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Welcome! I’m Tina, a book reviewer and recommender with a special interest in new book releases.

TBRETC on IG and TT, BookTuber at Tina Books, & Book Talk, etc Podcast cohost!

16/08/2025

Heres my ✨official✨ ranking of all of Riley Sager’s books! Love them or hate them, I find there is something comforting about knowing we’ll get a new one from him every summer 😆

Longer thoughts are up on my YouTube, but here’s the list:

# 9 The House Across the Lake
# 8 Home Before Dark
# 7 The Only One Left
# 6 The Last Time I Lied
# 5 Survive the Night
# 4 With a Vengeance
# 3 Final Girls
# 2 Middle of the Night
# 1 Lock Every Door

Alright lets hear it!! Which is your fave/least fave?

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12/08/2025

(TY for sending!) Are you watching THE HUNTING WIVES? Did you know it was a book?! Probably, if you’re following me, but I wanted to tell you just in case. I ALSO wanted to tell you that May Cobb has a new book coming out in 2026- ALL THE LITTLE HOUSES!

Its a thriller and suspense novel set in the mid-1980s in Longview, Texas. The story revolves around Charleigh Anderson, a woman who clawed her way to the top of the social ladder and now sees her carefully constructed world threatened by a new family moving to town. Look for it in January 2026 🙌

09/08/2025

Today is National Book Lovers Day! What are you reading to celebrate?

I’m hoping to finish A TWIST OF FATE by Se-Ah Jang, a super twisty psychological thriller about a woman who is living under another woman’s identity. I’m also listening to an early ARC of EVERY STEP SHE TAKES by Alison Cochrun, a book about a woman who’s questioning her sexuality as she walks the Camino de Santiago. Really enjoying both! 🙌

06/08/2025

You like mess? I’ve got mess!

HUSH LITTLE BABY was my favorite book of July and I can’t wait to read more by this author. It is a thriller about a le***an who is pregnant with her wife’s egg… Only now her wife is now together with somebody else, and shes worried that she’s losing her mind. It goes over the top by the end BUT was so incredibly entertaining. Has anyone else read this?

31/07/2025

(*= gifted copy) That’s a wrap July! I luckily had some big wins towards the end of the month, because it was rough there for a minute.

I finished 12 books this month and posted 7 videos to YouTube.

Here they are, ranked from favorite to least favorite.

Best of the best:
HUSH LITTLE BABY

Highly recommend:
*THE COMPOUND
*SLANTING TOWARDS THE SEA
*EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU
THE SUMMER THAT MELTED EVERYTHING

Recommend:
*WE DONT TALK ABOUT CAROL
NIGHT WATCHER
A MARRIAGE AT SEA

It was fine:
*THE RETIREMENT PLAN
*NOTES ON INFINITY

Not for me:
THE ENCHANTED
CHLOE

How was your July?

30/07/2025

You there! Do you like true crime AND crime fiction? I’m combining the two in my new YouTube series, Suspects and Stacks.

My first video dropped last week and I’m very proud of it- and want to keep it going, especially all want to see it.

Long time friends might remember Criminally Booked, a series I used to do with 🫶🏻 - this is my take on that!

This was the story of Besty Aardsma, who was tragically murdered in the library at Penn State in 1969. I paired it with 7 crime fiction books that have similar themes. I linked the video in my story!

Do you have any true crime cases that haunt you?

23/07/2025

Backlist beauties! Finally got to cross these backlist books off of my TBR, thanks to this week’s Goodreads Graveyard podcast episode.

THE ENCHANTED didnt quite work for me, though I loved the humanity the author brought to the characters on death row.

THE SUMMER THAT MELTED EVERYTHING was my first book, thanks to ! Happy to report that it was worth the wait. The story is completely original with compelling social commentary that is still quite relevant today. A great debut by !

What has been your favorite backlist book you read this year?

18/07/2025

You think you have a set TBR, and then beauties like this show up at your door. THANK YOU for the book mail!

MAYRA is an eerie, hypnotic debut about friendship, desire, and memory set against the sultry backdrop of Florida’s swamplands. Out 7/22.

LOVE YOU TO DEATH is my kind of road trip novel- When two best friends’ hobby of crashing weddings takes a deadly turn, they’re forced to embark on a road trip of survival in this addictive thriller. Out 7/22.

A TWIST OF FATE- Two women meet on a train. Each is running from a deadly secret. When one disappears, the other decides to take her place—for better, or for worse. Hello, buzzword(s)!! Out 7/29

Where should I begin?!

13/07/2025

(Thank you for my audiobook!) SKY DADDY has the most wild premise- Linda is sexually attracted to planes, and her lifes wish is that she die in a plane crash with one, ultimately solidifying their union.

I was expecting a silly time, and it was a bit silly, but it was also funny, irreverent, well written, and heartwarming. By the end, I was nodding my head along with Linda and said you know what, hell yeah. Who am I to yuck on a yum?

If you like authors like Rufi Thorpe, Celia Laskey, or Kristen Arnett, I bet I’ll like this! Kate Folk is now on my list of authors to watch, and I cant wait to see what she comes up with next ✈️

Have I convinced you yet? 🤣

09/07/2025

My favorite books of 2025 so far!! Featuring, my sketchy ceiling and superior editing skills!

Ok so maybe I can’t edit, but I do know a good story when I see one. Here are my 10 favorites- do we have any overlap?

✨RED CLAY
✨WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME
✨BAT EATER AND OTHER NAMES FOR CORA ZENG
✨GOOD DIRT
✨KING OF ASHES
✨WILD DARK SHORE
✨BROKEN COUNTRY
✨WHAT KIND OF PARADISE
✨ATMOSPHERE
✨THE FAVORITES

Jk of course we have some in common because I’ve seen most of my favorites everywhere 😅

01/07/2025

June??? Best reading month of my life?? Who would’ve guessed 😄 The top row are all 5 ⭐️ bangers- no notes.

Here they are ranked from least favorite to most favorite:

I recommend without reservation!👇

❤️ WHAT KIND OF PARADISE -I was hooked the entire time
❤️ATMOSPHERE- reminded me why I love to read
❤️KING OF ASHES- the last 1/4 blew me away
❤️WHEN THE WOLF COMES HOME- Most unique!
✨ DON’T BELIEVE HER- highly entertaining popcorn thriller
✨THE GHOSTWRITER- satisfying historical mystery
✨SKY DADDY- you know what hell yeah
✨THESE HEATHENS- heartwarming and hilarious

Good, but I had issues 👇

⚡️IMMACULATE CONCEPTION- well written and unique, lost steam by the end
⚡️WITH A VENGEANCE- I enjoyed it more than most people, one too many twists
⚡️ YOU KILLED ME FIRST- what could have been a solid psychological thriller was brought down by a tired/cheap trope
⚡️IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD- bonkers yet somehow too realistic??

Borrow don’t buy👇

💠THE ONLY ONE LEFT- again, with too many outlandish twists
💠JILL IS NOT HAPPY- middle of the road popcorn thriller
💠AFTER THE OCEAN- looks like a thriller, is not. I didn’t care for the writing.

I hear I have some controversial takes here! Let me know your thoughts on any we share!

26/06/2025

(Ty to the tagged publishers for sending)✨We shared our July Books on the Radar podcast this week on - and as usual, I forgot about one. So- swipe though for a bonus pick! 👉

✨ EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU is the Trad Wife thriller we’ve been waiting for, complete with sorted affairs and swingers. What could go wrong? Out 7/15.

✨ANGEL DOWN is immersive historical fiction about five World War I soldiers who stumble upon a fallen angel that could hold the key to ending the war 🤯 Out 7/29

✨Finally, MATCHMAKING FOR PSYCHOPATHS has one of my favorite covers of the year and follows a woman working as a matchmaker for psychopaths who finds herself in danger. Out 7/15.

I am currently planning my July TBR -
What books are you prioritizing this July?

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