A space spy, a food journalist, and a faerie anthropologist walk into a bar… is probably not a good joke to be telling, but it makes for a heck of a hook! Where space operas, romantasies, and beachie murder mysteries collide is a forecast for the week of 21 April 2026 — promising to be full of adventure, danger, thrills, murder, and romance. Join Sam Vacik for this week’s most interesting book finds in this episode of Reader’s Forecast! Mayhaps, one of these books will find you.
This podcast was not sponsored nor elicited. All books were selected by the host for inclusion in this podcast. URLS for the books in this episode will be included on www.readersforecast.com (soon — under construction).
Publishing Week: 21 April 2026
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Books included in this weeks forecast by Title & Author (* debut author)
1)The Photonic Effect by Mike Chen
2) The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang
3) Livonia Chow Mein by Abigail Savitch-Lew
4) The Bush Tea Murder by Ashley-Ruth Bernier.
5) Afternoon Hours of a Hermit by Patrick Cottrell
6) Thistlemarch by Morose Corrigan
7) Aphrodite in Pieces by Lauren J. A. Bear
