A Constellation of Tales - The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales by Dominik Parisien (editor)
A non-European Based Fantasy - Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
A worthy entry in a children’s literature trend - Somewhere, Among by Annie Donwerth-Chikamatsu
A lot for Chicagoans to consider. - The South Side: A Portrait of American Segregation by Natalie Y. Moore
“I’m not too good when exposed to people” - Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple
Another longer-than-anticipated reviewing hiatus ended! - Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
From the Siege of Chicago to the Recent Past - The Nix by Nathan Hill
Like the Great Movie Ride in Book Form - Filmish: A Graphic Journey through Film by Edward Ross
Surprisingly funny - Soulless by Gail Carriger
Not my favorite Irving, but still a good one - The Cider House Rules by John Irving
You know what I, as Rowell’s newest and biggest fan, am going to say. - Midnights by Rainbow Rowell
John Scalzi is reliably fascinating - Lock In by John Scalzi
Just tell me what happened already! - Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
A perfectly serviceable start to a YA trilogy. - Eve by Anna Carey
Space and Race - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
Semisonic’s drummer on life in the ’90s music biz - So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star: How I Machine-Gunned a Roomful Of Record Executives and Other True Tales from a Drummer's Life by Jacob Slichter
Modern Romance - Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari & Eric Klinenberg
And Then There Were None - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Just Mercy - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Beware Intimate Objects Which Speak - The Creature in the Case by Garth Nix
At Home in this Nation We’ve Made - The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower
Also, not enough ponies. - Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop
You make the art that only you can make. You tell the stories only you can tell. - The View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman
“Sometimes, happiness feels so fragile…So what do we do about it?…Live. Forget that it’s fragile. Live like it isn’t” - Belong to Me (Love Walked In #2) by Marisa de los Santos
” Close your eyes and open them again. That’s what a blackout feels like.” - Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget by Sarah Hepola
Jellies aside, I’m not a huge fan of The Zeppo. But I really liked this Patrick Ness book. - The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd by Patrick Ness, Libba Bray, Kelly Link, John Green, Scott Westerfeld, David Levithan
Jen is the best. - Lumberjanes, Vol. 4: Out of Time by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooke Allen
“People in the dark are quite different, aren’t they?” - A Murder is Announced (Miss Marple, #5) by Agatha Christie
I liked this book way more than I thought I would. - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
“KISS ME, HARDY! Kiss me, QUICK!” - Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) by Elizabeth Wein
Stay alive til this horror show is past - Dark Days Club (Lady Helen #1) by Alison Goodman
In which I justify why I hadn’t read this yet - Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
“Privilege,” she said gently, “gives the crown its shine. Duty gives it its weight.” - Eidolon (Wraith Kings #2) by Grace Draven
Bad feminist, good book - Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
“I’m only twelve. But I’ve been that for a long time.” - Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
“If you can affect someone when they’re young, you are in their hearts forever.” - Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson
An Interesting Origin Story. How……….original. - Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal by G Willow Wilson
A Scalzi short- and it’s free! - The Dispatchers by John Scalzi
You’re all liars. Every last one of you. - The Girl on The Train by Paula Hawkins
And now you know the rest of the story… - Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard
“You think I’m psycho don’t you, mama” - I Am Not A Serial Killer by Dan Wells
This book ends on a cliffhanger! Know that before you start it. - How Not to Fall by Emily Foster
This is what it means to be a woman in the world. Every step is a bargain with pain. - Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
The gentleman in black turned down the corridor, and Charlotte Highwood followed - Do You Want to Start a Scandal? by Tessa Dare
Serpent Demon - Serpentine by Cindy Pon
Matilda all grown up! - Where Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson
Like a really good Lifetime movie - With Love from the Inside by Angela Pisel
“The most annoying thing about it is that once a person gives a shit about one thing, he finds he has to start giving a shit about everything.” - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
Out, Out, Brief Candle - Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire
I got moles…big, mutant, junky moles - Railsea by China Mieville