He was tall, and could fight, and was a smartass…and all the women loved him. - Rebel Fleet by BV Larson
Better late than never for CBR? (Bingo Square: Classics) - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
With great power comes great responsibility - Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! by Kara West
Two Star Reviews - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty ; White Houses by Amy Bloom; The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll; The Widow by Fiona Barton
Three’s Company - Chances Are... by Richard Russo
CBR11Bingo: Illustrated (Lore) and 3 other books I didn’t particularly like - The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke; I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid; Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett; Heads Will Roll by Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne
Just because it’s true doesn’t make it a good story. - To Cut a Long Story Short by Jeffrey Archer
Back to back 2-star YA novels have held my reviews up! - Little Monsters by Kara Thomas; The Forgotten HLittle Monstersours by Katrin Schumann
Nothing Stays Secret Forever - Holding by Graham Norton
How do you decide which jerk to root for? - Slow Horses by Mick Herron
Selling point: R.L. Stine has a quote on the book jacket! - The Possession by Michael Rutger
Paper-Thin Premise - The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
No one likes a fart even one with heart - No One Likes a Fart by Zoe Foster Blake,
Eight things I hated about this book and one thing I liked - Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
She was called Mary. - The Little Snake by AL Kennedy
I sure read a lot of books for someone who can’t flipping read. (History/Schmistory) - Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation by Jeff Chang
I didn’t see what the Perks were - The Perks Of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
There’s an Important Story and Message Hidden Somewhere in This Thing - Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
Some Lessons Are Best Not Repeated - The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford
REALLY Not My Wheelhouse - The Maze at Windemere by Gregory Blake Smith
Unfortunately, This One Was a Miss for Me - You Must Not Miss by Katrina Leno
I think next time I’ll just watch Clueless. - The Espressologist by Kristina Springer
What is normal? - Normal People by Sally Rooney
Some Intriguing Potential, But I Felt So Little - By Nightfall by Michael Cunningham
Meh approach to a decent concept - Ophelia by Lisa Klein
A Man of Hubris - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Drier than a popcorn fart in the desert - The Science of Leadership by Julian Barling
Sleepy short stories - In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers
I was bored but I read them all anyway, so joke’s on me - Written in Red by Anne Bishop; Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop; Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop; Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop; Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
You are my life now - Twlight by Stephanie Meyer
They hang people for murder, and while I didn’t exactly like Mummy, she was my mother after all. - Farthing by Jo Walton
Trying to Take a Historical Lens to Family Didn’t Work This TIme - The Yellow House by Sarah Broom
The Dullness of Medieval De’Ath - The Heretics of De'Ath by Howard of Warwick
Great topic, not a great book. - I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon
I’m not really one for archery anyways… - The Last Arrow by Erwin McManus
“Get it, Fred? I’m holey!” - Black December by Scott Hunter
Life is stressful, I want easy books - Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday
I only finished it because I hate giving up - The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
Too many cooks spoil the broth - Snowpiercer 2: The Explorers by Benjamin LeGrand and Jean-Marc Rochette; Snowpiercer 3: Terminus by Olivier Bocquet and Jean-Marc Rochette
I judged this book by its cover, and that was my mistake - The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder by David Quammen
Continuing Adventures of a Mischievous Kitten (CBR11 Bingo) - Chi's Sweet Home, Part 2 by Kanata Konami
Who Are You? - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle* by Stuart Turton
They had to save the other one too, of course. - The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani
Monsters know when they are recognized.. - Cari Mora by Thomas Harris
Fast Times at Feminist High - Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nora Roberts-fied - Year One by Nora Roberts; Of Blood and Bone by Nora Roberts
Interesting Premise that Fizzled Out Too Soon - The Victim by Max Manning
Needed More Development - Redesigning Happiness by Nita Brooks
“If I’m going to die, I’d like to actually live first.” - Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis
This is a weird ass book - Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan