Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

Book of the Month is a monthly book subscription box. Each month, a panel of judges selects a limited number of exceptional books to offer to members. They announce their New Selections on the first of the month, and members have six days to decide which book (or books) they would like to receive. One hardcover book per month is included in the membership fee, and members can purchase up to two additional books each month for $9.99 per title.

Cost: $16.99/month (Save with longer plans)

Shipping: Free - US only

Promo Code:

  • READ5 - Get your first month for only $5!
  • 30TOTE - Save 30% off 3-month memberships + get a BOTM tote!
  • BOOK10 - Save $10 off 3 month or 12 month memberships

I was sent all the books for August so you can see the selection of books to choose from, but the review will focus on what your box will look like with one book.

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

I love the packaging! The box has a white interior and comes with a few extras. The book is shrink-wrapped in plastic and backed with cardboard.

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

You get a bookmark that has a quote on the other side, a card from Book of the Month, and a note by one of the judges about the book.

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

The bonus item is a wine glass koozie...

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

and a canvas tote bag. It's a very thick, sturdy bag. Great quality!

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

Siracusa by Delia Ephron

An electrifying novel about marriage and deceit from bestselling author Delia Ephron that follows two couples on vacation in Siracusa, a town on the coast of Sicily, where the secrets they have hidden from one another are exposed and relationships are unraveled. 

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

Circling the Sun by Allison Williams

Paula McLain, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Paris Wife, takes readers to Kenya in the 1920s, where the beautiful young horse trainer, adventurer and aviator Beryl Markham tells the story of her life among the glamorous and decadent circle of British expats living in colonial East Africa--and the complicated love triangle she shared with the white hunter Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa.

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

From the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human—a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of.

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

From New York Times bestselling author of the “twisty-mystery” (Vulture) novel In a Dark, Dark Wood, comes The Woman in Cabin 10, an equally suspenseful and haunting novel from Ruth Ware—this time, set at sea.

In this tightly wound, enthralling story reminiscent of Agatha Christie’s works, Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: a week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of cabins. The sky is clear, the waters calm, and the veneered, select guests jovial as the exclusive cruise ship, the Aurora, begins her voyage in the picturesque North Sea.

At first, Lo’s stay is nothing but pleasant, but as the week wears on, frigid winds whip the desk, gray skies fall, and Lo witnesses what she can only describe as a dark and terrifying nightmare: a woman being thrown overboard. The problem? All passengers remain accounted for—and so, the ship sails on as if nothing has happened, despite Lo’s desperate attempts to convey that something (or someone) has gone terribly, terribly wrong...

With surprising twists, spine-tingling turns, and a setting that proves as uncomfortably claustrophobic as it is eerily beautiful, Ruth Ware offers up another taut and intense read in The Woman in Cabin 10—one that will leave even the most sure-footed reader restlessly uneasy long after the last page is turned.

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

All The Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives.

As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold.

By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. A powerful novel you won’t soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love.

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

I think the value is very good for Book of the Month. I also like that each month you get to pick from a selection of books. It makes it more exciting to see what will be offered and that you get to make a choice based on what you like. The extras are a nice addition as well.

Book of the Month Review + Promo Code – August 2016

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