“Are you in a cult?” - Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
Even New Houses Can Be Haunted - The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
A Slice of Fried Gold Movie History - You've Got Red on You: How Shaun of the Dead Was Brought to Life by Clark Collis
The art and science of trying to see the future - Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner
Good advice to start the new year: Workers, unite! Take a break! Relax! Read a book! - In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell, with Bradley Trevor Greive
En Garde! - The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager
“It’s so much easier to obey orders. It’s not much fun to think.” - Spectred Isle (Green Men, #1) by K.J. Charles
“Miss Holmes smiled. She had dimples. Of course she did—the Good Lord went to ridiculous lengths to make sure that one of the finest minds in existence was housed in a body least likely to be suspected of it.” - A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1) by Sherry Thomas
Rogue Ghosts and Other Miscreants- One of my favorite cotton candy series - Rogue Ghosts and Other Miscreants by Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen
A story about people who make mistakes, and how they can come back from them. - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Existential Wisdom in a Small Package - Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
A hurricane of jacarandas, strangling figs, hanging vines. - Nature Obscura: A City’s Hidden Natural World by Kelly Brenner
“The caterpillars were ordered to appear in court on the twenty-eighth of June, at a specified hour, where they would be assigned legal representation.” - Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
The Devil’s Highway - The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
Democracy in Chains - Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
Home is Whenever I am With You - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Push- ……whoah dude. - The Push by Ashley Audrain
The cowboys are Librarians who work with more than books - Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
The Shallows - The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our Brains by Nicholas Carr
The Octopus - The Octopus by Frank Norris
Starting CBR with Some Christies - Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie; Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie
D is not just for Dog any more. - D Is for Drool: My Monster Alphabet by Amanda Noll
The Good Sister- First book of the New Year y’all! - The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
The human side of Sherlock Holmes. - Observations by Gaslight: Stories From the World of Sherlock Holmes by Lyndsay Faye
How do you like to rate/review short stories? - Tenth of December by George Saunders
I See Why This Is Popular - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A Cozy Canadian Demon Romance - The Demon Next Door by Chace Verity
Slow but informative history - Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel
Historical (Fan) Fiction: *An Occasionally True Story - Bright We Burn by Kiersten White
Some Romance Quick Reads to Start the Year - One Minute to Midnight by Jasmine Luck; Resolutions by Lucy Eden
What would you do with a spaceship full of psychic cats? - Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
A Land so Strange - A Land so Strange by Andrés Reséndez
Partners in Crime - Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
What Is the Point of Regret? - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Important to Know Your Rights – Especially in Another Country - The Law in 60 Seconds: A Pocket Guide to Your Rights by Christian Weaver
Sweeping partisan saga - Exodus by Leon Uris
An Afrofuturist short story trio (part 1) - The Visit (Black Stars #1) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; The Black Pages (Black Stars #2) by Nnedi Okorafor; Clap Back (Black Stars #5) by Nalo Hopkinson
an EXCELLENT book to end CBR13 on just under the wire! - The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
“On that long journey she wept all the tears stored in her soul, leaving none in reserve for later sorrows.” - Eva Luna by Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden (translator)
“Conventional lives are the perfect refuge if you are a terrible artist.” - The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
Welcome to the House of Whispers - House of Whispers Vol 1: Power Divided by Nalo Hopkinson, Neil Gaiman, Dominke Stanton
“Lip . . . Dip . . . Paint.” - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
“I don’t sulk; I brood. Like Batman.” - Work For It (Just For Him, #4) by Talia Hibbert
Deeper into the Psy-Changeling world I go - Branded by Fire (Psy-Changeling, #6) by Nalini Singh; Blaze of Memory (Psy-Changeling, #7) by Nalini Singh; Bonds of Justice (Psy-Changeling, #8) by Nalini Singh; Play of Passion (Psy-Changeling, #9) by Nalini Singh
There are Ostrich Farms? - 142 Ostriches by April Davila
Never Has a Book Tested My Patience and Paid Off the Effort in the End…Until Now - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Harry Potter and Abilities vs. Choices - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and These Teachers Would Be Fired - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
A great Christmas read - If the Fates Allow by Rainbow Rowell
A fantastical twist on the slave narrative - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates