Kim Novak - The Reading Rx

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Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· 28d

Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker emotionally wrecked me. All the feels for this atmospheric ghost story. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker . A painting of a Japanese style house surrounded by trees that are either blooming in cherry blossoms or dripping in blood depending on perspective.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· 29d

The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney is an engaging piece of #NonFiction that is informative and insightful. Wonderful on #audiobook! #History #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 13

Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist gave me all the best creepy vibes. Definitely check out this wonderfully weird story. 🪓🐑 #Horror #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @solarisbooks.bsky.social @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist. Ink drawing of two sheep… the top one has a sinister look in its eyes.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 12

Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict showcases two women separated by centuries that #history has done its best to overlook or purposefully forget. #FictionalizedBiography #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @stmartinspress.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict. Paining of desert pyramids seen through dried palm fronds.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 12

Hot Girl Murder Club by Ashley Winstead is a feminine rage #thriller with a unique premise. #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Hit Girl Murder Club by Ashley Winstead. Rear view of three women wearing formal gowns,. The one in a sparkly silver dress holds a knife behind her back.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 11

Westward Women by Alice Martin is a smart and unsettling feminist 1970s dystopian adventure. #SpeculativeFiction #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @stmartinspress.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Westward Women by Alice Martin. Red graphic of some sort of wire or yarn wound in circular patterns that also show an image of a woman with yellow round sunglasses also made of the same material.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 9

Turn Off the Light by Jacquie Walters is a little bit witchy and a little bit ghostly as this dual timeline #mystery unravels. #Horror #NetGalley #audiobooks #BookSky 💙📚 @littlebrown.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Turn Off the Light by Jacquie Walters. A beach house with lights on in the lower level sits sinisterly against an orange sky at sunrise.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 8

Finders Keepers by Natalie Barelli is a twisty #thriller perfect for a beach read or road trip. #audiobooks #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @poisonedpen.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Finders Keepers by Natalie Barelli. A red diary with a crumbly blue butterfly on the cover laying on a rumpled white bedsheet with a spatter of blood.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 7

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer leaves you with more questions than answers. Recommended for those who love weird books. #Horror #SciFi #BookSky 💙📚 @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. A wild pig with moss growing on its flank, flowers from head and rump, and mushrooms from its leg.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 7

The Brides by Charlotte Cross is a slow burn atmospheric historical #horror told epistolary style. Fabulous on #audiobook! #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @charlottecross.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of The Brides by Charlotte Cross. Picture of a woman looking upwards through a lace veil. Title in blood red.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 5

Writers & Lovers by Lily King is full of grief and grit as Casey struggles to make a place for herself in the writing world. #LiteraryFiction #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Writers & Lovers by Lily King. Artwork of a tabletop covered in small flower arrangements, food remnants, and a menu.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 5

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, illustrated by Henry Cole, read by Neil Patrick Harris. Don’t miss this sweet #BannedBooks #KidsLit true story of Central Park Zoo penguins Roy and Silo. #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, illustrated by Henry Cole, read by Neil Patrick Harris. Drawing of two penguin parents and their chick.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 5

The Hardest, Longest Race by Eric Moskowitz is an informative and entertaining wild ride through auto #history. #NonFiction #Audiobooks #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @ericmoskowitz.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of The Hardest, Longest Race by Eric Moskowitz. Two ford Model Ts drive down. Dirt road through the countryside.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 3

The Plea (Eddie Flynn #2) by Steve Cavanagh is a locked room #mystery and legal #thriller not to be missed. #Audiobooks #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of The Plea by Steve Cavanagh. Nighttime picture of high rise buildings from a street perspective looking up.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 3

The Defense (Eddie Flynn #1) by Steve Cavanagh has an amazing sleight of hand storyline and endears you to why Eddie is the type of lawyer he is. #Thriller #Audiobooks #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of The Defense by Steve Cavanagh. NYC skyline surrounded by the words lawyer, husband, father, con art, hustler, criminal.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 2

Many dark yet colorful reads this month. Lots of road time again, so audiobooks were winning. Binge read and judged for the #SSBA2026 horror category this month, too. Looking forward to tackling my NetGalley backlog in July! #BookSky 💙📚

Pictorial collage of the 19 physical/e-books I read in June 2026. Refer back to individual posts throughout the month for links to reviews.

Pictorial collage of the 15 audiobooks books I read in June 2026. Refer back to individual posts throughout the month for links to reviews.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 1

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert is a fascinating book about the biological history of our planet and where climate change and human impact may be taking us. #NonFiction #Audiobooks #BookSky 💙📚 @elizkolbert.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert. A mastodon skeleton sitting on its rump against a yellow background.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jul 1

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston is a heartwarming journey full of found family. More books should have elderly main characters. #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston. An elderly man wearing a very long scarf walks with a coffee cup through a park by a river.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 30

Hopeless Necromantic by Shiloh Briar delivers on cutesy #fantasy vibes. I was looking for something darker. #audiobooks #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Hopeless Necromantic by Shiloh Briar. A pale guy with wavy silver hair stands back to back with a woman with pink hair, horns, and elfin ears. A skeleton plays guitar in the background. Skulls and potions make up the border.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 28

I loved The One Hundred Nights of Hero!

The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 28

FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven is a #horror novel told in interviews. It has a true crime nonfiction feel which is perhaps where the actual horror lies. It could happen. #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of FantasticLand by Mike Bo kOven. Picture of an empty Ferris wheel..

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 27

The Black Farm by Elias Witherow is a #horror novel one has to experience rather than just read. So many existential questions to reflect upon. Fabulous #audiobook performance. #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of The Black Farm by Elias Witherow. A man standing in the rain at night in a black hoodie holds an oar like a weapon

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 27

The Replacement by Liv Constantine explores just how far someone may go to make it in Hollywood. #ShortStory #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of The Replacement by Liv Constantine. The top have of a brunette woman’s face adjacent to the bottom half of a blonde woman’s face.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 26

The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke (aka VE Schwab and Cat Clarke) is a clever mystery slasher satire of the writing and publishing community. Very well done! #Mystery #Thriller #BookSky 💙📚 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke. A red keyhole inside a white book inside a red book inside a beige book - shadow is casted from above and blood drips down from the top.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 26

Change of Heart by Falcon Ballard is an alt Hallmark reality nightmare of a #romance. #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 #audiobook www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Change of Heart by Falcon Ballard. A couple stand in a green gazebo under a pink sky.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 26

Maeve Fly by CJ Leede deliciously uncovers the villain within the Disney princess. #Horror #BookSky 💙📚 @ceejthemoment.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Maeve Fly by CJ Leede. A woman licks a large green eyeball within a mouth of many rows of sharp teeth.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 23

You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews expertly walks the line between #thriller and #horror. #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @paperfury.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of You Did Nothing Wrong by CG Drews. Picture of a sinister looking house with a boy looking out the window. A hand holding a bleeding rose is in front.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 23

Dark Cloud on Naked Creek by Cindy O’Quinn brings Appalachian folk #horror to life. #SSBA2026 #BookSky 💙📚 @cindyoquinn.bsky.social @brigidsgatepress.bsky.social @specawards.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of Dark Cloud on Naked Creek by Cindy O’Quinn. Oval picture of an autumn creek scene hanging askew, the creek water gushing out of the crane.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 22

Thanks Annette! 💙

Little girl scrunching up her note with the quote: I may have the right to remain silent… but oh boy do I lack the ability.

Kim Novak - The Reading Rx@cfpharmd· Jun 21

We Call Athena Witches by India-Rose Bower is a haunting mix of dystopia and folk #Horror. Excellent debut! Also great on #audiobook! #NetGalley #BookSky 💙📚 @poisonedpenpress.bsky.social @inkyrosey.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...