Modern acting heroines in historical settings are my jam - Magnate by Joanna Shupe
“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.” - the Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
“Yes, even after sleeping with a senator, and waking up next to a dead friend, and celebrating Michael Jackson’s last Christmas with him and his kids, I still did not feel—how shall I put this?—mentally sound.” - Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher
Unpacking the ripple effects of a shooting - How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
I’m not upset. Why would you be? - The Dinner by Herman Koch, translated by Sam Garrett
Sad People are Merciless - Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enrique
“Because you’ll never meet me and it’s the closest we can get.” - Because You'll Never Meet Me (Because You'll Never Meet Me #1) by Leah Thomas
People suffers a lot, but my heart was full of hope. I know. - O Filho de Mil Homens by Valter Hugo Mãe
Normally I don’t like short experimental fiction…. - Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins
WTF, UNCLE STEVIE? - The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
Someone tell me what they think the title means because I need to talk about it. - Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
Strange Sisters - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
So you’re saying the movie 300 might not have been historically accurate? - What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
Glorious depravity - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Always re-read your books, people. You never know what you’ll find if you go digging back in there. - American Gods: The 10th Anniversary Edition by Neil Gaiman
Good Companion Piece to Hidden Figures et al - The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
Thanks to the CBR romance readers hive mind for this one. - Kulti by Mariana Zapata
The Repercussions of Drugging Unwitting Children (And Other Things) - Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
An Unsung American Hero - Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
That’s Where I Started to Be My Own Person - The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
Just as good as I remembered! - The Protector of the Small Quartet: First Test, Page, Squire, Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce
Not exactly a romantic couples’ trip to England - Every Word by Ellie Marney
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - Who Killed These Girls?: Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop by Beverly Lowry
Another blunt and real Fisher memoir - Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher: blunt and real to the very last word. - Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Meet Tarell Alvin McCraney, your new playwright boyfriend. - The Brother/Sister Plays: In the Red and Brown Water; The Brothers Size; Marcus, or The Secret of Sweet by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ second Black Panther outing - Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Volume 2 by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Chris Sprouse, Don McGregor, Rich Buckler, and Brian Stelfreeze
This is Torture - Hell is a Very Small Place: Voices from Solitary Confinement by Jean Casella, James Ridgeway and Sarah Shourd
This is the Zodiac Speaking. - Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
Gentleman prefers Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
She was bad…always - New Year's Day by Edith Wharton
Resonating for the last 135 years - An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen
“Dangerous creatures, wallflowers. Approach them with the utmost caution.” - Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
Fifties and Sixties Time Travel - Time-Jump by John Brunner
Here kitty, kitty - Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology by Caroline Paul & Wendy MacNaughton
Gay romance, burnt food, and examinations of masculinity - The Burnt Toast B&B by Heidi Belleau & Rachel Haimowitz
Where are our Old Masters? - False Dawn by Edith Wharton
“People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they’ll spend all day telling you who they are.” - Lexicon by Max Barry
Playing in the Sandbox - In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox by Carol Burnett
The Real Housewives of Eugene, OR - Housebroken: Admissions of an Untidy Life by Laurie Notaro
Grounded, imaginative YA fantasy. - Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn
Everyone Loves Gossip…Until It’s About Them #truth - The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand
I said, murder, good God, now, what is it good for? - Murder is Easy by Agatha Christie
Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer - Summer in Orcus by T. Kingfisher
Fools in the Northeast: Round 2 - Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo
The Good Immigrant – or how I realized how racist I’ve been all my life - The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla
And all that jazz… - Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
Norse Gods Doing Norse God-like Things - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
“It must have been like consciously uncoupling from Eyore and eloping with Baloo” - Pretty Face by Lucy Parker
Cranky Old Women are Delightful to Read About - The Lost Child of Lychford by Paul Cornell