What books will YOU love this month? February 2024 This is the perfect time of the year to curl up under a blanket and have a cozy reading escape. There’s lots to love about the new releases coming out in February….which ones do you think will make it into your favorite blue box? For those of…

The First Chapter of 2024 is Here. January 2024 I’m back!!! Two years ago, I decided to throw my career in public relations aside and become an elementary/special education teacher. This fall, I completed those requirements and earned my Masters in Teaching. I haven’t been posting lately because I was in my student teaching semester, and I…

Spooky Season is here. October 2023 Last month, I guessed 3 out of the 5 main selections and two add-ons. Not bad! I’m excited for Spooky Season, and I don’t think these predictions will disappoint. I did lean more toward magical, fantasy-type books than the horrors that I WISH BOTM would offer in the month…

What Books Will We Leaf Through this Autumn? September 2023 Last month, my predictions were pretty accurate. I guessed 4 out of the 5 main selections, only missing The Many Lives of Mama Love, a rare non-fiction selection from Book of the Month. Can I match last month’s accuracy this September? This month is always…

Pick Your Next Beach Read August 2023 For a while, BOTM seemed to be moving away from repeat authors and prioritizing debuts. While I still think that debut authors are more likely to get selected, July featured several returning authors. This threw off my predictions, causing me to select 2 of the 5 main selections….

What’s in store for this summer? July 2023 My prediction abilities were a little off in June. I correctly guessed 2/5 main selections, and one of my other predictions ended up being an add-on. I guess I was right when I said I was a little stumped by what BOTM would choose. Luckily, there’s always…

Sunshine and Plotlines….What’s in the Blue Box? June 2023 I predicted most of last month’s BOTM selections….but not all of them were in my MAY predictions. I predicted 5/6 of BOTM’s selections, two of which I predicted last month, two more I had predicted for April, and one I predicted for Aardvark Book Club instead…

What “may” we see in our blue boxes this month? May 2023 Last month contained a few surprises. I did not think that BOTM would feature an established writer like Jeannette Walls. A few books were below a four-star rating on Goodreads. BOTM did not choose a single repeat author despite the fact that they…