Side Quest Reads
When one book a month just wasn’t enough, we added an optional “side quest” book for people to enjoy.
Here are some extra books the club chose to read together.
January 2026:
A few members of the book club tackled this one in January, and I think everyone was surprised by how heartfelt it was. Personally, I was not at all expecting to fall in love with a ghost or a book whose plot mainly surrounded a funeral but….there I was, crushing on a super hot ghost and crying at how beautifully celebratory this funeral turned out to be.
It is easy to become jaded when romantic love doesn’t work out, and watching Florence fall back in love with her hometown, her family, and love itself was just….ugh. I ADORED it. I cannot say enough good things about how this book was a much-needed change in point of view for me. 10/10, will recommend to anyone willing to listen.
December 2025:
This extra Christmas read took me by surprise—I knew that I was looking forward to a Meghan Quinn read (isn’t she delightful?!), but I cannot emphasize how much silliness was packed into this book. This was exactly the right amount of ridiculous to offset the number of cozy, Hallmark-y offerings out there, and I, for one, cannot be enjoying it more. If you are looking for something silly and lighthearted this season, this is a great place to begin. Also—this is technically the sequel to How My Neighbor Stole Christmas, but it can be read as a stand-alone.
October 2025:
Our extra-curricular reading this month took on the form of six novellas that were a part of Amazon’s Scared Sexy Series. Some were fun, some spooky, but the one thing they all had in common was some serious spice.
If monster romance and curse-breaking are your jam, then you will really enjoy these. Best of all, they could be read (or listened to) in a single sitting.