“I once thought opportunities were ever arising, but now, older, I realize how thinly the door to destiny opens, how quickly it shuts.” - Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed
Fuck your Southern “honor” - The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
meandering thoughts about grandiose concepts does not an award winner make, please - Orbital by Samantha Harvey
And you thought your Nanny was a strict monster! - The Sleepover: A Graphic Novel by Michael Regina
Ground Control to Major Tom - Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Interesting elements but a little disappointing - Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto
I think I prefer her contemporaries - Manic Pixie Dream Earl by Jenny Holiday
Reindeer Games - How to Slay at Christmas by Sarah Bonner
“There’s a difference between someone loving you and agreeing with every single thing you do.” - It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan
Prime Minister by day, detective by night - Felix Grey and the Descendent by Mario Theodorou
“I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can’t just stop.” - Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Magic in the Tea and Maybe Something Else - The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch vol. 1 by Ameko Kaeruda, Yorifuji
A Hallmark Movie with Talking Plants and Flying Cats - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Lee Miller’s War - Lee Miller: A Life by Carolyn Burke
A Perfectly Cromulent Book - Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed Television - and America - Forever by Allan Siegel
“Death was pain and sickness, and terror of the long, blind, last step.” - Paragon Walk (A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel, #3) by Anne Perry
“The cynical would say there was only one reason a high-profile specialist finally took up the cause. On June 7, 1925, the first male employee of the United States Radium Corporation died.” - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
There lived a fox - Fox and the Mystery Letter by Alex G. Griffiths
Book 3 of Venin, Love, and Dragons - Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Strong start, weird finish - Guard Your Daughters by Diana Tutton
Back to the beginning - The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett; The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
Poptimism - Hit Girls: Britney, Taylor, Beyoncé, and the Women Who Built Pop's Shiniest Decade by Nora Princiotti
All About Norma Desmond - Close-Up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark American Dream by Sam Staggs
Not Enough Bite - Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu
Runner’s high - Elevation by Stephen King
“I am so tired of this gothic crap,” I muttered. “Just once, I want to meet the villain in a cheerful, brightly lit room. Possibly one with kittens.” - An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire
Sometimes a tiny bit of blood magic is fine, right? - A Queer Trade by K.J. Charles; Rag & Bone by K.J. Charles
“Shiloh isn’t haunted – men are haunted. Shiloh doesn’t care.” - Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
“After they were both done, the pile of knives and guns on the coffee table looked like they’d cleaned out an armory. “I think we have a problem, Dmitri.” - Archangel's Blade: A Guild Hunter Novel #4 by Nalini Singh
“All I wanted to do was come home, because without you, I don’t have a home.” - Wolfsong: A Green Creek Novel (Book One) by TJ Klune
Dead Giveaway - The Dead Romantics by Ashely Poston
Together we can be worth more than the sum of our parts - Grown Women by Sarai Johnson
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman - Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman
Letter Slot by Owen King - Letter Slot by Owen King
The Indigo Room by Stephen Graham Jones - The Indigo Room by Stephen Graham Jones
Jackknife by Joe Hill - Jackknife by Joe Hill
Horny Teenager Narration - Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me by Django Wexler
Teacher’s Pets - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
There’s a lot to unpack and my suitcase isn’t big enough - My Father, the Panda Killer by Jamie Jo Hoang
The classic and this reviewers review - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
It’s time for bed, beaches! - Tuck Me In! by Nathan W Pyle
The fact I don’t always like a book is why I love books: something for us all - Vampire Jam Sandwich by Casey Lyall and Nici Gregory
The End Makes the Book - Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson
Seeing through touch, taste, smell, and sound - I Hear the Snow, I Smell the Sea by Janice Milusich and Chris Raschka
“What is the correct collective noun for us..? Maybe ‘a repugnance of twats’ is most apt?” - The Twat Files by Dawn French
Axolotls are all the rage - Max, a Little Axolotl #1 (An Original Graphic Novel) by Joey Spiotto; Axolotl and Axolittle by Jess Hitchman and Sarah Rebar
Great Reporting, But Not My Favorite - Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus
Kai didn’t recognize this place at all; it was a memory of somewhere he had never been - Witch King by Martha Wells.
Never Flinch by Stephen King - Never Flinch by Stephen King
Slayers, sure, but we’re all cookie dough in progress - Slayers, Every One of Us by Kristin Russo, Jenny Owen Youngs