Star-crossed lovers + war + assassins = A graphic “graphic novel” - Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
The breath of longing - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Once More With Feeling - Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 by Christos Gage, Rebekah Isaacs, Megan Levens, Joss Whedon, Nicholas Brendon
Rats On The Loose - A Case of Possession by KJ Charles
“Because, when there is true equality, resentment does not exist.” - Dear IJeawele or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time. - Night by Elie Wiesel
North East South West - The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
“Uh….weren’t we having a mutiny?”, and other tales… - Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
Wise Blood - Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
…thou shalt see that it is barren. - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
Powerful Novel of War and Hope - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Phone Sex Operator to Oscar Nominee - This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe
Say Hello to My Little Friend - Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
The End of Everything and How We Got There - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Skip One, Read the Other, Discover Flirting Via Clockworks - Seduce Me at Sunrise, Tempt Me at Twilight (Hathaways #2 & 3) by Lisa Kleypas
Su Yi’s dying, who’s got the will? - Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
Fantastic Take on a Tough Subject - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
My first recollection of Timofey Pnin is connected with a speck of coal dust that entered my left eye - Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
It was an ugly mystery - Everything that Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
The Cycle of Poverty - Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Part X-Files and part World War Z? Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. - Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
“Historic people are usually revered for not for the innocence of their souls, but for the lack of incriminating evidence.” - The Time Traveller's Resort & Museum by David McLain, Felix Eddy (Illustrator)
Are there any Liane Moriarty holdouts here? - The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
Lies, Conspiracies, And Magic - Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
I Think I Read This at Just the Right Time in My Life - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
As much of the former as the latter - Sex With Shakespeare by Jillian Keenan
Light, Lies, and Hope - A Trick of the Light (Inspector Gamache #7) by Louise Penny, Ralph Cosham (narrator)
I’ll take a smartass over a grim anti-hero any day of the week - Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
Robin Hobb never fails to deliver - Shaman's Crossing by Robin Hobb
Just a nice meandering trip through America, until we get to the South - Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
And So It Is - Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
Even the Book Makes Me Cry - Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
Looking on with a shame and confusion we can’t identify. - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
A wonderful and poignant novel about identity and faith - The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf
Yet another glowing review for this gem of a book. - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) by Becky Chambers
The Longest Life - Forever by Pete Hamill
“The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.” - Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Squad Goals - The Likeness by Tana French
Finally, an unreliable narrator who isn’t horrible - Before I Go by Colleen Oakley
War, what is it good for? - History of England, Vol III: Civil War by Peter Ackroyd
Clever unforgettable post 9/11 tale, from the “other” side - The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
A Terrible Plan is an excellent read - Lumberjanes Vol. 3: A Terrible Plan by Noelle Stevenson & Shannon Watters
Read this book! And then give it to someone else to read. - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
In which Rachel discovers some truths about her family she wishes had remained buried - The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
Don’t worry, it’s pretty much as good. - Heft by Liz Moore
Terrifyingly timely - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
What I feel is relief. It wasn’t me. - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Throwing a kitten out a window was only a warning shot. - Moonglow by Michael Chabon
The ultimate Rake and Wallflower story - Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
“You get to want whatever you want…And you know what? Love is worth wanting…” - The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli