January, 2026
January 6th, 2026, 4:55 p.m. - Not off to a great start, 2026
1. What Kind of Paradise (Janelle Brown)
Up next: The Killer Question (Janice Hallett)
January 12th, 2026, 5:13 p.m. - For once, I actually guessed a big twist!
2. The Killer Question (Janice Hallett)
Up next: American Bulk (Emily Mester)
January 19th, 2026, 7:54 p.m. - "Everyone wastes the core because they think the seeds are poison, but anything's poison if you have too much of it"
3. American Bulk (Emily Mester)
Up next: The Wasp Trap (Mark Edwards)
January 25th, 2026, 4:29 p.m. - Everything echoes
4. The Wasp Trap (Mark Edwards)
Up next: Voluntary Madness (Norah Vincent)
Too slow in parts. Too many scenes that could have been cut. Not enough to make me care what happened. Not a memorable start to the year.
This was one of Hallett's more solid books. I didn't feel as much like I needed to be paying attention to every little detail to solve the mysteries. It felt less like homework than some of her previous books.
I wanted more! Which is a weird thing to say about a collection of essays about excess.
This started slow, but once it picked up, it was a good read. It was a twisty take on the revisiting-secrets-from-the-past trope, and I couldn't figure out what those secrets were (in a good way).