creeped out!
I’m glad to hear Whisper Down the Lane is creepy, I’m definitely in the mood for that!
Hail Mary and Adrift are on my list. A bunch more of these will be now too!
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I hope we both enjoy those:-)
I can see some things I might want to try. I did love Titan Song.
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I’m about halfway through Titan Song and really loving it too:-)
Wow, you did great first quarter and it looks like you have some wonderful reads coming up. I’m really excited for the Christina Henry and for Project Hail Mary.
Spring books are busting out all over, lol. So many good ones to choose from:-)
You did great!! The Mask Of Mirrors is on my Spring TBR and I really hope to read it soon!! And it seems like May would be an amazing months for new books!!
May is a fantastic month! I’d love to catch up with Mask of Mirrors, I hope you love it:-)
As I expected, we have a big overlap in our reading lists, except for April where we only share Near The Bone (which I hope to start today). I look forward to your thoughts on The Last Watch and Whisper Down the Lane, I might check out those if theyr’e good!
I’m hoping they’re both good. I feel like it’s hard to go wrong this quarter!
It’s a great line-up. I was very disappointed not to be hold of an arc of Project Hail Mary – but I will be getting a copy anyway! So I look forward to seeing what we both make of it. I also have a copy of The Shadow of the Gods and I look forward to seeing what you make of The Library of the Dead! We have one of three books ahead of us for the coming quarter, Tammy:)).
I will probably buy a physical copy of Project Hail Mary just so I can put it on my bookshelf:-)
You did brilliantly with your reading last quarter. I was doing well but then I really slowed down with my reading this month. Need to perk up! Plenty of books forthcoming to entice me for sure.
Lynn 😀
Maybe too many books coming up??
Wow you did great last quarter! I think Near the Bone looks great too- I love how spooky it looks!
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I know, that cover is what made me want to read it:-)
I hadn’t heard of the Dan Stout series so I’ve added the first book to my list of books to try to get. I have a number of other books from your list that I hope to read, too. Great list, Tammy!
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I hope you get the chance to read Dan’s series!
I’ll never get all the books read I want to. But man, you did great in the first quarter.
I did pretty good, I’m always aiming to cross all the books off the list, though:-)
This is impressive. So many new releases you’ve already read. The Mask of Mirrors is definitely worth it in my opinion 😉
I hope I can catch up with The Mask of Mirrors at some point:-)
Thank you for putting The Library of the Dead on my radar, it’s going straight onto my TBR and I look forward to reading it! and wow you did so well with your quarter 1 reading.
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Thanks Kal! I hope we both enjoy The Library of the Dead:-)
I’m so curious about Blacktongue Thief, that seems to be getting a lot of love! Really enjoying The Last Watch so far, I’m about halfway through!
I’m so glad to hear that, I can’t wait to start it:-)
I need to catch up on Jackson Ford!
I think it’s probably no surprise that I’m looking forward to the majority of these books, too. xD Great minds think alike, right? I’ve been dyiiiiing to read Eye of the Sh*t Storm, and I’m glad that it’s coming up now so that I can read it and write a review without having to sit on it foreverrrrr. Haha. Sometimes that’s the hardest part of getting ARCs lol.