A little family road trip from and to Hell - Odessa by Jonathan Hill
I’m just gonna gush effusively for a couple hundred words - City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky
CBR15 Bingo: On the Road - A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers; A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
Good Golly, Miss Holly - Holly by Stephen King
For a long time I had tried to belong in America, wanted and wished for it more than anything, but in that moment all I wanted was to be accepted as a Korean by two people who refused to claim me. - Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
What Do You Call a Golddigger These Days, Anyway? - The Case of the Golddigger's Purse by Erle Stanley Gardner
And now I’ll be humming “Brazil” for the rest of the day - Dom Casmurro by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
The wilds of high school social interactions - Komi Can't Communicate vol. 25 by Tomohito Oda
Shana Tova, y’all! - Days of Awe: Anthology by Aviva Blakeman, E.S. Wilder
Book three held its own - The Rising Tide (Island Book volume 3) by Evan Dahm
I picked up a beat up old looking book and was given a treat - Age of Reptiles Omnibus, Volume 1 by Ricardo Delgado
Maybe don’t date a writer… - Between Us by Mhairi McFarlane
Maybe if they taught the epic poem this way, we’d get it! - Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith
Sticky Icky - The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran
“You try again. You fail better.” - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Mommy Dearest - I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Do you remember the 21st night of September? - See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
How can a novel about dementia be beautiful? - The Swimmers: A Novel by Julie Otsuka
CBR BINGO – On the Road: “. . . happiness comes not from bodily pleasures or wealth or power, but from living a life that’s right for your soul.” - In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
“In Swahili it’s called utu. In Zulu, the word is ubuntu. It translates to ‘humanity,’ but what it really means is ‘community.’ I am because we are. Our humanity is tied together.” - The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope
More Lady Killers, Please - Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
“What would happen if I were to leave? No one notices the air they breathe.” - The Air You Breathe: A Novel by Frances De Pontes Peebles
I really liked a cozy mystery! - The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency (The Scottish Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) by Lydia Travers
Why is it always the innocents who suffer most? - Bitter Blood: A True Story of Southern Family Pride, Madness, and Multiple Murder by Jerry Bledsoe
A Small Southern Town with a Large Helping of Sex, Murder and Violence. Fun! - My Darkest Prayer by S.A. Cosby
“All authority is fiction.” - The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
There’s a universe where I can still eat gluten and dairy. I find this comforting. - Self-Portrait With Nothing by Aimee Pokwatka
They put the fun in fungi - Fungi Grow by Maria Gianferrari
More than just Lady Edison - Beulah Has a Hunch!: Inside the Colorful Mind of master Inventor Beulah Louise Henry by Katie Mazeika
Three biography reviews all in one place for your reading pleasure! - Dressing UP the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head by Jeanne Walker Harvey; Jose Feeds the World: How a famous chef feeds millions of people in need around the world by David Unger; The Snow Man: A True Story by Jonah Winter
Ode to books - Ode to a Bad Day by Chelsea Lin Wallace; Odd Couples: A Guide to Unlikely Animal Pairs by Maria Birmingham
The wild world of ramen, fireworks and gunpowder - The Asian Hall of Fame: The Discovery of Ramen by Phil Amara and Oliver Chin; The Asian Hall of Fame: The Discovery of Fireworks and Gunpowder by Phil Amara and Oliver Chin
How to love Oh no. - How to Love: A Guide to Feelings & Relationships for Everyone by Alex Norris
Use your words - Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey
A Complex Stepsister Grapples With Her Path Forward - A Spark in the Cinders by Jenny Elder Moke
A Long Legacy of Tragedy - Where Memories Lie by Deborah Crombie
One Messy Family Visit - Water Like a Stone by Deborah Crombie
Disney Songs, Supernatural Problems, Romance, and Death - Masters of Death by Olivie Blake
When Reality and Fiction Overlap in NYC - The World We Make by N. K. Jemisin
CBR15 Bingo: Relation”ship” - It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
How to Make A Difference - Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (And the Next) by Dean Spade
Roll Call of the Anonymous Dead - Lay Them to Rest by Laurah Norton
It seems I can love horror - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
São Paulo and the Gates - Paradise City by Joe Thomas
A family’s struggles…and successes - Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt
“Don’t swim with the dolphins during a labor dispute. No matter how much they try to convince you otherwise.” - Starter Villain by John Scalzi
I want to tell your story, the way it really happened. - Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman; Maus II : And Here My Troubles Began, Maus. A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
All the single ladies - Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Dual Narratives That Come Full Circle - A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
such a delightfully odd book, definitely on my list of books to recommend in turn - Red Plenty by Francis Spufford