Step away from the crystals - Tangled Expectations by Cathy Asselin
The Charles Lindbergh farmhouse glowed with bright, orangish lights. - Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
A Modern Mistake – Millenneagram Misses the Mark - Millenneagram by Hannah Paasch
Started with my Curiosity, but Somewhere Got Lost Along the Way - The First Bad Man by Miranda July
Here’s to you, Mrs. Mazid-Stillman - The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger
Fee Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of a bloke trying to get down a mountain with his legs smashed - The Ogre: Biography of a mountain and the dramatic story of its first ascent by Doug Scott
Books for kids, better left read by kids - Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne; Dolphins at Daybreak by Mary Pope Osborne; Ghost Town at Sundown by Mary Pope Osborne; Tonight on the Titanic by Mary Pope Osborne
The Yucky One - The Lucky One by Caroline Overington
While the sisters of the Our Lady of the Impossible Constellations argued themselves in circles, the Reverend Mother sat silently in her chair… - Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
Less Bite Than I Imagined - Dracula by Bram Stoker
Of course I had read Wuthering Heights. - Heathcliff Redux by Lilly Tuck
There’s a Good YA Novel in Here Somewhere… - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
She ain’t no Buffy - Poesy the Monster Slayer by Cory Doctorow
Why don’t you find yourself a new wife, Pops? - Audition by Ryu Murakami
“Not Even Camping Is Like Camping Anymore - What Burns by Dale Peck
Seriously, Patrick is the worst -
Dear penthouse, I never thought it would happen to me… - Prepare to Die by Paul Tobin
Crime and Morality - The Saint-Fiacre Affair by Georges Simenon
“How old are you?” - Ben in the World by Doris Lessing
Disappointing - The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Meet Baloney and Peanut and Bizz and Krabbit in April - Baloney and Friends by Greg Pizzoli
Oh No! I dislike no liking a book so - Oh No! by Candace Fleming
When you have a soft spot for Russians named Viktor and he still doesn’t save the book - Deadly Class, Volume 1: Regan Youth by Rick Remender
Basic Witch - The Possession by Michael Rutger
Mystery as Lightweight Snack - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Queer Eye Impulse Grab a the Library - Antoni in the Kitchen by Antoni Porowski
When I came to Sunbury, toward the end of May, one of the first people I met up with was Cousin Tune. - Farewell, Summer by Helen Hoover Santmyer
Ambushes Are Not Christmas Miracles - A Swedish Christmas Fairy Tale by A.E. Radley
About half-past eight on a July evening, Humphrey Leigh was walking along the side of the Square. - A Coat of Varnish by CP Snow
I was not the intended audience for these - The Need by Helen Phillips; Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Rich People Act like Jerks Volumes 2 and 3 - China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan; Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
Well, this Elric series went bad quickly - Elric Vol 2 Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
The Organ Trail - The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Learn why you should NOT feed the coos! - Don’t Feed the Coos! by Jonathan Stutzman
There is a new Kid in Town - A Kid of Their Own by Megan Dowd Lambert
Some years ago I published a monograph entitled This Year You Write Your Novel. - Elements of Fiction by Walter Mosley
Teenagers can still be bratty, even when they’re immortal - In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker
fun fact: name dropping Joan Didion no less than 45 times in your 270 page book does not make you Joan Didion - Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession by Alice Bolin
Getting my nerd card revoked - Unlocking the Air by Ursula K. Le Guin
No, Not All Is Said. - Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Angélica Gorodischer
Pass the tacos and hold the screams - Apocalypse Taco by Nathan Hale
Two Duds - The Wounded and the Slain by David Goodis; Doctor Lovebeads by Gary Reilly
I do not like it when I do not like a book and then have to review it - I Do Not Like That Name by Erin McGill
A decidedly average Pratchett - Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
The hell did I just read? - The Obsoletes by Simeon Mills
Good buildup, letdown resolution, mediocre characterization - A Madness of Sunshine by Nalini Singh
Might Just Stick with the Netflix Series (or needs more Henry Cavill) - Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
Superbust - Super Sons: The PolarShield Project by Ridley Pearson
- Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White
Worst Plot Structure Ever - Win Big by Kelly Jamieson