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A Memory Called Empire- the next great space opera - A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

House of Earth and Blood- Smut but also feels? - House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

The 80s were a magical time for dystopian near-future fiction - V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd

Up in the Air - Fly Girl by Ann Hood; The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet by Nell McShane Wulfhart

They’re Playing Basketball? - Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris Herring

Snow on a cover makes me emotionally nervous - Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt

“My father was a king, and the son of kings”, but nothing more - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Before I grow up I want to read all the books in the world! - Before I Grew Up by John Miller; The Snail with the Right Heart: A True Story by Maria Popova

I love sassy Irish lasses - Roots by Tara O'Connor

Intimate, expansive, wise, sad - The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

A new series, moving from a tattoo shop to a… brothel? - Shades of Lust by E.M. Lindsey

“Only if we can develop a broadly shared understanding of our common history will it be practical to consider steps we could take to fulfill our obligations.” - The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

“She unsettled him; he anchored her. Together, they could be more than they were apart.” - Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare

If you crossed Crazy Rich Asians with Weekend at Bernies… - Dial A For Aunties by Jessie Q. Sutanto

Brutal yet often funny, Joe Abercrombie’s return to adult fantasy - A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie

Kaur in her infancy is still Kaur well worth a read - Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

She of the Diamante Garters and Pearl-Handled Pistol - The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions by Kelly Greenwood

So Who Stole the Gate? - Murder in the Neighborhood by Ellen J Green

“I dreamed that Curran and I killed a dinosaur and then had sex in the dirt.” - Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3) by Ilona Andrews

CBR14#1 – Revenge Body by Rachel Wiley - Revenge Body by Rachel Wiley

The Wilder Shores of Love - The Wilder Shores of Love by Lesley Blanch

The Big Book of Ghost Stories - The Big Book of Ghost Stories by Otto Penzler editor

How I Met Your Monster - The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter: The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club Book 1 by Theodora Goss

“You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?” - How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino

Old Magic, Old Story Style - Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories by Diana Wynne Jones

The greatest Alien movie never made. - Alien 3: The Unproduced Screenplay by William Gibson by Pat Cadigan

The Lighter New Year Celebration - Friends Are Friends, Forever by Dane Liu

The more serious New Year Story - New Year (a Lunar New Year Book for Kids) by Mei Zihan

The Murder at the Vicarage - The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

“The doom has come upon me.” - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #9) by Agatha Christie

And then there were none – or were there? - Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

A Pair of Novellas for the February Holidays - A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau; A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day by Jackie Lau

Recaptures most, but not all, of the magic of The Martian - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Saints! Soldiers! Sorcery! Swords! Swooning! - The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold; Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

Alternative to What? - Alternative War by Debora Godfrey and Bob Brown, Editors

Running away to the woods - A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

I’m Both Bad With Money and My Timing - Bad With Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together by Gaby Dunn

Caste - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

The Pale-Faced Lie - The Pale-Faced Lie by David Crow

Finding Beauty in the Bleakness - The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Repetitive yet hypnotic, a grand tragedy - The Iliad by Homer

In which the villainess and final boss might be worth rooting for - I'm the Villainess So I'm Taming the Final Boss vols. 1-2 by Anko Yuzu, Sarasa Nagase, Mai Murasaki

It’s a cozy trashy romance! - Match with the Demon by Chace Verity

Curse of the Bane (The Last Apprentice/Wardstone Chronicles #2) - Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney

We get it, Rainbow Rowell, you love Starbucks - The Prince and the Troll by Rainbow Rowell

I am become Death - Atomic Dreams: Prayer Cycle Edition by Jazan Wild

Talking cats, cute girls, and lizard men (and women) - Sithrah V01 Kingdom of the Air by Jason Brubaker; reMIND: Volume 1 by Jason Brubaker

Vino with Guido - Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon

A Brit among the cactuses. - Did You See Melody? by Sophie Hannah

Caped Crusade - Batman: White Knight, Deluxe Edition by Sean Murphy

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  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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