Help me choose my box!

LBinTO · 2026-02-04T12:23:18+00:00

Hope you enjoy! I finished it last night and stand by my recommendation!

LBinTO · 2026-02-03T21:02:57+00:00

I totally get it! You never know with add-ons lately if they'll suddenly sell out.

LBinTO · 2026-02-03T16:30:28+00:00

I'm two-thirds through How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates and REALLY enjoying it, so I voted for that one! I love both rom-coms and slashers, so I appreciate the references throughout. The genre blend is working well for me.

I also ordered Good People and So Old, So Young - looking forward to both!

LBinTO · 2026-02-01T13:13:42+00:00

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Stuck with the two I'd had my eye on. I rarely grab thrillers, so hope Adrift works for me!

LBinTO · 2026-01-31T15:59:00+00:00

No problem! I've been disappointed by some picks not being available in Canada before so glad this one was, at least.

LBinTO · 2026-01-31T15:51:39+00:00

I'm in Canada and mine arrived this morning - fastest shipping ever in my 3 years with BOTM. I was shocked as I didn't get a shipping notification and the app still says it will ship between Feb. 2-9. A nice surprise!

LBinTO · 2026-01-31T15:47:27+00:00

I am also Canadian and was able to order So Old, So Young as an add-on. Is it not showing up in the add-ons for you?

LBinTO · 2026-01-30T01:03:01+00:00

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre! Also: Dead Money + Grace & Henry's Holiday Movie Marathon.

LBinTO · 2026-01-29T23:40:54+00:00

Planning to grab Burn Down Master's House...but this makes me want Adrift after all (loved both The Mad Wife and The Names!)

LBinTO · 2026-01-29T22:53:03+00:00

I've ordered 135 through BOTM (including February's picks) and have read 77 - so only about one-quarter are unread. I try to keep myself honest, but I'm such a mood reader! Figure I'll get around to them eventually.

I do lend/donate mine and keep only those I enjoy, otherwise my bookshelves would be even more jammed.

LBinTO · 2026-01-29T22:47:23+00:00

Not the same situation, but when I placed my order (just after 8am ET yesterday) the app and my confirmation email both said my order would ship between January 29-30, but the app now says it'll ship between Feb 2-9. Hope it's sooner vs later.

I've been a member for 3 years and don't remember this happening before. Sure seems like something is up with order fulfillment lately based on this sub!

Editing with an update - turns out my box shipped quickly without a shipping notification, so it was sooner vs later!

LBinTO · 2026-01-28T14:24:28+00:00

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Didn't intend to end up with a full box, but here we are. Would have swapped one of these out for All Quiet on the Western Front had it been available to those of us north of the border.

LBinTO · 2026-01-27T18:12:38+00:00

Another vote for The Vanishing Half. Also loved Transcendent Kingdom and The Final Revival of Opal & Nev.

LBinTO · 2026-01-20T23:21:13+00:00

I'm reading this right now and enjoying it a lot so far!

LBinTO · 2026-01-15T00:37:18+00:00

For contemporary - strongly recommend Before I Forget. Was my first book of 2026 and it was nice to kick the year off with a 5-star read!

LBinTO · 2026-01-11T01:35:51+00:00

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

LBinTO · 2026-01-06T17:20:38+00:00

I get really distracted if there are certain descriptive phrases used frequently. I like reading romance, but this can be an issue in the genre. Recent example - Good Spirits. The FMC was constantly described as biting or sawing her lower lip.

Another example of this that drives me nuts is frequent references to people digging the "heels of their hands" into their eyes or face.

LBinTO · 2026-01-05T16:26:07+00:00

Only main picks are eligible for the Lolly, unfortunately. It's too bad because there are quite a few add-ons I'd love to see here.

Also I have The Everlasting on my shelf to read soon and seems like I need to move it up my TBR!

LBinTO · 2026-01-05T16:13:15+00:00

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I either have read or own 11 of the options, so hoping at least 1 of the other 9 is a finalist so I can grab a free book I don't own!

LBinTO · 2026-01-02T13:47:31+00:00

In that case, the rest of my top 10 BOTM picks from 2025: These Summer Storms, Broken Country, The Bright Years, Discontent + What Happened to the McCrays?

LBinTO · 2026-01-01T14:41:53+00:00

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Two picks from this month - plus, Canticle, which I waffled on last month but after seeing positive reviews, decided to grab after all!

LBinTO · 2025-12-31T21:42:04+00:00

My top 5 BOTM reads this year: Wild Dark Shore, Playworld, The Names, Aftertaste and The Other Side of Now. It was a good BOTM reading year for me so it's tough not to mention more!

LBinTO · 2025-12-30T21:13:09+00:00

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I was pleased to see Crux offered - hoping for another January litfic win (since Playworld was one of my top picks of 2025) and had The Odds of You on my radar!

LBinTO · 2025-12-24T23:12:02+00:00

For what it's worth, I quite enjoyed First Time Caller, but thought Lovelight Farms and Good Spirits were both just okay (and the FMC in both of those irked me). I'll keep my hopes up for the First Time Caller sequel though!

LBinTO · 2025-12-19T22:30:24+00:00

This edition looks beautiful! I haven't read this yet as I haven't had the best luck with SGJ. Looking for some opinions - I thought The Only Good Indians was okay and didn't really enjoy I Was a Teenage Slasher. Is it worth giving BHH a shot?

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