“Children, set the table. Your mother needs a moment to herself.” - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The perfect addition to an almost perfect story (Zutarra 4Eva!!) - The Promise (Avatar: the Last Airbender) by Gene Luen Yang; The Search (Avatar: the Last Airbender) by Gene Luen Yang; The Rift (Avatar: the Last Airbender) by Gene Luen Yang
“Grief is not the door that tucks you in; it’s the door that shuts you out.” - Terrace Story by Hilary Leichter
I don’t know if you’ve heard of this Jane Austen person, but she’s pretty good. She’s going places. - Persuasion by Jane Austin
“This is the man.” - The Crime of the Century: Richard Speck and the Murders That Shocked a Nation by Dennis L. Breo , William J. Martin
Revisiting the Shades of Magic world with a captivating new story that also brought back fan favorites - The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
CBR15 Bingo: Sex (Bingo AND Cannonball) - Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Relatable or One really long acid trip or One Last Selfish Act or What do I know? I’m a cartoonist or the Monologue that got away - It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood
Excellent short story collection - Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories by Nana Nkweti
“My pain was never more valuable than his potential.” - Know My Name by Chanel Miller
“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who live with shame, and those who die from it.” - Lone Women by Victor LaValle
“Sometimes I feel like my brain is a machine built by someone who lost the instruction manual.” - Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Audiobooks, take me away! - Thank You For Listening by Julia Whelan
Sara Cate can do no wrong for me - The Anti-Hero by Sara Cate
I Will Read Anything With Dragons! - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
A surprise favorite of 2023! - Black Sheep by Rachel Harrison
Tennis, Anyone? - Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Doors Should Stay Closed - Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
Silly questions, awkward clichés, trials of life, and other stuff - Queer Chameleon and Friends by Amee Wilson
Chigozie Obioma, you broke my heart - The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
“There is no special protection when you cross that invisible line from your ordinary life to that parallel world where tragedies happen. It happens just like this. You don’t become someone else. You’re still exactly the same. Everything around you still smells and looks and feels exactly the same.” - Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty
The Road to Hell - Hitler: 1889-1936, Hubris by Ian Kershaw
“I am done living in a world where women are lied to about their bodies; where women are objects of sexual desire but not subjects of sexual pleasure; where sex is used as a weapon against women; and where women believe their bodies are broken, simply because those bodies are not male. And I am done living in a world where women are trained from birth to treat their bodies as the enemy.” - Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski
Flight is but momentary escape from the eternal custody of earth. - West with the Night by Beryl Markham
…a voice on the radio offering a loom on which to spin his dreams. - All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Hi, Goldbug…wherever you are. - Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry
Think about that, you blasted apocalypse, and be aware that when it’s my turn, I’m going to make you know my rights. - A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by K.J. Charles
Aliens with doughnuts - Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Trigger warning. Also, spoilers. - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Blancaflor and all the sh*t wives have to do - Blancaflor, The Hero with Secret Powers: A Folktale from Latin America by Nadja Spiegelman and Sergio García Sánchez
An Amazing Queer Historical Mystery - The Bell in the Fog by Lev A.C. Rosen
To help create a more empathetic society, this should be mandatory reading for middle grade readers (and everyone else, honestly) - Melissa by Alex Gino
Love, Destiny, and People You Can’t Fucking Trust - Stormwind of Shadows by Jasmine Jenkins, Sophia Suliman
? → ! - The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs
Green to red, machinehead - All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
OMG I love these old crime fighters - The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman
Masterful interweaving of past and present storylines to tell a slice of demon Kai’s life. - Witch King by Martha Wells
We not only have faces and names; some of us have extensive bibliographies. - Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba
“The risks may be formidable, but the high is sublime.” - Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Best of the Whole Lot - Necessary As Blood by Deborah Crombie
A complex story about race, class, family and history - The Wedding: A Novel by Dorothy West
I have nothing new to say about an 85 year old book, unsurprisingly. - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
No one’s watching to see if I stay afloat. - Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
Those Still Living… - Tokyo Redux by David Peace
Ctrl+Art+Replete - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
“Sometimes I think,” she said slowly, “that if a man were to spend a day being a woman in America, he wouldn’t make it past noon.” - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Real Fictional Comic about a Comic Artist (in middle school) - New Kid by Jerry Craft
Funny and poignant just like her podcasts - Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus
Friendship and love in the midst of “a shitstorm of murder, mayhem and blackmail.” - The Bandit Queens by Parini Schroff
Amazing Emotional Story - One Blood by Denene Millner