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“Potatoes,” he said at last, “do not make gods.” - Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

New Thoughts About Narnia - Aslan's Breath: Seeing the Holy Spirit in Narnia by Matthew Dickerson

Nothing like the TV series, and that’s a good thing - The Buccaneers by Edith Wharton

Chuck Tingle writes another book you just have to experience for yourself. - Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle

If it were me, I’d be hiding in one of the mansion’s many libraries. - The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games #1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

There’s something about Mary - Allegedly: A Novel by Tiffany D. Jackson

Among the Stars - The Georgian Star by Michael D. Lemonick

Whose House? Bauhaus! - Bauhaus by Frank Whitford

Tough Conversations - Do You Still Talk to Grandma? by Brit Barron

“If I could be who you wanted / All the time” - You Wanna Be on Top? A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top Model (2025) by Sarah Hartshorne

On the Horror of Raising Children in a Messed Up World - When I'm Dead by Hannah Morrissey

“I was born and raised in San Francisco, which explains my willingness to stay in a city that’s historically been full of people who insist on trying to kill me at the slightest provocation.” - Once Broken Faith (October Daye #10) by Seanan McGuire

“Be sure you include a gift card for Tim Hortons,” he said. “That’s how we say ‘sorry for killing your firstborn son’ in Canada.” - A Red-Rose Chain (October Daye #9) by Seanan McGuire

Tis Hot, the Weather, and the Wars… - Henry V by William Shakespeare

In a Hopeless Place - Woodworking by Emily St. James

I Felt It In My Soul - So Thrilled For You by Holly Bourne

“All hail wossname, who shall be king here, after” - Sourcery by Terry Pratchett; Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

“You built a nice adulthood over the ruins of a shitty adolescence, my therapist once said.” - Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood

“For the one you love? Anything. You unmake the world and build a new one. You do anything to give them what they need.” - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Mom’s ups and downs - My Mom Is Like a Kite by Lisl H. Detlefsen

“Okay, wow. That is . . . not what I expected. But it makes sense. I can see it.” - Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy (Murderbot Diaries #2.5) by Martha Wells

“I was, to him, a competent and required presence. Not a worthless, overbearing spinster or deficient female. Was this how men felt all the time? This intrinsic acceptance of one’s significance? No wonder they walked through life expecting so much as their due.” CBRBINGO – Family - The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #2) by Alison Goodman

From Diabolical Dart Frogs to Kissing Kiwis and beyond - The Dangerous Alphabet Book  by DK Ryland

Creep - Creep by Emma van Straaten

It could be witches! Some evil witches! - Death on the Caldera by Emily Paxman

We’re all just animals after all - Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

We Sold Our Souls by Grady HendrixWe - We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

“Did you miss me?” His voice sounded like hot tea with lots of sugar. “Yes. But I can reload and try again.” - The Blonde Who Came in from the Cold by Ally Carter

An Intriguing Beginning - Dinghai Fusheng Records Vol. 1 by Lv Fei; Dinghai Fusheng Records Vol. 2 by Lv Fei

Going to Vegas is less fun when you’ve been kidnapped - Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

Try to look away from the game of living and watching living - Spectators by Brian K Vaughan

None of the senior leaders…thought about this enough to put in place the kinds of systems we’d need, in Myanmar or other countries. They apparently didn’t care. These were sins of omission. It wasn’t the things they did; it was the things they didn’t do.” - Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams

“It’s better to be interesting than likable” - Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

For every sentimental my teacher changed my life story you heard, there were dozens of my teacher made me moderately bored a few times a week and then I got through the year and moved on with my life and never thought about them again - The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

“So much of her life had been about escaping, in dreams and books and out of windows, that she didn’t quite know how to stay.” - The Geographer's Map to Romance by India Holton

“Bad Llama. Level 3. It’s a llama, but it’s bad. If he were human, he’d be covered in prison tattoos and would be hanging out in front of the Circle K hitting on 14-year-old girls.” - Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

The Jock and the Nerd, 20 years later - Writing Mr. Wrong by Kelley Armstrong

Enter the Multiverse but Staying Cozy, at least for now - Chilling Reflections by Drew Hayes

Cozy romantasy in which game night is the wildest part - Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

Novella Round Up – Expanding Urban Fantasy universes - How Green This Land, How Blue this Sea by Mira Grant; Please Do Not Taunt the Octopus by Mira Grant; Sanctuary by Ilona Andrews

I’m on a roll with Japanese stories containing cats! (This review is cat approved) - The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu

“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.” - Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

A new Lucy Parker romance with actors falling for each other - Misdirected by Lucy Parker

“my life will change utterly since my sinful eyes saw this noble land so much admired.” - Tombland: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery by C.J. Sansom

“They’re the ones who’ll hate you / When you think you’ve got the world all sussed out” - Assassin's Apprentice (1995) by Robin Hobb

The title I forgot, the book I enjoyed - Hummingbird Heart by Travis Dandro

“I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage.” - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

“I don’t like parties. Someone always tries to assassinate someone I actually like, and there are never enough of those little stuffed mushroom caps.” - The Winter Long: (Toby Daye #8) by Seanan McGuire

“There’s beauty in the menial. Life is nothing but a series of quiet tasks with people we love. Isn’t it?” - Tea You At the Altar (Tomes & Tea Book Three) by Rebecca Thorne

“My passengers. I decide, then and there, to love them. I’ve never loved before. Love is not a standard component of my programming. ” CBRBINGO – ‘O’ - Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove

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