Sugar, Spice, and Things that go Bump in the Night - Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
One of the very few cases where I like the plot better than the romance. - A Case of Possession (A Charm of Magpies, #2) by K.J. Charles
A slow read in a slow week… - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
“Breakfast with the Borgias.” - A Pocket Full of Rye (Miss Marple, #7) by Agatha Christie
I’m horrible - American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer; The Institute by Stephen King; Mountain Man by Keith C. Blackmore; In Distant Lands: A Short History of the Crusades by Lars Brownworth
Through the grieving process - Bon Voyage, Mister Rodriguez by Christiane Duchesne; The Immortal Jellyfish by Sang Miao
Triple the fun - Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
Ghosts that haunt us still - Ghosts of Empire by Kwasi Kwarteng
Love triangles, magic, and murder - Grave Visions by Kalayna Price; Grave Ransom by Kalayna Price
European Heiress + Sociopathy = Madame Masque - Hawkeye, Volume 3: L.A. Woman by Matt Fraction
Kate Bishop is the Sidekick/Superhero We Need - Hawkeye, Volume 2: Little Hits by Matt Fraction
Making Advent Special - Praying Advent by Joan Mueller
A Sweet Short F/F Romance - Knit One Girl Two by Shira Glassman
A Keystone Work by a Recently Deceased Author, or Why Didn’t I Read This Sooner - Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church by Rachel Held Evans
Finding God in Different Traditions and Religions - Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life by Lauren F. Winner
Buy a Christmas Novella, Feed a Puppy - The Christmas Rescue by Elizabeth Kelly
A Closed Circle Mystery Meets Puzzle Box Meets Necromancy - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
In those days thought, in families, went in periods of thirty years, owner gravely consulting heir who should see that development of light and shade that the owner never would. - Last Post by Ford Madox Ford
A tree nymph with a past finds love in a small town - Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues by Molly Harper
A Downton Abbey Murder Mystery - Cardington Crescent by Anne Perry
A Good Start to an Adventure Romance in Space - Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet
No Need for a Training Montage in this Version of Mulan - The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas
Katherine Center writes a very particular type of book — and helped me hit my 5th cannonball of the year! - Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center; The Bright Side Of Disaster by Katherine Center; Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center
Round 2 at the Boarding Home With Lots of Rules - Angel in a Devil's Arms by Julie Anne Long
Dear Diary; nature has gone haywire - Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
Very specific historical non-fiction - The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester; The Hello Girls: America's First Women Soldiers by Elizabeth Cobbs
Can you say Gentrification, Boys and Girls? - Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Short reads to finish off my reading year (and help me to finally complete my double Cannonball) - Night of the Scoundrel by Kelly Bowen; The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick; A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau; A Second-Chance Road Trip for Christmas by Jackie Lau
What would you do if you won the lottery? - Beginner's Luck by Kate Clayborn; Luck of the Draw by Kate Clayborn; Best of Luck by Kate Clayborn
It ain’t easy loving an Archangel - Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh; Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh
Do You Wanna Know? - The Silent Scream by Michael Collins (Dennis Lynds)
Prepping for the next HBO show - The Outsider by Stephen King
Shared Family Trauma - Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
It was a relief to hear the animal growl of his engine revving as I stepped back on the pavement - The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
“I am the bringer of beef and the singer of sweet suppertime! Mine is the chicken and the gravy forever, nom nom!” - Shattered (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #7) by Kevin Hearne
“Mors irrumat omnia. Death fucks us all.” - Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo
Merritt Wever and Toni Collette are so good in the Netflix show. - A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America by T. Christian Miller & Ken Armstrong
“There’s so much pain everywhere, and we just close our eyes to it. The truth is we’re all scared. We’re terrified of each other.” - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Discussing a beloved favourite in book club can be disheartening - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Murder becomes him - The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz
Jane Austen and murder - The Austen Playbook by Lucy Parker
Little pep talks that made me feel better - Gmorning, Gnight!: Little pep talks for me & you by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonny Sun
Lucy Parker writes another keeper - Headliners by Lucy Parker
“Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.” - Wilma’s Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller by Doreen Rappaport
My favorite of the series so far. - The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman
“Since I doubt, I think; since I think, I exist.” - We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse #1) by Dennis E. Taylor
I never actually wrote a review of this, so here are some thoughts I typed up to a Goodreads friend instead. - Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2) by Rainbow Rowell
A strange little prelude of a book. - La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1) by Philip Pullman
Immanuel – God is with Us - The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe by Richard Rohr
A hopeful book about a school shooting. - Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen