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The first review of 2026 is here! And it's about the the fictional con of the century: Cover Story by Susan Rigetti.

The time has come to name my top five books of 2025!

Thank you to Blackstone Publishing for sending me a copy of What Darkness Does by Jennifer Graeser Dornbush.

I miss Spooky Season already so it's time to rank The Gravekeeper series by Darcy Coates.

Romeo and Juliet but make it 1920's Shanghai and add science fiction...?

Another Spooky Season Wednesday calls for another Spooky Season review.

My favorite time of year calls for an exploration into 20th Century Spiritualism with a review of The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner.

Just in time for Spooky Season, it's a review of The Family Plot by Megan Collins.

These five pieces of Gothic Lit are top tier! You gotta read them!

Thank you to The Mysterious Press and Wunderkind PR for sending me an advanced copy of The Glass Eel by J.J. Viertel.

It's time once again for me to review a mystery novel!

There are certain titles I can read 1000 times and not grow bored of. These are those stories.

We're continuing on with Pride Month reviews with I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea.

We're continuing Pride Month with a review of Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson.

Thank you to Thomas and Mercer, and SparkPoint Studio for sending me an advanced copy of One in For by Lucinda Berry.

Thank you to Collective Ink and Roundfire Books for sending me a copy of Ada & Eddie by Barry Harden.

Happy Mystery March, Book Nerds! This week we're ranking literary detectives.

Welcome back to Mystery March. This week's review is on Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson.

Welcome to Mystery March. Let's talk A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall.

I'm gearing up for a very special March here on RHRML, so let's get into the spirit early with Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.