upcoming books, early 2025

january

witchcraft for wayward girls, grady hendrix, out now. horror fantasy. unwed mothers are hidden at this home to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and to forget any of it ever happened. and they start learning witchcraft in secret.
death of the author, nnedi okorafor, out now. scifi. a failing author tries to write a way different story than she’s written before, about androids and AI after humans are extinct - and “the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur.”

february

voice like a hyacinth, mallory pearson, feb 1 — dark academia horror — on amazon first reads january. “a chilling novel about martyrdom, ritual, and obsession.”
a killing cold, kate alice marshall, feb 4 - i got this early through book of the month. i have about 50 pages left and i can’t stand it, i’ve got to stay up tonight and finish it. “A woman invited to her wealthy fiance’s family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she’s been there before.” (update: finished this and it kept me guessing till the end. solid read.)
**famous last words, gillian mcallister, feb 25.** i’ve loved her last two books. thriller. a woman wakes up, sees her husband isn’t beside her and left a cryptic note - then she sees on the news that there’s a hostage situation, and her husband is the gunman. (update: book of the month has this as a february option, so i’ll have it ~feb 6th!)
deep cuts, holly brickley, feb 25. a girl is talking about music in a campus bar in fall of 2000, and another student who’s a songwriter loves hearing her opinions. they form a partnership that lasts years. the novel “examines the nature of talent, obsession, belonging, and above all, our need to be heard.”

march

**the unworthy, agustina bazterrica, mar 4** — horror, author of tender is the flesh. “a thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive, violent religious order, while outside the world has fallen into chaos.”
**everything is tuberculosis, john green, march 18** — nonfiction, john green has been obsessed with TB for a long long time and is a great author.
sunrise on the reaping, suzanne collins, march 18 — hunger games prequel about haymitch (woody harrelson’s character)
this book will bury me, ashley winstead, march 25. “a chilling, compulsive story of five amateur sleuths, whose hunt for an elusive killer catapults them into danger as the world watches.”
when the moon hits your eye, john scalzi, march 25 — fun scifi. “an entirely serious take on a distinctly unserious subject: what would really happen if suddenly the moon were replaced by a giant wheel of cheese.” i’ve read a book from him before (the kaiju preservation society) and it was a blast and a good plot.