Messages of light - Light Speaks by Christine Layton
Remember when you call a demon, make sure you dial the number right. - The Ojja-Wojja by Magdalene Visaggio
One word titled books, hold lots of wonder - Thankful by Elaine Vickers; Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
The Soulmate - The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
Light fun mystery fluff - A Herring on the Nile by L.C. Tyler
“My mother had little sense of childhood, and simply saw it as an inconvenient life stage to be got through as quickly as possible.” - Diamonds at the Lost and Found by Sarah Aspinall
What if there was a mermaid who lived in Lake Michigan? - The Lake Michigan Mermaid: A Tale in Poems by Anne-Marie Oomen
When the Past Helps You Solve Your Present Problems - Raising the Horseman by Serena Valentino
A Wintery Asexual Romance - Ace of Hearts by Lucy Mason
Well-written but not for me. - I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers
“Their path to advancement might look less like a straight line and more like some of the pressure distributions and orbits they plotted, but they were determined to take a seat at the table.” - Hidden Figures by Margo Lee Shetterly
Don’t piss off the evil, angry Groot-look alike - The Lost Boy by Greg Ruth
It’s science, it’s fiction, but it’s not science fiction - Bellwether by Connie Willis
“Too often students are being taught to read as if literature were some kind of ethics class or civics class—or worse, some kind of self-help manual. In fact, the important thing is the way the writer uses the language.” - Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose
‘A million girls would kill for this job’ - The World's Worst Assistant (2022) by Sona Movsesian
The 1980s called and got the right 2000 number - The Baby-Sisters Club The Truth About Stacey V02 by Raina Telgemeier; The Baby-Sitters Club Mary Anne Saves the Day V03 by Raina Telgemeier
The Boys Trip - The Hobbit: The Graphic Novel by J. R. R. Tolkien
“It’s the waters within you that scare me.” - Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin
“You’ve done enough poking around, this is getting stupid. You’re not some kind of pregnant Miss Marple.” - The It Girl by Ruth Ware
A sweet, short read. - The Library by Bella Osborne
They sure did smoke all the time back in the day, didn’t they? (double bingo) - Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
One person with a yard can do quite a lot for conservation - Nature's Best Hope by Douglas W. Tallamy
Reading about computers in the ’80s is such a hoot! - Twice Shy by Dick Francis
Give me a man who can cook and bake amazing things instead of an athlete any day. - Make It Sweet by Kristen Callihan
“I’m human like everybody else. It’s just that I’m so tired, so worn out, I can’t feel anymore.” - Passing by Nella Larsen
“Now, turn down the lights, flip the page, take my hand, and start the dance…” - Turn Down the Lights by Edited by Richard Chizmar
“Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, they serve to control or isolate us.” - The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
A servicable sophomore entry in the series - The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Something here went more wrong than usual. - House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2) by Sarah J. Maas
“I know the world will survive us–and in some ways it will be more alive.” - The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
Tasty bite of fantasy with fallen angels and shifters with a setting drawing from Vietnamese culture. Bingo #7! - Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murder by Aliette de Bodard
Only mediocre-but-promising options - Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep
“I made faces like the faces on the rocks, and I twisted myself about like the dead ones, and I lay down flat on the ground like the twisted ones.” - The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
Lots of A Court of Thorns and Roses reviews (3.5 to be exact) - A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Thorns and Roses #2 by Sarah J. Maas; A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Thorns and Roses #3 by Sarah J. Maas; A Court of Frost and Starlight, A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1 by Sarah J. Maas; A Court of Silver Flames, A Court of Thorns and Roses #4 by Sarah J. Maas
Not the final in the series, but my final read of Dune books - Children of Dune, Dune #3 by Frank Herbert
Shorts - Cape Fear by John D Macdonald; In the Suicide Mountains by John Gardner; More Better Deals by Joe R Lansdale
“You put dinosaurs and people together, you always get screaming.” (Bingo) - Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
If Enemy Pie, Casper the friendly ghost, and Dr. Doolittle made a book - Batcat by Meggie Ramm
Mycroft Holmes 2 and 3 - Mycroft and Sherlock by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Anna Waterhouse; The Empty Birdcage by Anna Waterhouse; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
As the song goes, What’s love got to do with it? - The Love Report by BeKa and Maya
Who needs a yeti? - Yetis Are the Worst! by Alex Willan
Special lesson and good food. - The Best Kind of Mooncake by Pearl Auyeung
Dickens in Appalachia - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
“I was the kid with the shackle clamped around his wrist:” King’s Latest Doorstopper - Fairy Tale by Stephen King
“Nothing could be trusted in Chicago, especially the weather.” - Clark and Division by Naomi Hirahara
The Not So Evil Evil Society of Cats and the Dogs who Oppose Them - The Evil Secret Society of Cats by Pandania
“You know the problem with heroes and saints, Nikolai?” I asked as I closed the book’s cover and headed for the door. “They always end up dead.” - Siege and Storm (Shadow and Bone Trilogy #2) by Leigh Bardugo
“The Darkling slumped back in his chair. “Fine,” he said with a weary shrug. “Make me your villain.” - Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone Trilogy #1) by Leigh Bardugo
Carnival time - The Carnival Prince by Daniel J. O’Brien
O Brother, Where Heart Thou? - Heartsick by Jessie Stephens