Unboxing My Latest Book Haul

Book Mail: A Roundup of the Book Mail I Received Last Week

A week’s worth of book mail in early May feels like the perfect way to kick off a new season of reading. With sunshine and longer days ahead, a fresh book haul filled with new book releases is the ultimate treat for any book lover. Each title adds to your growing TBR pile, full of potential book recommendations to share and stories that might just become some of the best books of 2025. It’s a joyful reminder that every new month brings new pages to turn and new adventures to begin.

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What I Wore:

Earrings | Necklace | Top | Makeup

In early May, when the air feels full of possibility and the light lingers just a little longer, there’s something about slipping into an olive green boat neck top, wide leg jeans, and your go-to gold hoop earrings and necklace that instantly taps into your main character energy. This effortlessly chic main character outfit feels like the perfect blend of personal style inspiration and aesthetic clothing—something a strong, thoughtful heroine might wear on the first page of a character driven novel. As you sit down with a fresh stack of book mail, the titles practically begging to be devoured, you’re not just reading—you’re living your main character life. Surrounded by books that inspire confidence and fashion that reflects your main character mindset, you’ve created a scene straight from a story: main character fashion meets main character aesthetic, with a healthy dose of bookish joy. It’s the kind of vibe that makes you want to pour a glass of wine, snap a photo, and savor every single page—and moment.

This Week’s Book Mail Includes:

• The Bayrose Files by Diane Wald

• Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey

• The Keeper of Lost Art by Laura Morelli

• Kiss Me, Maybe by Gabriella Gamez

• The Midnight Estate by Kelly Rimmer

• The Wind Weaver by Julie Johnson

• One in Four by Lucinda Berry

• Roll the Sun Across the Sky by Barbara Linn Probst

• The Maps They Gave Us by Wayne Scott

• Forget the Fairytale and Find Your Happiness by Deb Miller

• If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal

• Facing the Jaguar by Babs Walters

• The Lavender Blade by E.L. Deards

• Some of Us by Rajani LaRocca

• The Baker of Lost Memories by Shirley Russak Wachtel

• The Best We Could Hope For by Nicola Kraus

• When Stars Align by Melissa de la Cruz

• The Confessions by Paul Bradley Carr

• The Mystery of the Lost Avenger by Linda Maria Frank

• Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry

• My First Book of Hiking by Stephanie and Jeremy Puglisi

• My First Book of Camping by Stephanie and Jeremy Puglisi

• Lime Juice Money by Jo Morey

• Love At Second Sight by F.T. Lukens

• Things Left Unsaid by Sara Jafari

• Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy by Paul Karasik