
Maude’s Book Club

Maude’s Book Club

Bonus Book of the Month: ‘Edgedancer’ by Brandon Sanderson
It’s a hot July for Maude’s Book Club!!
This month, our BONUS BOOK OF THE MONTH has been on our TBR for a while. We started the Stormlight Archive, and it’s been one of the best series we’ve started! This month, we will be reading Edgedancer, which is a novella between Words of Radiance and Oathbringer
Make sure to mark your calendars as Maude Garrett will be conducting a Q&A with Brandon Sanderson himself in September! Want to read a main book with our book club in August? We are diving into Book 3 of the Stormlight Archive!!
Join our live book chat on Twitch to discuss the series together!
Join our book club today and help us vote for our 2025 books.

Book of the Month Preview: ‘The Inevitable Ruin’ by Matt Dinniman
Maude’s Book Club always returns to a series if we LOVE it. And Matt Dinniman’s Dungeon Crawler Carl series has been a hit. Every book Dinniman adds to the series, our community will always have it on our TBR.
If you’ve been with us for the past two years and love Dinniman’s series, come to us for our BOOK OF THE MONTH, The Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman.
If you’re a gamer and enjoy LitRPG, come join us this month and become a member today!

If You Like Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil Add These To Your TBR
Our BOOK OF THE MONTH for June is Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab.
Here at MBC, we love our fantasy novels, and we are continuously on the lookout for new books to add to our future book club discussions.
Even though Maude Garrett doesn’t love horror, if there are some fantasy elements or supernatural elements tied in, you bet it’ll be on her list!
Join our live book chat on Twitch to discuss Schwab’s new release together!
Make sure to tune in on July 19th, as Maude has a Q&A with Schwab herself.

If You Like Matchmaking Add These To Your TBR
There are plenty of romantic tropes we’ve grown to love, but not many people explore the world of matchmaking. Modern dating has changed drastically, and it’s up to authors to create romantic stories for us to fantasize about.
In Celine Song’s sophomore feature, Materialists, she returns to the origin of what it means to be a partner. Simplicity was the focus for Song on telling this modern romantic drama.

5 New Queer Novels To Add To Your TBR
Pride Month is the best month to settle into your summer reading list!
Some new book releases with queer representation are surprising everyone this year.
We found five novels to add to your TBR with some fantastical elements and emotional connections.
Maude’s Book Club is currently reading Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab. Join our book club today to help choose our next book!

Top 10 #BookTok Recs To Add To Your TBR
#BookTok has become the new Tumblr for the book community. The good thing is that more people are reading, making everyone else interested.
Some books on #BookTok are hits, such as the Quicksilver and Windy City series. However, the platform enables new authors to gain popularity and have word of mouth spread about their incredible books.
There are plenty of new books to check out from the #BookTok tag, and that’s why we’ll curate some good ones for you!
Check out the books currently trending on the platform so you can add them to your TBR!

‘Divine Rivals’ Adaptation Moving Forward At Paramount
Amid the ACOTAR series adaptation falling through and Rebecca Yarros’ Empyrean series still in pre-production, Paramount has acquired the rights to the Letters of Enchantment Romantasy series Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross.

How Would You Rank ‘The Hunger Games’ Series by Suzanne Collins?
The new novel by Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping, was released in March, and many book readers felt transported to their teenage years because of the pandemonium of their favourite dystopian series. Everyone remembered how it felt to read a novel with a protagonist as fierce and headstrong as Katniss Everdeen. Not only were the novels a success, but the film adaptations have been incredible.
The reason why Sunrise on the Reaping had more hype than The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is because this is the story we’ve long-awaited; the story of Haymitch Abernathy's games.
After this addition to the series, the way fans have ranked The Hunger Games novels is quite similar.

Bonus Book of the Month: ‘This Is How You Lose the Time War’ by Amal El-Mohtar
Happy Pride Month!
This month, our BONUS BOOK OF THE MONTH has been on our TBR for a while, and thanks to #BookTok, Amal El-Mohtar’s This Is How You Lose the Time War has been on everyone’s list.
We love using our platform to amplify women’s voices and more importantly, queer voices throughout the year!
Join our live book chat on Twitch to discuss the series together!
Join our book club today and help us vote for our 2025 books.

Book of the Month Preview: ‘Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil’ by V.E. Schwab
Who else is in Summer mode?
We have a brand new release from Maude Garrett’s favourite author, V.E. Schwab, as our pick in June!
Our BOOK OF THE MONTH for June is BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by V.E. Schwab.
If you’ve been with our book club since The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, you know we will always support Schwab and her newest release. She can transport the reader to another realm, and that’s the beauty of her writing.
The MBC community always has fun discussions in Discord and engages in in-depth analysis during our live book chats on Twitch!

If You Like ‘Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy Chaos Rising’, Add These To Your TBR
Maude Garrett is a massive Star Wars fan and has had the Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy on her TBR for a while. The Star Wars franchise has grown immensely because of the sequel films and the television series.
Fortunately, fans have become great authors and created an extension of the universe through their novels. Each author has given secondary characters incredible depth, making fans love these characters even more than before. There’s more Star Wars lore for everyone to appreciate.

The 10 Most Anticipated Summer 2025 Releases
Summer is almost here!
And that means another quarter of the most-anticipated novels to look forward to! If you’re a mood reader, there is always a shift in the summer. If you’re like me, there’s a shift to more light-hearted romances that catch your eye. For this summer season, there are debut novels from authors, and other authors have returned with another great addition to their bookography.
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We know that the internet can be a tough space to navigate and that’s why we want to create a safe space for everyone in the reading community to be able to discuss their favourite books with other bookworms.
Not only do community members interact with other book lovers and creator Maude Garrett, but Maude connects with the authors of the books directly so the community can also discuss the book with their favoruite authors.