Can't Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday #606: Silver Fox by Adam Borba

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlighted upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with Can't Wait Wednesday hosted over at Wishful Endings.

From the publisher: A riotous debut spy comedy that follows an elderly retired CIA operative who has to dust off his skills after spotting his old foe at a party, for fans of Slow Horses and Killers of a Certain Age.

Harvey Fox—eighty-three years-old, widowed, and retired from the CIA—has been thrown out of yet another assisted living facility, this time for sleeping with seven different women (nine if you count nursing staff). With nowhere else to go, he reluctantly moves in with his grown daughter, Nancy. Harvey’s greatest skill as an operative was always his ability to charm anybody, but Nancy is frustratingly immune to his charisma. Meanwhile, he’s been sidelined by his granddaughter in favor of teenage drama and subjected to the company of Nancy’s insufferable Silicon Valley venture capitalist husband.

Feeling out of sorts and in the way, Harvey is planning his next move when his son-in-law invites him to a party with fellow VCs. Harvey is stunned to see a familiar face in the crowd—Dmitri Volkov, the KGB agent who'd nearly killed him half a century ago. What is Volkov doing in California? Why is he rubbing elbows with American tech companies with defense contracts? When the powers that be chalk it all up to a bored old man’s delusions, Harvey realizes that he must run one last covert op. But doing so will dredge up memories of the last time he faced off against Dmitri Volkov. Then he had his youth and the weight of the US government behind him. Now Harvey is all alone and losing this battle could cost more than his life.

Silver Fox by Adam Borba is expected out March 30, 2027 from Flatiron Books: Pine and Cedar.

Why am I waiting on this book? l like the idea of the older protagonist. It says that it's good for fans of Killers of a Certain Age. I enjoyed the older women main characters in that book, so I think it's reasonable to think I might enjoy this story as well. It sounds like a fun read.

What book are you waiting on? Share it or a link in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our TBR lists. Thanks for coming by and Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday: When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

 

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Ambrosia at the Purple Booker.

1: Grab your current read. 2: Open to a random page. 3: Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.

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Finally, because I had come to see the little old lady, and I was nothing if not a purposeful little girl, I cleared my throat and demanded to know where she was. The dragon looked at me, startled. It said nothing. It winked one eye. It held one finger to lipless jaws as though to say "Shh."

From: When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill. The Kindle edition of the book was released May 3, 2022 from Doubleday. It's currently available for $2.99 on Amazon. This is not an affiliate link.

Can't Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday #605: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlighted upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with Can't Wait Wednesday hosted over at Wishful Endings.

From the publisher: Detective Ana Dolabra must prove a condemned man’s innocence and confront a terrifying magical technology in this fantasy-mystery from the bestselling author of The Tainted Cup, winner of the Hugo and World Fantasy awards.

The heir to one of the Empire’s most powerful families sits in jail, accused of murder. His hands are covered in the victim’s blood, and he can neither deny his guilt nor explain his actions.

But if the great detective Ana Dolabra cannot save him from the noose, the farming canton of Sapirdad will explode into war, threatening to plunge the whole Empire into starvation and chaos. 

As Ana investigates—her assistant Dinios Kol, as ever, acting as her eyes and ears—she fears her task is even more daunting than it seemed. For this murder is just the latest in a deeper, subtler web of death, woven by a mastermind with an ancient weapon at his disposal.

With their customary skill, Ana and Din pursue their adversary through the canton’s wild ranges, sprawling ranches, and reeking slaughterhouses. Yet even they are not prepared to learn the horrifying secret behind their opponent’s powers.

A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett is expected out August 4, 2026 from Del Rey. This is book 3 in the Shadow of the Leviathan series featuring Ana and Din.

Why am I waiting on this book? I've read the first two books in the series. And I enjoyed them. The character, Ana, is weird and wonderful. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things pertaining to the world in which they live. Some of her knowledge is historical or obscure. She is a genius and yet very human. Din does her legwork and is her eyes and sometimes her ears. I think it's really interesting to watch how they work together to solve mysteries.

What book are you waiting on? Share it or a link in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our TBR lists. Thanks for coming by and Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday: P.S. I Love You ed. H. Jackson Brown Jr

 

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Ambrosia at the Purple Booker.

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 “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

Can't Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday #604: Philippa Flynn's Year of Panic and Piracy by Jacqueline Firkins

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlighted upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with Can't Wait Wednesday hosted over at Wishful Endings.

From the publisher: When a sinkhole nearly swallows her whole, burned-out history professor Philippa Flynn takes it as a wake-up call. Leaving her carefully planned but unfulfilling life behind, she moves into an old seaside house she inherited from her grandmother, a bestselling author of swashbuckling romances. Philippa expects the clutter, disrepair, proximity to the family she deliberately moved away from, and reclusive writer she’ll be sharing the house with. She doesn’t expect that writer to also be the cover model who personified Iris Flynn’s bare-chested, cavalier-booted pirate king.

While navigating their awkward cohabitation and searching for creative inspiration, the pair discovers the outlines for six more novels they could work on together. But Philippa’s used to facts, Dylan has writer’s block, and neither can craft a love scene while real sparks are flying.

To write the story on the page, Philippa will have to embrace the one she’s living, even if it means swapping tenure for treasure maps and plans for pirate kings.

Philippa Flynn's Year of Panic and Piracy by Jacqueline Firkins will be released September 1, 2026 by Lake Union Publishing.

Why am I waiting on this book? For one thing, the title sounds like fun. Sounds a little like Bridget Jones meets a swashbuckling romance. And I can see where a near death experience would put someone in mind to change their lives. I am hoping for some humorous situations and good dialogue. It's a little different from what I've been reading. Sometimes different is just what you need.

What book are you waiting on? Share it or a link in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our TBR lists. Thanks for coming by and Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday: Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

 

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Ambrosia at the Purple Booker.

1: Grab your current read. 2: Open to a random page. 3: Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.

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 On the whole, when it comes to murder, the stats very much favor the men. The odd woman is thrown into the mix every now and again, but she is inevitably perimenopausal (and having been through the change myself, I certainly understand why). But an elderly woman or a little girl committing murder? It's one in a million. 

(1% through on my Kindle)

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth was published April 21, 2026 by St. Martin's Press.

Book Review: Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson

 

From Mariner Books: 

I’ve spent the last few years solving murders. But a bank heist is a new one, even for me. I’ve never been a hostage before.

The doors are chained shut. No one in or out. Which means that when someone in the bank is murdered, hostages become suspects.

The Bank Robber, The Manager, The Security Guard, The Kid, The Film Producer, The Priest, The Receptionist, The Patient, The Caregiver, Me

Turns out there was more than one bank heist planned today. There are ten.

Can I solve them all and discover who is not only a thief but also a killer?

Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief  by Benjamin Stevenson was released March 17, 2026 by Mariner Books. This is the fourth book in the Ernest Cunningham series.

My Thoughts: Overall, I thought this was a good book. I have a tendency to go along for the ride rather than figure out all of Ern's clues. Definitely that was the case with this book. Ten heists, ten thieves was a little much to wrap my mind around consistently. Yet, it all makes sense in the end no matter how many twists there are. The thief who only wants one dollar from the vault leaves us wondering what is it he really wants. And there is an addition of a highly unlikely form of death which somehow still occurs in spite of that.

Ernest is still Ernest sometimes even frustratingly so. I did cringe a little at some of the things he did in the name of investigation. And the book did get slow for a little while, but in the end, it's a good book with interesting premises and characters and a really big twist or two.

If you have read the other books in the series, you will most likely enjoy this one as well. If you enjoy locked room mysteries, you will also enjoy this one as the whole bank becomes a locked room since they are being held hostage. This book is worth a read.

I received an arc of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. This did not affect my opinion.

Can't Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday #603: Foundling Fathers by Meg Elison

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlighted upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with Can't Wait Wednesday hosted over at Wishful Endings.

From Tachyon Publications: What would a teenage Benjamin Franklin do with an iPhone after he discovers porn? From Philip K. Dick Award winning author Meg Elison comes this ingenious satire of U.S. history and modern technocracy gone terribly, terribly wrong.

“Relentlessly, brutally, scathingly, funny. I’d expect nothing less from the one and only Meg Elison.”
—Sarah Gailey, author of Spread Me

The trouble starts when a curious young man finds a smartphone in his privy. The problem is, it’s supposed to be the year 1750.

The Antediluvian Society—a shadowy cabal of right-wing billionaires—is fed up with a country they cannot fully control or understand. So they have done what any reasonable American patriots would do: Clone the Founding Fathers and raise them in secrecy. The plan, unbeknownst to the boys, is for them to restore America to its “original glory.”

Ben takes his technological discovery to his brothers, Thomas, John, and George. The boys have been raised on an isolated island plantation by Mary Libertas, a firm but kind woman, and Jeff Hancock, their de facto father. But the idyllic life is far too dull for young men. The boys have been chafing at the restrictions upon them (especially Tom, who has impregnated yet another of the servants). Hancock is complaining to the Society that it’s well past the time to tell the boys where they come from and what they must do.

Unfortunately for their keepers, the young men now have a phone…and many other notions.

Seamlessly combining science fiction and history with sharp, witty commentary, Meg Elison has once again shown why she is one of speculative fiction’s most exciting voices.

Foundling Fathers by Meg Elison is expected out 6/23/26 from Tachyon Publications.

Why am I waiting on this book? It's supposed to be funny. And being a mashup of the founding fathers meet technocracy gone wrong, it sounds like it has potential. And this is the perfect year for it.

What book are you waiting on? Share it or a link in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our TBR lists. Thanks for coming by and Happy Reading!

Can't Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday #602: The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlighted upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with Can't Wait Wednesday hosted over at Wishful Endings.

From the publisher: The brand-new series from the bestselling author of Practical Magic, following two brilliant young women in 1950s Cambridge, Massachusetts, as they become immersed in a mysterious secret group of witches at Radcliffe known as the Lilith Society.

Once upon a time, women were drowned in the river and the only witnesses were the crows in the trees. The Puritans blamed Eve for the sins of the world. That was when we began to meet in the name of Lilith, Adam’s first wife—banished for refusing to do as she was told.

We Fly Together…

By the 1950s, Cambridge, Massachusetts feels far removed from the legendary witch trials that marked its early days as a colony. Ava, a bright young woman from a small town in Maine, arrives for her first year at Radcliffe College. There, she meets Lauren, her opposite in every way—the wild and brazen daughter of a wealthy and well-established Cambridge family. But the two have more in common than they think. Both are recruited by the Lilith Society, a secret organization of witches at Radcliffe dating back to colonial times. As they learn more about their legacy, Ava and Lauren form a close bond that is put to the test as they learn to navigate their new power, friendship, and love.

While Radcliffe seems like a safe haven, the shadow of McCarthyism looms large, an ever-present threat to the flourishing creative and intellectual life in Cambridge. And as girls from the Lilith Society begin to go missing, Ava and Lauren realize the witch trials of the past may not be as deeply buried as they once believed.

The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman is expected out September 8, 2026 from Scribner.

Why am I waiting on this book? I've enjoyed reading magical realism titles from Alice Hoffman in the past. I like the idea that the past isn't as far away as is generally thought. And I am intrigued by the Lilith Society and what it will come to mean for the girls.

What book are you waiting on? Share it or a link in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our TBR lists. Thanks for coming by and Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday: Rich Girl: a Country Club Murder Novella by Julie Mulhern

 

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Ambrosia at the Purple Booker.

1: Grab your current read. 2: Open to a random page. 3: Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! Share the title and author so that other people can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!

“What’s going on?” The voice carried more authority than the president and the pope combined. 

Frances Walford, Ellison’s mother, stood a few feet away on the drive. She wore a linen pantsuit with sensible heels and pearls the size of marbles. She looked down her nose at the officer with the disdain she usually reserved for people who ate their dinner roll off the wrong butter plate.

Mulhern, Julie. Rich Girl: A Country Club Murder Novella (The Country Club Murders) (p. 6). Kindle Edition. 

Can't Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday #601: Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlighted upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with Can't Wait Wednesday hosted over at Wishful Endings.

From the publisher:  The world fell in the love with the cozy fantasy world of the No.1 New York Times bestselling series that started with Legends & Lattes and continued in Bookshops & Bonedust and Brigands & Breadknives.

Now award-winning storyteller Travis Baldree takes us back to the Territory in a heart-warming set of five stories, three making their first appearances in Tales from the Territory, that give readers a brand new look at beloved characters.

The delightful “Goblins & Greatcoats” is a tale of murder and intrigue that introduces Zyll, a goblin with too many pockets and a disturbing affinity for cutlery on a rain-soaked night that features four adventurers, a pair of corpses, a junk-drawer knife, some unfortunate taxidermy, and a beleaguered Gatewarden.

We all know what happened in Legends & Lattes, where retired-soldier Viv dreamed of opening a cafe and ended up with a found family and perhaps the love of her life. “Just a Thimbleful” tells us how one of the most beloved of those family members, Thimble, found his way from a frustrating and unhappy house to creating sweet treats that brought Legends & Lattes to life.

Tandri is a succubus and being a succubus comes with...well...certain expectations and pressures. In “Mirograph” we meet Tandri as an art student at Ackers University trying to find a way to be seen as something else, something more.

And in the longest story here, “Cavaliers & Coffees,” we get a glimpse of trouble for our cafe crew when a new and unscrupulous business comes into town, stealing all of Viv and Tandri's ideas, undercutting them for price and putting everything they've worked for in peril.

Tales from the Territory is another triumph of low stakes and high fantasy, of friends trying to make their way in a challenging world.

Tales from the Territory is expected out September 30, 2026 from Subterranean Press.

Why am I waiting on this book? I have to admit that I've only read the first book, Legends and Lattes, but I did enjoy it. The other two novels are on my TBR list. I enjoy short stories, so adding this to my TBR was a no-brainer. The combination of low stakes and high fantasy is a winner. I think if you enjoyed any of the other books in the same world by Travis Baldree then you will enjoy this collection.

What book are you waiting on? Share it or a link in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our TBR lists. Thanks for coming by and Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday: Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson

 

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Ambrosia at the Purple Booker.

1: Grab your current read. 2: Open to a random page. 3: Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! Share the title and author so that other people can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!

Another mystery: who donates to charity and then robs a bank? At least Robin Hood did it the other way around.

(location 2227 on my Kindle)

Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson was published March 17, 2026 by Mariner Books.

Can't Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday #600: I Think We Should Kill Other People by L.M. Chilton

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlighted upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with Can't Wait Wednesday hosted over at Wishful Endings.

From the publisher: The new laugh-out-loud serial killer thriller from L.M. Chilton, author of Don't Swipe Right and Everyone in the Group Chat Dies.

The nation watched them fall in love. Now someone's watching them die.

Hazel and Marc were paired together on a revolutionary new reality TV show Love Synced, in which sophisticated AI matches hopeful lovers based on its perceptive algorithms.

But when it came time to say “I Do” on camera, Hazel couldn't go through with it, leaving her perfect match at the altar, his family furious and the whole TV production in jeopardy.

Now all she wants to do is fly home. Instead, she's trapped in a tiny, isolated airport that's been ground to a halt amidst a massive snowstorm…with her ex and his obnoxiously rich family sitting at the gate with her. But when they start turning up dead, a jilted lover is the least of Hazel's worries—there's a serial killer to catch first.

The heart's a fickle thing, so it's no surprise that AI couldn't predict true love for Hazel…but could it help crack the case when a murderer is picking off her almost-in-laws one by one?

I Think We Should Kill Other People by L.M. Chilton is expected out September 29, 2026 from Gallery Books.

Why am I waiting on this book? I like that it is billed as a "laugh-out-loud serial killer thriller." These days, laugh-out-loud is precious and a much needed escape. 

What book are you waiting on? Share it or a link in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our TBR lists. Thanks for coming by and Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday: How to Be Okay When Nothing is Okay by Jenny Lawson

 

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR! You can also just share what you are currently reading. We make it very easy to play along. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Ambrosia at the Purple Booker.

1: Grab your current read. 2: Open to a random page. 3: Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page.

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! Share the title and author so that other people can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!

 They are so much more than how they appear at first glance. We just don't necessarily see it because hippos are baddies who have nothing to prove. 

And--let me remind us both--neither do we.

In a world full of wannabe lions, don't be afraid to love your inner hippo.

7% through on my Kindle from a chapter entitled "Murder Potatoes."

How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay by Jenny Lawson was released March 31st, 2026 from Penguin Life.

Can't Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday #599: My Dog is Better at This Than Me by B.K. Larrikin

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that had been hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine where we spotlighted upcoming releases we are eagerly anticipating. I'm now linking up with Can't Wait Wednesday hosted over at Wishful Endings.

From the publisher:

You have spent the last decade trying to learn presence, calm, and joy. Your dog was born with all three and has been napping through your efforts.

Rosie is a sixty-pound rescue mutt who has never read a self-help book, never set an intention for her afternoon, and never once questioned whether she belongs on the couch. She greets every morning like it’s the best news she’s ever received. She naps without guilt, plays without purpose, and forgives without being asked. She has figured out everything you’re still Googling — and she did it without Wi-Fi.

Her human is... working on it.

My Dog Is Better at This Than Me is what happens when a stressed, scrolling, over-caffeinated human stops reading about mindfulness and starts watching it — in the form of a creature who practices it every waking moment (and, if the dream-twitching is any indication, several sleeping ones too).

Across ten chapters, B.K. Larrikin chronicles the lessons Rosie teaches without trying: how zoomies are a masterclass in presence, how a squeaky hedgehog is always the right prescription, how a frisbee faceplant can teach you more about letting go than a decade of therapy, and how a fire hydrant — examined properly — is an art gallery.

Each chapter pairs a true (and frequently humiliating) personal story with real psychology and neuroscience, delivered in a voice that is warm, honest, and laugh-out-loud funny. Each chapter ends with a short practical exercise that takes three minutes, costs nothing, and requires no app, no cushion, and absolutely no sitting cross-legged until your foot falls asleep.

The lessons are simple. The exercises are simpler. The dog is smarter than all of us.

But this book goes deeper than you expect. Beneath the comedy is a story about depression and recovery, about the specific loneliness of a Saturday afternoon with no one expecting you, and about a rescue dog who showed up at the exact moment a human needed a reason to get out of bed. Chapter Five will make you laugh for four pages and then land somewhere so honest it changes the temperature of the room. The epilogue — about the math we try not to do when we love something that won’t outlive us — will stay with you long after you close the book.

Part memoir. Part self-help. Part love letter to a dog who ate a sock and showed zero remorse.

Featuring charming original illustrations of Rosie the Couch Cushion Philosopher, a book club discussion guide, practical cheat sheet, and curated reading list — plus a sneak peek at Book Two in the series.

Perfect for dog lovers, recovering over-achievers, anyone who’s been told to “just meditate,” gift-givers who want to be remembered, and every human who suspects their pet has life figured out better than they do.

Sit. Stay. Read.

My Dog Is Better at This Than Me by B.K. Larrikin is out as of yesterday, April 14, 2026.

Why was I waiting on this book? I didn't realize that this book came out yesterday. I've been waiting for it because I can relate to some of what it mentions in the blurb. People will tell me things like you need to meditate more. And I see people struggling to be present and not care what other people think. I'm hoping the comparisons to dog behavior help the "lessons" to stick.

What book are you waiting on? Leave a note in the comments so we can check it out and maybe add it to our ever growing TBR lists. Thanks for stopping by! Happy Reading!