Spring is for Horror Lovers
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April’s New Horror Releases
Somehow we’re already in the fourth month of 2025, and this a new month brings even more new scares. Every month, we get horror novels that are creepy as heck, but these April horror novels are absolutely nightmare-inducing. You’ll see a few titles from horror authors you already know and love. You’ll also see young adult scares that will have you sleeping with the lights on no matter your age.
6 Nail-Biting Thrillers on Audio
A great thriller narrator keeps a listener’s attention with their ability to create tension. Through their performance, each plot twist becomes a sitting-at-the-edge-of-your-seat experience. Whether we’re following a slick-talking villain or vulnerable yet resilient Final Girl, the audiobook narrator also needs to be able to make us believe in these characters. We must feel connected to them in some way.
I’ve collected some of the most engrossing thrillers that I’ve listened to in the last several years. Whether you are looking for a character-driven story or you are just looking for a listen with lots of twists and turns, there is sure to be something here for you.
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12+ Book Censorship Posts To Revisit
This week, rather than drafting something fresh, let’s take the time to look back at some of the Literary Activism columns you may have missed from the previous several Marches and Aprils Catch up on what you may have missed, and remember that there is nothing new in the book—it’s just different names and faces trying to get their 15 minutes of manufactured outrage fame. We are seeing the results of these actions play out and if you’ve been watching or engaged, nothing is surprising. That doesn’t mean it isn’t infuriating, disgusting, or not in need to pushback. It just means that the groundwork’s been being laid so it is simply not new in the least.
Here Are The Books Your Patrons Are Hearing About
Sure, BookTok is one of the biggest places for people to find their next read, but a lot of people still learn about new books from newspaper reviews and magazine features. Here are four titles that your patrons have probably picked up on in the last month, along with links to the reviews and articles so you can read up on them yourself!
Delicious New Plant-Forward Cookbooks
When I’m not walking the corgis while listening to an audiobook, I’m in the kitchen working on my latest recipe hyper fixation. Recently, I’ve been very vegetable focused, trying out new ways to cook everything from carrots to radishes to brussels sprouts. I’ve rarely met a vegetable that I didn’t like, but I always love to discover a new-to-me way to cook them.
If you, too, love experimenting in the kitchen and are eager to flex your skills and tastebuds with a vegetable focus, you’re in luck. Here are a few of my favorite new cookbooks that are full of delicious recipes perfect for home cooks of all skill levels.
