Hey guys! It’s time for a TBR post for the month of May. April ended up being a bit of a tough month for me so I’m hoping this month is better. I will be reading a lot of thrillers which I am super excited for. I read one last month which I really enjoyed. I have been slacking a bit on them and I miss them a lot. I did add some non-thrillers because I do need to switch it up every once in a while. So let’s dive in and see what I’m going to be reading!
My Lovely Wife By Samantha Downing
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Adult
Pages: 374 pages
Publication Date: March 26th 2019
Publisher: Berkley Books
Plot: Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this wildly compulsive debut thriller about a couple whose fifteen-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting…
Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams, and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored.
We look like a normal couple. We’re your neighbors, the parents of your kid’s friend, the acquaintances you keep meaning to get dinner with.
We all have secrets to keeping a marriage alive.
Ours just happens to be getting away with murder.
Obsidio By Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult
Pages: 628 pages
Publication Date: March 13th 2018
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Plot: Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza—but who knows what they’ll find seven months after the invasion?
Meanwhile, Kady’s cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza’s ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys—an old flame from Asha’s past—reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.
With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heroes will fall, and hearts will be broken.
The Favorite Daughter By Kaira Rouda
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction
Pages: 368 pages
Publication Date: May 21st 2019
Publisher: Graydon House
Plot: From the author of the page-turning domestic suspense Best Day Ever, comes another gripping novel of psychological suspense set in an upscale Southern California community, for fans of B.A. Paris and Shari Lapena.
The perfect home. The perfect family. The perfect lie.
Jane Harris lives in a sparkling home in an oceanfront gated community in Orange County. It’s a place that seems too beautiful to be touched by sadness. But exactly one year ago, Jane’s oldest daughter, Mary, died in a tragic accident and Jane has been grief-stricken ever since. Lost in a haze of anti-depressants, she’s barely even left the house. Now that’s all about to change.
It’s time for Jane to reclaim her life and her family. Jane’s husband, David, has planned a memorial service for Mary and three days later, their youngest daughter, Betsy, graduates high school. Yet as Jane reemerges into the world, it’s clear her family has changed without her. Her husband has been working long days—and nights—at the office. Her daughter seems distant, even secretive. And her beloved Mary was always such a good girl—dutiful and loving. But does someone know more about Mary, and about her last day, than they’ve revealed?
The bonds between mothers and daughters, and husbands and wives should never be broken. But you never know how far someone will go to keep a family together…
The Hiding Place By C.J. Tudor
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Fiction, Suspense
Pages: 345 pages
Publication Date: February 5th 2019
Publisher: Graydon House
Plot: Joe never wanted to come back to Arnhill. After the way things ended with his old gang–the betrayal, the suicide, the murder–and after what happened when his sister went missing, the last thing he wanted to do was return to his hometown. But Joe doesn’t have a choice. Because judging by what was done to that poor Morton kid, what happened all those years ago to Joe’s sister is happening again. And only Joe knows who is really at fault.
Lying his way into a teaching job at his former high school is the easy part. Facing off with former friends who are none too happy to have him back in town–while avoiding the enemies he’s made in the years since–is tougher. But the hardest part of all will be returning to that abandoned mine where it all went wrong and his life changed forever, and finally confronting the shocking, horrifying truth about Arnhill, his sister, and himself. Because for Joe, the worst moment of his life wasn’t the day his sister went missing. It was the day she came back.
Behind Her Eyes By Sarah Pinborough
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Suspense
Pages: 307 pages
Publication Date: January 31st 2017
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Plot: Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she’s thrilled she finally connected with someone.
When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. The man from the bar. The very married man from the bar…who says the kiss was a terrible mistake but who still can’t keep his eyes off Louise.
And then Louise bumps into Adele, who’s new to town and in need of a friend, but she also just happens to be married to David. David and Adele look like the picture-perfect husband and wife, but then why is David so controlling, and why is Adele so scared of him?
As Louise is drawn into David and Adele’s orbit, she uncovers more puzzling questions than answers. The only thing that is crystal clear is that something in this marriage is very, very wrong, but Louise can’t guess how wrong―and how far a person might go to protect their marriage’s secrets.
Sky in the Deep By Adrienne Young
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Pages: 340 pages
Publication Date: April 24 2018
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Plot: Part Wonder Woman, part Vikings—and all heart.
Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield—her brother, fighting with the enemy—the brother she watched die five years ago.
Faced with her brother’s betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family.
She is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother’s friend, who sees her as a threat. They must do the impossible: unite the clans to fight together, or risk being slaughtered one by one. Driven by a love for her clan and her growing love for Fiske, Eelyn must confront her own definition of loyalty and family while daring to put her faith in the people she’s spent her life hating.
So this month I cut out some of the books I wanted to read. I currently have been playing My Time at Portia a lot recently. So I haven’t been doing as much reading as I’d like to. I am trying to cut down on playing it so hopefully I can get to all of these this month.
What books do you plan to read in May? Have you read any of the books I’m planning to read? If so what did you think of them?
Bookish In Bed
Bookish In Bed 
You forget No Exit 💁 (kidding, kidding) I’m excited for your thoughts on basically all of these! Happy reading!!
LikeLike
I loved Behind Her Eyes! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I recently bought The Lovely Wife and have heard great things about it so I’m keen to get to it soon too. Happy reading! 🙂
LikeLike
Great TBR! My Lovely Wife looks really interesting.
LikeLike
I loved My Lovely Wife, have an eARC of The Favorite Daughter that I have been meaning to read and have wanted to read Sky in the Deep FOREVER now. I hope you enjoy all of these books! My Lovely Wife was my last 5 star read.
LikeLike
Ooh, I hope you love Obsidio!! I started Sky in the Deep a couple of months ago, but then got distracted by shiny things… (possibly Obsidio?) I hope you enjoy it too!! (I mean, I hope you enjoy ALL of the books, but these are the two I know best…) 💕
LikeLike