“I keep trying to make sober, evidence-based statements. And you try to make me jump you like a cat.” - The Art of Losing by Ruby Lang
His hand looked like the rest of him, large and stern and competent. - Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller
If you can’t join ‘em, beat ‘em! - The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan
The book that made me realise: my husband is a philosopher. - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The Genealogy of Southern Cooking - The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty
You put a spell on me - Back in a Spell by Lana Harper
The Serial Killer Book I’ve Been Waiting For - Notes On An Execution by Danya Kukafka
“Robert Isaksson from the next village over was a reindeer killer.” - Stolen: A Novel by Ann-Helen Laestadius, trans. Rachel Willson-Broyles
“If we were all a little more selfish with our own lives instead of being in such a hurry to defend everything to the death the universe would be a much less scary place” - Saga (Volume 8) by Brian K Vaughan
feed me with your kiss - The Widowmaker by Hannah Morrissey
“Stranger, whoever you are, open this to learn what will amaze you.” - CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by ANTHONY DOERR
It’s not a bad decision to be happy. - Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly
“Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild” - Every Gift a Curse (2023) by Caroline O'Donoghue
Maybe that’s how you fool other empaths, like, “hey baby, you just be your high-strung self and let me handle all that scary danger,” but respectfully, Agent Dead Man, I’m pretty sure you are the scary danger. - Liar City by Allie Therin
She’s Been Through It - Finding Me by Viola Davis
I’ve been on all sides of this story - So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship by Sophie Lambda
“Terror and delight sitting next to each other, their feet dangling off the side of a bridge very high up.” - The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
When AIDS crashed the party - The Other Pandemic: An AIDS Memoir by Lynn Curlee
At the very crowded intersection of Black History and Banned Books - Black Was the Ink by Michelle Coles
“My inner being is exceptionally cranky and I often don’t want her company myself.” - The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Magic Tides: Kate & Curran Still Going Strong - Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews
Romeo and Juliet, California Style - Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson
Forget Swords and Sorcery. Give Me Tea and Books Instead. - Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
“When it came to equality, 1952 was a real disappointment.” - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
We are women without a voice…We are women out of time and place, without even the language of the country we reside in. - Women Talking by Miriam Toew
Because when women understand chemistry, they begin to understand how things work. - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
We Should Have Seen It Coming - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Her grin was tiny but evil. Adorably evil, if that was a thing. - Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
Everybody and Every Body Outdoors: Disabled Hiker’s Guide to WA and Oregon - Disabled Hiker's Guide to Western Washington and Oregon: Outdoor Adventures Accessible by Car, Wheelchair, and on Foot by Syren Nagakyrie
I third this fairy tale self aware fun - Cursed Princess Club v.1 by LambCat
The Racism of People Who Love You - The Racism of People Who Love You: Essays on Mixed Race Belonging by Samira K. Mehta
Hell Bent- WHY IN THE NAME OF CLIFFHANGERS WHHHYYYYY - Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Ninth House- A reread and re-review! - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
“One doesn’t need magic if one knows enough stories.” - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawelett
Remarkable author and their remarkable series and the remarkable new one - Remarkably Ruby (Emmie & Friends, #6) by Terri Libenson
Coffee makes everything better. - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
“I said, could I f*ck you, and you said, yes please, and I thought, there’s manners. Proper breeding, that is.” - The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles
Been sleeping on this guy. Even Madonna beat me to it. - Gold by Rumi
Alan Rickman: a bit catty, a bit snobby, and maybe a bit dirty? - Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman (Author) Rima Horton (Afterword), Emma Thompson (Contributor)
We were boys who had created ourselves - Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore
An extremely unexpected new favorite. - Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong
“It is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it” - A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
“The most important thing is finding someone you wish to play with.” - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
“She checked underneath the sink but didn’t see anything that might destroy an evil puppet.” - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
“All that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.” - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
“What is memory if not a ghost?” - Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
Kathryn Moon’s Sweetverse - Baby and the Late Night Howlers by Kathryn Moon; Lola and the Millionaires parts I & II by Kathryn Moon; Bad Alpha by Kathryn Moon; Faith and the Dead End Devils by Kathryn Moon
“They were pilgrims. They were cosmonauts. They were as good as dead.” - Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2) by Leigh Bardugo
A perfect way to start the year - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
I See the Appeal - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman