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“True love doesn’t always last,” I say. “It doesn’t always have to be for a lifetime” - One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Lake Holly Could Be My Town - Land of Careful Shadows by Suzanne Chazin

The Last Thing That Pandora Found - The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey

American Dreams and Dreamers - My (Underground) American Dream by Julissa Arce

Double Cannonball with Madeleine L’Engle - Dragons in the Waters by Madeleine L'Engle

A sobering book about mass incarceration and racial profiling - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Is your legacy a blessing or a curse? J.K. Rowling explores the question. - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany

The Long Con - The Grifters by Jim Thompson

Kything all angels - A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle

Heavy YA 2.0: Harry-Potter-at-the-Dursleys + The Secret Garden = Me depressed. - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Creativity is magic, indeed. - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Power of Teachers - Saga, Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughan

An American in Oxford - The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

“My job is to be your loyal opposition.” - The Last Colony (Old Man's War #3) by John Scalzi

“There’s no better investment than your cleavage.” - Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

Pseu-Pseu- Pseudocide - Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud by Elizabeth Greenwood

But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. - Anne of Windy Poplars by L. M. Montgomery

80’s wrestlers, ghosts, betrayal, indie comics, and more! - For the Title: Champion Wish Edition by Lance Schibi, Austin Green

“It’s horrid to be someone else’s vision of yourself.” - Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love by Numbers #1) by Sarah MacLean

Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain - The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

I still love it. - Sex Criminals, Vol. 3: Three the Hard Way by Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky

Rachel goes grizzly. - The Stranger (Animorphs, #7) by K.A. Applegate

Bumbling about Victorian England with a bulldog and a cat named Princess Arjumand. - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

The Hamiltome. - Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jeremy McCarter

I Do Love a Punny Title - Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

An interesting piece of “narco-journalism” - Opium Fiend: A 21st Century Slave to a 19th Century Addiction by Steven Martin

Homage to Madeleine L’Engle - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

I’m still mad about Bridget Jones… - Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding

Well, this disease sounds terrifying… - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

Should I get “I AM AN ON-THE-SHELF SPINSTER” tattooed on my forehead? - Romancing Mr. Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4) by Julia Quinn

A good, if a bit predictable, series ender. - End of Watch (Bill Hodges, #3) by Stephen King

A successful sequel that needs a bit of a haircut. - Stiletto (The Checquy Files, #2) by Daniel O'Malley

The Rook, take two. - The Rook (Checquy Files, #1) by Daniel O'Malley

Anne Goes to College - Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery

Like the Young House Love blog? Try the Young House Love book! - Young House Love by Sherry Petersik

Writing so good you can taste it - Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

Solid debut fantasy novel. - Blood Song (Raven's Shadow, #1) by Anthony Ryan

Finding a dead earl in your debutante sister’s bed is NOT what you want after a long journey back from India - Duke of My Heart by Kelly Bowen

Yet another great book from Knisley - Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride by Lucy Knisley

“Life is a gift. Don’t forget to live it.” - Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

When life doesn’t go exactly as planned, you may experience new things - The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

Spectral Field Theory, ghosts, and ghost busting. - Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally & Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal by Erin Gilbert, Abby L. Yates, with Andrew Shaffer

Sometimes it feels like everyone knows who I am except me - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

A is for arms that hold baby tight, while pacing and muttering all through the night. - Let's Panic About Babies! by Alice Bradley

And it isn’t my fault that the barbarian raped me - Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston

Not everyone has to be the Chosen One. Not everyone has to be the guy who saves the world. - The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Just in case I needed another reason to dislike camping - Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller

Scary, but so good, and so smart. - The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) by N.K. Jemisin

Burr, you disgust me - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

What a Pleasant Surprise! - The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen

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  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
  • Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
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