Both an intimate history and a large-scale one - The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Don’t be deceived by the cover. This book will kick your ass. - Dietland by Sarai Walker
I glom some more sci-fi mystery/romance - Salvation in Death, Ritual in Death, Promises in Death by J.D. Robb
Suspension of Disbelief Works – Reformed Rake Duke for the Win - Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare
A quick, creepy read that was just a bit sobering for me - Slade House by David Mitchell
A “mid-life crisis novel” for David Mitchell - The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Giving voice to the silenced - Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church by The Boston Globe
A new curriculum initiative to try! - Making Curriculum Pop by Pam Goble and Ryan R. Goble
An elegant novel about love in an oppressive time - The Price of Salt (published now as Carol) by Patricia Highsmith
Alice, still. - Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Come to my Cocktail/Garden Party y’all! - The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart
Who would want to be the chosen one anyway? - The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
A brief grown up book before I post 3 more YA reviews - Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble by Dan Lyons
Consumerism and total social decay: contained in an apartment. - High-Rise by J.G. Ballard
A fine new Erdrich novel - LaRose by Louise Erdrich
I’M ALIIIIIIIIIIIIVE - Written in Red (The Others, #1) by Anne Bishop
When Graphic Novels Meet Modern History - The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule by Igort
Manipulative, devilish heroine the kind you love to hate - Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now - Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Unlikeable Characters Make for a Very Good Novel - The House at the Edge of the World by Julia Rochester
Who Needs Who More: God or Man? - American Gods by Neil Gaiman
GFY Sizzle - Crossroads (Book 1) by Riley Hart
A nice contemporary romance without too much angst - Second Chance Summer by Jill Shalvis
“There’s always a person for every book. And a book for every person.” - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
We’re Nigerians. Just Nigerians. And one Ghanaian. - Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
I always feel like a chump for having zero magical powers when clearly the world is full of magicians and superpowered beings! - The Everything Box: A Novel by Richard Kadrey
Challenging Stereotypes: The Crossover - The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
“You’re the one who doesn’t understand, I’ve been standing on the edge with you for years.” - The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
Gotta watch out for that lizard brain - Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
We’re All Gonna Die, Because it has Been Foreseen and There is No Hope - The Immortal Heights by Sherry Thomas
In command where you belong - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
There’s nothing like summer in the city, someone under stress meets someone looking pretty - Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
Though virtue is not a word I’d apply to this situation - In the Woods by Tana French
Honeycombed by Grifters at City Hall down to the Flatfeet on the Beat - Prescription: Murder! Volume 1: Authentic Cases From The Files of Alan Hynd by Alan Hynd
Magical Babysitter-Check, Clueless Parent-Check, Crazy Adventures-Check - Mr. Pudgins by Ruth Christoffer Carlsen
Hades Hath No Fury - The Shortest Way to Hades by Sarah Caudwell
Naval Battles in Spaaaaaace! - On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington Book 1) by David Weber
The Man Who Fixed the World Series - Rothstein by David Pietrusza
Just Another One Martin’s Procrastination Projects - The World of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, Elio M.Garcia Jr. & Linda Antonsson
If Charlotte Bronte and Al Swearengen Had a Child, It Might Be This Jane - Jane Steele by Lindsay Faye
Dragons with feathers! - Crucible of Gold (Temeraire, Book 7) by Naomi Novik
Temeraire Down Under - Tongues of Serpents: A Novel of Temeraire by Naomi Novik
But how does a dragon feel about going into battle? - Victory of Eagles (Temeraire #5) by Naomi Novik
The hunt for penicillin, and the kidnapping of Laurence - Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, Book 4) by Naomi Novik
Tell me what you read, and I’ll tell you who you are - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Better Romance Choice – Book Club Edition - Venetia by Georgette Heyer
Magic Times in the Cajun Swamp - Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews
A bearded romance - Grin and Beard It by Penny Reid
Sometimes books don’t find us until the right time. - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
You Mean Sharon Carter is Actually an Awesome Agent and Not Just a Forced Romance?? - Captain America: Winter Soldier Ultimate Collection by Ed Brubaker