I am back! It’s been a while since I did one of these posts, but I’ve still been getting my Book of the Month (BOTM) books every month and still enjoying them greatly (though a bit behind in my reading).
BOTM is a monthly book subscription where every month there is a selection of 5 books to choose from, with additional featured books to select from as well. This subscription is amazing for all who love books, or for that someone you know that loves getting new books monthly – some of which are new/early releases. If you are interested in signing up (or gifting it to others) my referral link is HERE to get your first book credit.
This month’s selection of books included:
- “In a Holidaze” (Romance) by Christina Lauren
- “This Close to Okay” (Contemporary Fiction – Early Release) by Leesa Cross-Smith
- “The Wife Upstairs” (Thriller – Early Release) by Rachel Hawkins
- “The Office of Historical Corrections” (Short Stories) by Danielle Evans
- “People Like Her” (Thriller – Early Release) by Ellery Lloyd
There are also a lot of new book selections to include as add-ons if the month’s books are not your cup of tea.
For this month I decided to stick with the month’s selections for my box. I typically get 2 additional add-ons to my 1 monthly credit.
MY BOTM selection was “This Close to Okay” by Leesa Cross-Smith, an early release contemporary fiction novel.
“A powerful, vibrant novel about the life-changing weekend shared between two strangers.
On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home from work when she spots a man precariously standing at the edge of a bridge. Without a second thought, Tallie pulls over the jumps out of the car into the pouring rain. She convinces the man to join her for a cup of coffee, and he eventually agrees to come back to her house, where he finally shares his name: Emmett.
Over the course of the emotionally charged weekend that follows, Tallie makes it her mission to provide a safe space for Emmett, though she hesitates to confess that this is also her day job. What she doesn’t realize is that Emmett isn’t the only one who needs healing – and they both are harboring secrets.
Alternating between Tallie’s and Emmett’s perspectives as they inch closer to the truth of what brought Emmett to the bridge’s edge – as well as the hard truths Tallie has been grappling with since her marriage ended – “The Close to Okay” is an uplifting, cathartic story about chance encounters, hope found in unlikely moments, and the subtle magic of human connection.”
My 2 add-on choices were also from the December selections as they looked interesting and my kind of books I usually gravitate towards.
“Danielle Evan’s short fiction has long inspired devotion and celebration. In “The Office of Historical Corrections,” she brings her blisteringly smart voice and X-ray insights to the subjects of race and U.S. history. With this novella and stories, Evans considers how and why some people choose to confront history, and others to outrun it.
In one story, a white college student tries to reinvent herself after a photo featuring her in a confederate flag bikini goes viral. In another, a daughter takes her mother on a tour of a prison that tore her family apart decades earlier. And in the eye-opening title novella, a Black scholar from Washington, DC, is drawn into a complex historical mystery that spans generations and puts her job, her love life, and her oldest friendship at risk.
Moving between humor and grief, Evans portrays characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by sorrow – all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of U.S. history – about who gets to tell them, and the cost of setting the record straight.”
“A razor-sharp, wickedly smart suspense debut about an ambitious influencer mom whose soaring success threatens her marriage, her morals, and her family’s safety.
To her adoring fans, Emmy Jackson, aka @the_mamabare, is the honest “Insta-mum” who always tells it like it is. To her skeptical husband, a washed-up novelist who knows just how creative Emmy can be with the truth, she is a breadwinning powerhouse, brilliant at monetizing the intimate details of their family life. To one of Emmy’s dangerously obsessive followers, she’s the woman who has everything – but deserves none of it.
As Emmy’s marriage begins to crack under the strain of her growing success and her moral compass veers wildly off course, the becomes more vulnerable to a very real danger circling ever closer to her family.
In this deeply addictive tale of psychological suspense, Ellery Lloyd delves deep into the dark side of influencer culture, technology, and the way we live today. A perceptive and chilling look at the perils of parenting online, “People Like Her” explores our desperate need to be liked by strangers. It asks what – and whom – we sacrifice when we make our private lives public and ultimately lose control of whom we let in…”
If you guys have seen my previous posts about planning and weekly layouts, you know how much I love my stickers. BOTM did not disappoint! Included with this box were these cute little stickers and you can be sure they’ll be put to some good use in my planner for 2021 🙂
There you have it! This is the BOTM December box picks I selected. If you are a BOTM member I’d love to know what books you picked out for this month and which has been your favorite.
Until next time! ~XO~
Dose of Dalia 