January is finally over (and only lasted 3 decades) and this means it’s time to for my February book club picks. Whoop!
If you join the Fantastic Strangelings Book Club you’ll be getting Life Hacks from a Little Alien by Alice Franklin.
This novel is smart, funny, strange and wonderful. The narrator’s journey is informed by the author’s own experiences with autism and it’s written in such a fascinating way that I think so many neurodivergent readers will vibe with and neurotypical readers can learn from. THE WAY I DEVOURED IT, Y’ALL.
Also, it has nothing to do with goats but I couldn’t get any of the cats to pose with the book so Totes McGoats was the next best thing, probably.
And if you join the Nightmares from Nowhere bookclub you’ll be getting Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito. It is so darkly good that it’s already being made into a movie starring Margaret Qualley (from The Substance…did you see it…ooh, so fantastic). Like if Patrick Bateman from American Psycho and Nanny McPhee had a baby steeped in female rage in the Victorian era.
And if you need more than two books to get you through the month, here are a few February releases that I loved:
Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett– This is the third Emily Wilde book and is one of my favorite series. GO READ THEM ALL.
But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo – The Shape of Water meets Mexican Gothic in this sapphic monster romance novella wrapped in gothic fantasy trappings. This is so good and also very small if you want something you can finish in an afternoon.
Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowynn Ivey – A dark fairytale set against the landscapes of Alaska.
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks – A beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse
The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict – The story of five of the greatest women writers of the Golden Age of Mystery and their bid to solve a real-life mystery.
The Edge of Water by Olufunke Grace Bankole – A mother and daughter story about a Nigerian family navigating life that explores the idea of love and sacrifice.