These Folks Can’t Stay Away From Murder Even When They Really Try - Murder At the Rpyal Botanic Gardens by Andrea Penrose
Action Packed With Great Character Moments - Daindreth's Traitor by Elisabeth Wheatley
Adventures in Bedtime Reading III - How To Speak Dragonese by Cressida Cowel
Thank you Moira Quirk–I would not have discovered this book without you. - The Councillor by E.J. Beaton
Still on my auto-read list - Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane
There are two types of people in the world: people who like heavy metal, and dicks - A History of Heavy Metal by Andrew O'Neill
“There, it had happened, I had done it: spoken out loud, for the first time in my life, the words of William Shakespeare. In the moment, it was no big deal. Shakespeare, up to that point, had held no meaning to me. But writing these words now, I feel a thrill.” - Making It So by Patrick Stewart
More books I read this summer and am only reviewing now to make it to 104 - Cassiel's Servant by Jacqueline Carey; Codename Charming by Lucy Parker; With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo; Sleep No More by Seanan McGuire
Something’s a Bit Fishy - Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
Maybe 2024 will be the year I finally learn to like beets and-or fennel - Green Kitchen Smoothies by David Frenkiel, Luise Vindahl
The mute servant says the thing that needs to be said in nearly every romance ever including this one - All the Hidden Paths by Foz Meadows
Mixing it up with gentrification, magic, and Mothman - When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole; Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews; I'm in Love with Mothman by Paige Lavoie
Review #9: The best of “New Weird” - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
The Lover from the Forest - The Lover by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Keep Your Friends Close And Your Enemies Closer - Renegades by Marissa Meyer
Some romantic books I read this summer and am reviewing now to reach a double Cannonball - Fangirl, the Manga: Volume 3 by Rainbow Rowell and Gabi Nam; Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha; How the Wallflower Was Won by Eva Leigh; Knockout by Sarah Maclean
A subversion of the fated mates trope in Tangle of Need - Tangle of Need by Nalini Singh
Don’t cross a Doomsday (or his gentleman friend) - The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles
The master spy, the assassin, the telepathic daughter and their clairvoyant doggy - Spy x Family, vol 1 by Tatsuya Endo; Spy x Family, vol 2 by Tatsuya Endo; Spy x Family, vol 3 by Tatsuya Endo; Spy x Family, vol 4 by Tatsuya Endo; Spy x Family, vol 5 by Tatsuya Endo
Piano player, meet piano maker - What Music!: The Fifty-year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos by Laurie Lawlor
The Shepherd King duology: power through the first book, it’s all worth it for the second - One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig; Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
The slow horror of watching your life fall apart, one terrible decision after another - Come Closer by Sara Gran
“Flowers are definitely better than people. Because you can find a person’s ratio of light, water, and attention, and it still won’t be enough. For flowers, it’s enough.” - Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
An Interesting Queer Horror - The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
“For whom the wedding bells toll” - Sofia Khan is Not Obliged (2015) by Ayisha Malik
Rounding Out the Year With Some Manga - Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Deluxe Edition Vol. 1) by Hitoshi Ashinano; Fourth Generation Head: Tatsuyuki Oyamato by Scarlet Beriko; Pure Love's Sexy Time by Psyche Delico; 4Town 4Real by Dirchansky and KAIfee
Well adjusted women with happy childhoods don’t f—- mobsters. - Run Posy Run by Cate C Wells
That Nun! - Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent by Matthew Burgess
A bit like Sound of Music, but there are no nazis and the couple is queer - It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian
A novella and a bridging book - The Archduke by Elisabeth Wheatley; Daindreth's Outlaw by Elisabeth Wheatley
I may have inadvertently started a new holiday tradition - Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday
An Approachable GBBO book just in time for the holidays - Cheeky Treats: Brilliant Bakes and Cakes by Liam Charles
“When a man dies from a bullet entering his chest, it’s a homicide. When a man dies from a meteorite landing on his head, it’s a Tragedy. Don’t use bullets. Use meteorites. Don’t commit a homicide. Commit a Tragedy.” - Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes
“I suspect if I had owned a border collie, this story would have a very different ending, and I probably would not have been around to type it up. But I had Bongo, and he saved our lives because he is simple and made of nose.” - The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
Review #5: Ursula Vernon does it again - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
“With some people, it’s not about winning or losing, That with some people, it’s just about playing. - Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
Triple Cannonballing with fugitive Blanche, here to solve your murder mysteries and nose around until all your secrets are exposed. - Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White, #1) by Barbara Neely
An unsettling tale of true friendship and demons, literal and metaphorical. - My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
A trippy, atmospheric sci-fi haunted house. - Rose/House by Arkady Martine
“A romance is a belief in the impossible: that anything ends happily.” - A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
“Just when you think you’ve seen the worst human beings have to offer, you find out you’re wrong.” - Holly (Holly Gibney, #3) by Stephen King
“Never trust. Never yield. Always guard your heart.” - The Serpent & The Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1) by Carissa Broadbent
Stay afloat. - The Wave by Tyler Charlton
Soylent Green is people! - Ultra-Processed People by Chris Van Tulleken
Cults, Sex, and Vegetarian Recipes - Holy Food: How Cults, Communes, and Religious Movements Influenced What We Eat ― An American History by Christina Ward
Review #3: I stayed up until 1:38 AM to finish reading this one - The September House by Carissa Orlando
The Kind of Man That Deserves to Be Run Down - Peg and Rose Stir Up Trouble by Laurien Berenson
I want to live in this book. - Clean Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #1) by Ilona Andrews
“I had rather face wild beasts and diseases than the perils of civilization.” - Voyage of the Basilisk (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #3) by Marie Brennan