Spell the Month in Books: January
17 January 2026
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Tags: January, Reviews from the Stacks, Spell the Month in Books
I first came across this meme on the Bookforager‘s blog and it seemed like fun so I decided to give it a try in 2026. The meme is hosted by Jana at Reviews from the Stacks and the theme this month is ‘new’. I’ve used my own interpretation of new and chosen future releases for 2026. I confess that this was much harder than I expected! I struggled with the J and the Y but here’s what I’ve come up with:
J
The Jellyfish Problem by Tessa Yang
A
A Forest Darkly by AG Slatter
N
Nightshade and Oak by Molly O’Neill
U
The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden
A
Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett
R
Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry
Y
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Books and travelling with Lynn 
4 of these titles are on my TBR list for 2026!
The top and the bottom choices I hadn’t heard of before so this meme pushed me to go and look at different ‘new releases’ which I quite enjoyed. Came across a few I’d missed or forgotten about such as the new Kathryn Stockett book – the Calamity Club.
Lynn 😀
[…] a couple of reviews Rings of Fate and The Last Death of the Year and also took part in my first Spell the Month in Books post *reminder to self to go link up! I’ve also managed to read The Wolf and the Crown of […]
I should do this meme! I just got a NetGalley copy of The Jellyfish Problem, I’m excited😁
It sounds intriguing.
Lynn 😀
wow, you didn’t go the easiest way by choosing upcoming books, well done!