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“Entitlement in itself isn’t so bad. Entitlement is simply the belief that you deserve something.” - Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling

A saga of family, desire, passion, and duty. - Brick Lane by Monica Ali

She Blinded Me with Science - The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club by Eileen Pollack

Nimona. - Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

Humor that holds up - Dave Barry's Greatest Hits by Dave Barry

Yellow Causes Anxiety - The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

“there appears to be a dark brown octopus attacking your head.” - Romancing the Duke (Castles Ever After #1) by Tessa Dare

Biological imperative, my ass - Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine

Hey look, it’s a title with the word “girl” in it that’s actually about a girl, not a woman - The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey

A Quick Must Read - Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

Ashwini the Guild Hunter finally catches her Cajun for good - Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh

A sexy, contemporary romance with comic book geeks - Dark Wild Night by Christina Lauren

The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they are always lying - Black Heart by Holly Black

If people could murder you with a touch, you’d probably want them to wear gloves too - Red Gloves by Holly Black

No Rest For The Wicked - Make Me by Lee Child

The Good Guy and the Not Dumb Blonde - Blonde Date (Ivy Years #2.5) by Sarina Bowen

The Ice Queen and the East End gangster - Luck Be a Lady by Meredith Duran

Your heart has never been broken/Your pride has never been stolen - This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl by Paul Brannigan

“If you cannot recognize the problem, there is no way that I could explain it to you.” He laughed, damn the man. “My goodness,” he said, “that was an expert sidestep.” - An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgerton #3) by Julia Quinn

A book where the magical orphan does bad things, makes bad choices. - The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, #1) by Jonathan Stroud

Mob mentality - The Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon

Impressive story of two incredible women - Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden

A strange age - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

In which McGuire introduces a whole new faerie kingdom Toby can be nearly killed in - A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire

The Hollywood heiress and the fisherman - Dirty Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren

What happens in Vegas results in a summer in Paris - Sweet Filthy Boy by Christina Lauren

Leave Your Tombs Earthed, People! - A Treasury of Modern Fantasy by Terry Carr and Martin Harry Greenberg, Editors

RIP Lilly Bottoms - Stray Bullets Volume 2: Somewhere Out West by David Lapham

She started an unorthodox penpal scheme. You won’t believe what happened next! - When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare

Felicia Day is the hero we need. We probably don’t deserve her. - You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day

F–k You, College Students, You Entitled Little T–ts - Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

I Killed A God and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt - The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan

This book made me happy, then not - More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

A Spiritual Sequel to Misery - Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy #2) by Stephen King

What we do matters. A lot. - God Help the Child by Toni Morrison

Come home. - Home by Toni Morrison

Interesting and yet not what I expected - Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Christin O'Keefe Aptowicz

“It’s hard being weird. No—it’s hard living in a culture that makes it hard.” - You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day

Appearances are deceiving - The Madman of Bergerac by Georges SImenon

A Circus I Really Wished Was Real - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? - Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, Book 2) by Marissa Meyer

A nonfiction that needs to be discussed - Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

You can take the Beast Lord out of the Citadel, but you can’t take the Lord out of the Beast. - Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews

“I’ve always felt like a failure inside if I’m not already a success.” - You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day

There’s More than What You See on A & E - Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller

All art is quite useless. - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

An unique view on an already traveled path. - Red Rising by Pierce Brown

“Answer me this, did you hesitate at all or did you see the giant, go ‘Wheee!’ and run toward it?” - Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews

I’m too old for this shit. - Old Man's War / The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi

A quiet little mystery. - Still Life (Inspector Gamache #1) by Louise Penny

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