Welcome to Martha’s Monthly!
Martha’s Monthly is a monthly newsletter discussing what I’ve been reading so you can always find unique and interesting books. With a love for translated fiction, this newsletter is all about making your bookshelf more interesting and diverse.
Martha’s Monthly is written by Martha (which is me!). Welcome to my newsletter!
I have always been a reader, but when I got diagnosed with a major health condition, reading became one of the only hobbies I could enjoy from the confinement of my bed. Because of this, I fell so much more in love with reading and wanted more of an outlet to talk about it outside of my friends and family. I wanted to create a community and to put my ever growing reading knowledge to service: to let you know what is worth reading, and what is not.
To help give you an idea of what kind of books I read, here are my favourite reads from 2023, including my most read genres;
For book inspiration, you can find all my Monthly Reads here. Alternatively, the full archive of everything I’ve written for Martha’s Monthly can be found here.
I love translated fiction. If you want to see what countries I have (and haven’t yet) read books from, here’s my Map:
What to expect from this newsletter?
My goal with this newsletter is to let you know whether the books I read are worth it to pick up. I aim to (hopefully) read books that are less well known, interesting and translated.
As a subscriber you will receive:
My monthly reads on the 1st of every month.
(any book posts outside of this schedule are a bonus treat. they may come now and then.)
Praise from readers of ‘Martha’s Monthly’:
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from ‘Read Like Mad’ recommends Martha’s Monthly as a ‘must-read’ newsletter for book lovers:
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recommends Martha’s Monthly as it encourages her to try new genres, authors and languages:
★ Pách Deng so generously called Martha’s Monthly ‘the best book recommendations newsletter on Substack’
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If you like the sound of my reading taste and you love books, subscribe! It’s free and I’d love to have you here to talk about all things books.
If you choose to subscribe, thank you! Feel free to send me book recommendations and share my newsletter with a few friends if you think they’d like it!
Contact me:
If you ever want to email me; to talk about books, just have a chat or you’re interested in a collaboration, you can get in contact via this address:
marthajadams18@gmail.com
Or alternatively you can reply to the newsletter in your email inbox.
I can’t wait to get to know you in my comment section and learn about what books you like to read.
Happy Reading, Love Martha <3
