Guys, how is it already February?! Seems like 2016 is set to be a speedy one. Ah, well, let’s do our best to make the most of it, eh? I kicked off my year of reading with seven strange and sinister thrillers. I didn’t quite plan it that way, but apparently I’ve been in a dark mood.

If you take one recommendation away from this post, make it Francesca Kay’s The Long Room. This book is somehow both thrilling and melancholy and left me with an unshakable sense of yearning. I’m already tipping it as one of my favourite reads of 2016.

Bit more of a mixed bag lined up for Feb. with reviews on the way for Michael Punke’s The Revenant (very different to the film), Elizabeth Strout’s My Name is Lucy Barton (uh gud, sooo goood) and a couple of fabulous #loveOzYa reads from Justine Larbalestier and Kirsty Eagar, as well as a bunch of other titles still on my TBR pile. Plug in your email here to get those delivered straight to your inbox, or follow me on Instagram, @project_lectito, to see those and other bookish bits in your newsfeed.

Meanwhile, here be good reading for the thriller fans:

	The Long Room by Francesca Kay Genre: Literary, thriller An unsettling story of yearning, desire, disillusionment and obsession. Read the review.
	What She Left by T. R. Richmond Genre: Literary, thriller A smart, slow-burning thriller that meditates on the way we document our lives and the narratives we engineer in doing so. Read the review.
	Moth Girls by Anne Cassidy  Genre: YA, thriller A tightly written thriller, full of hairpin twists and unexpected reveals, but also a story about female friendships and bullying in which nothing is quite what it seems. Read the review.
	Beside Myself by Ann Morgan Genre: Literary, thriller A compelling, twisting tale of mistaken identity and family secrets that asks: what’s in a name? Read the review.
	Thicker Than Water by Brigid Kemmerer Genre: YA, paranormal romance, thriller Thrilling, sexy and fun—I very nearly fell in love. Read the review.
	The Visitors Book by Sophie Hannah Genre: Gothic, short stories A tightly-written collection for four contemporary ghost stories. Read the review.
	The Children’s Home by Charles Lambert Genre: Literary, Gothic, fairytale A dark and whimsical fairytale for grownups. Read the review.

Have you read any of these? What did you think? What’s on your February TBR pile?

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