Welcome to Over-Booked, where I share my latest and greatest book acquisitions! There is a new blog hosting Stacking the Shelves, so do check out Reading Reality for more information!
I have a fairly modest book haul this month, and I expect it to be this way for the rest of the year. And what a great bunch of books, I’m excited for all of these!
Books in the mail for review:
Big thanks to Orbit Books for How To Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva, a cozy fantasy/romance with the most adorable cover!
Courtesy of Ace Books, I was thrilled to receive a copy of The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong. I am extremely behind with my October review books so I haven’t read this yet, but rest assured I will be starting it soon.
Also from the lovely folks at Ace Books, I received Witches of Dubious Origin by Jenn McKinlay. Ace is putting out some good cozy fantasy/romances lately, and this is another one I’m anxious to read!
I’m thrilled to have a copy of The Place Where They Buried Your Heart by Christina Henry, and if fact I’m currently reading this. It doesn’t come out until next month so for once I’m ahead! Huge thanks to Berkley for the review copy:-)
From the lovely folks at Tor, I received Kill the Beast by Serra Swift, and yes, I’m behind with this one too. (But will be reading it next month for sure!)
Big thanks to Sparkpoint Studio and Harper Collins for a copy of The Devouring Light by Kat Ellis. This is a YA horror with lots of good reviews, and I’ll be reading it soon!
I absolutely loved The Afterlife Project from Podium Publishing, so I was very excited when they offered me another of their books, 30Seven by Jeremy Robinson. This is another science fiction book that’s getting lots of great reviews, and although it’s a January 2026 release, I’m tempted to add it to my Sci Fi Month pile next month. Thank you Podium!
Finally in the physical pile, Saga Press kindly send a copy of The Good House by Tananrive Due, a book that’s been on my TBR for a while. This is a new edition, and I can’t wait to start it!
Digital books for review:
All of these release next year, which a good thing, except for The Sound of the Dark.
Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward is one of my most highly anticipated books of 2026, so I’m excited to have a copy!
Same for Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett. Of course, all the fans of the Emily Wilde books are looking forward to Fawcett’s next project.
I missed out on A.M. Shine’s The Watchers, which lots of readers love, so I’m very happy to have a copy of his next book Grace.
I’m currently reading The Sound of the Dark by Daniel Church for an upcoming blog tour stop on November 6th. So far, so good!
I hadn’t even heard of Silver & Blood by Jessie Mihalik until I was offered a copy by a publicist. I loved her Consortium Rebellion series, which is science fiction. This is the start of a new fantasy series and I can’t wait!
The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer. A witch who can hop into novels? Sounds like fun, right?
Big thanks to Tor Nightfire, Del Rey, Head of Zeus, Angry Robot, Avon and Ballantine Books:-D
Nowhere Burning and Grace sound promising! I did enjoy The Devouring Light – the horror is top notch – but I was expecting more from the human angle, and a certain twist was obvious. Mini review coming…
I need to start The Devouring Light soon, hopefully after I finish my current read:-)
Okay, The Book Witch sounds awesome! Thanks for putting it on my radar.
It does, right? I can’t wait:-)
Ahh, The Keeper of Magical Things and the new Heather Fawcett — I want both so much!
I hope you get them!
This is a great haul! Those books by Ace look good…I hadn’t heard of Witches of Dubious Origin before. And same for me with Silver & Blood…I took them up on the digital arc offer. The cover for it is gorgeous.
I’m super excited for Silver & Blood!
Looks like you have lots of good reading ahead of you. That Jessie Mihalik looks good. I’ll be checking that one out soon; I loved her previous two series. 😀
Oh good, another Jessie Mihalik fan!
The Book Witch is on my radar for sure — I loved her previous two novels (and just got the digital ARC for this one as well). I’ve read The Keeper of Magical Things and really liked it, hope you do too! And I”m really curious about Kill the Beast. It’s popped up in my social feeds a lot, looking forward to hearing more about it. Quite a haul!! Enjoy!
The Book Witch will be my first book by that author, and I know she’s very popular, so I do have high hopes!
Great haul! I got Agnes Aubert and How to Lose a Gobelin too!
I hope we both love them!
Oooooh Silver & Blood looks so good and about a mage! I’m adding that to my TBR!
It sounds great, right? And she’s such a good writer, I’m excited to see what she does with fantasy.
Nice haul! 🙂
Thanks Stormi!
As ever – a fabulous haul of books. I’m also thrilled to have a copy of Heather Fawcett’s latest and I LOVE the sound of How to Lose a Goblin in 10 Days. Happy reading, Tammy:)).
Thank you Sarah! I hope we both love the new Heather Fawcett:-)
I haven’t read the Emily Wilde books yet, but I’m still really excited for the Mystical Cat Shelter!
The cat shelter idea is fantastic, I can’t wait to see what she does with it.
How many interesting books!! We have a couple of books in common (The Keeper of Magical Things, that I can’t believe I haven’t already read, but my reading plans went out the window so… Sigh! And Agnes Aubert…) and I am really curious about Silver and Blood and How to Lose a Goblin…
I hope you will love all of them!!
There are some amazing sounding books coming out next year already!
Great haul. I’m really looking forward to How to Lose a Goblin in 10 Days. I’m currently reading The Sound of the Dark and really enjoying it.
The Book Witch is an interesting idea. I enjoyed Julie Leong’s The Teller of Small Fortunes so hopefully The Keeper of Magical Things is equally as good.
So many good books – and I’ve been really out of the loop at looking at what’s in the pipeline. A new Catriona Ward!
Lynn 😀