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 you are all doing well and are ready to get excited about this new book from everyone’s favorite author that is coming out this summer. I am especially excited about this gorgeous cover.

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

Publication Date: August 19, 2025

Summary from Goodreads:

Healer Anja knows little of politics but much of poisons. When she is summoned to treat the mysterious illness afflicting the king’s daughter, she finds herself against the clock, desperate to track down the source of the poison killing Princess Snow. But the chance discovery of a strange alternate world inside a magic mirror leads Anja to darker discoveries, including what really happened to Snow’s dead sister, Rose, and why their mother seemingly went mad and cut out her heart.

Aided by a taciturn bodyguard, a narcissistic cat, and a late Renaissance understanding of the scientific method, Anja must navigate the mysteries of the mirror world before the dark queen that dwells within rises to threaten them all.

Just looking at that cover is giving me goosebumps! Plus there is a cat, I love a good book that features a cat. This is a dark retelling of Snow White, although the original is quite dark, so I will assume this one is even darker. I love Kingfisher’s retellings, they are always so different from the originals, but you can still feel the source material. Really looking forward to this one.

Until next time…