GoodReads Monday

This weekly meme was started by @Lauren’s Page Turners. It is now being hosted by Budget Tales Book Blog. To participate, choose a random book from your GoodReads TBR and show it off. Which sounds easy enough until you have to decide how to choose that book! I think I will use a different way each week, like picking a color or number of pages. I will let you know each week how I chose the book and then something interesting about it, like how it ended up on the list or why I want to read it. Got it? Okay let’s get started.

Happy Monday! I hope that your week is off to a good start. I just found out that one of my favorite YA authors has a new book coming out in the summer. It is a standalone and not part of her current series, but it sounds amazing and I can’t wait to get my hands on it, I also just love that cover!

Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson

Publication Date: August 6, 2024

Summary from Goodreads:

The fire wasn’t Marlowe Wexler’s fault. Dates should be hot, but not hot enough to warrant literal firefighters. Akilah, the girl Marlowe has been in love with for years, will never go out with her again. No one dates an accidental arsonist.

With her house-sitting career up in flames, it seems the universe owes Marlowe a new summer job, and that’s how she ends up at Morning House, a mansion built on an island in the 1920s and abandoned shortly thereafter. It’s easy enough, giving tours. Low risk of fire. High chance of getting bored talking about stained glass and nut cutlets and Prohibition.

Oh, and the deaths. Did anyone mention the deaths?

I am kind of sad that we are not getting a new book in the Truly Devious series this year, but I think this will make up for it. It sounds fantastic and I am sure it will be just as good as her other books. What do you think? Would you rather have the next book in the series or does this sound like a really good book? Let me know in the comments.

Until next time..