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Is it a secret if I figure it out less than halfway through? - The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

A f/f Regency romance from a major publishing house. It’s a unicorn! - The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (Feminine Pursuits, #1) by Olivia Waite

Two humans and a talking dog are chased around Europe for three months, intermittently pausing to give one of them tattoos. - Trapped (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #5) by Kevin Hearne

Beauvoir is going to make me lose all of my hair. - The Beautiful Mystery (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #8) by Louise Penny

My mother was her most lively when she talked about this small bottle. - The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

Just wait until I get my foot on the ladder. - Hunger by Knut Hamsun

Victorian fantasy horror mystery romance. PSA: Currently $0.99 on Kindle. - The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1) by K.J. Charles

Not as good as the first; in retrospect, better than the third. - Magic Study (Study, #2) by Maria V. Snyder

FYI no idea how it happened that I’m reviewing #6 before #5. Goodreads says I read them in that order, too, but I! Did! Not! I! Would! Never! - Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6) by Kevin Hearne

From the CBR Book Exchange, some nightmare fodder - American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan

Soooooo much to catch up on - The Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan; The Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan; The Heroes of Olympus: The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan; The Heroes of Olympus: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan; The Heroes of Olympus: The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan; The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan; The Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan; The Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan: ; The Trials of Apollo: The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan

Double Cannonballing on a re-read. - The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) by Philip Pullman

Come for the food, stay for the food. - The Wedding Party (The Wedding Date, #3) by Jasmine Guillory

If you want to scare me, just put a skinwalker in your book. - Tricked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #4) by Kevin Hearne

“I don’t turn toward the light because it means someday I’ll ‘win’ some sort of cosmic game. I turn toward it because it is the light.” - Star Wars: Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray

The feather underground is real. - The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

Mothers and Daughters - Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong; Inside Out by Demi Moore

“The hunter and the prey.” - Face It: A Memoir by Debbie Harry

Eve Babitz - Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A. by Lili Anolik

Naming Your Problems Helps! - 8 Keys to End Emotional Eating by Howard Farkas

Back to Gilead - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

This Book Was Exactly What I Wanted it to Be - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

How one poet is finding his way - Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction by Jared Singer

“But what does the “greatest good” mean when it comes to medicine?” - Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink

Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane - The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

If you can think of a better fish pun… Let minnow. - Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian

Summer Days…of privilege, learning, and growth - No Ivy League by Hazel Newlevant

Purpose vs Vocation vs Career vs What Am I Doing? - The Purpose Path: A Guide to Pursuing Your Authentic Life's Work by Nicholas Pearce

Man’s Greatest Mistake is Underestimating Women - Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott

Who are you? Are you me? Have you come to kill me at last? - Black Wine by Candas Jane Dorsey

They protested their innocence of course, but the warden still led them away. - Ascent by Jed Mercurio

I am terribly afraid of bats. - The Collected Stories of Leonora Carrington by Leonora Carrington

A Short, Sweet and Sexy Romance - Grumpy Jake: a Novella by Melissa Blue

It’s the same story on repeat but still pretty fun - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

You Never Know What You’ll Find in an Old Indie Bookstore - Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

“And if you trace a flawed narrative about Appalachia back far enough, you’ll often find someone making a profit.” - What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte

Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill -

If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change. - The Leopard by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa

“I am a museum of art but you had your eyes shut” - Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

You can Keep the “Golden Days of Yore”. I’ll Take Modernity, Thank You - Chaucer's People: Everyday Lives in Medieval England by Liza Picard

As If There Weren’t Enough Photographs of the Family Windsor - Modern Monarchy: The British Royal Family Today by Chris Jackson

Hungry like the wolf - Wolfsong by T.J. Klune

Who is the Doll and What is the House? - A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen

A Moving Story of NYC During the AIDS Crisis in the 80s - Eighty-Sixed by David B. Feinberg

What Happens When Family Secrets Go Unspoken - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Bechdel, Alison

Something Wicked & Fae Comes This Way - Trailer Park Fae (Gallow and Ragged 1) by Lilith Saintcrow

Easter Readings from C.S. Lewis - Preparing for Easter: Fifty Devotional Readings from C.S. Lewis by C.S. Lewis

Humbling women seems to be a chief pastime of poets. As if there can be no story unless we crawl and weep. - Circe by Madeline Miller

Much of life is timing and circumstance - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

“The world was fragile. One day, growth; the next day, kindling.” - The Hunger by Alma Katsu

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