In the Court of the Imperial Mahal, the Pyre Was Being Built. - The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
A Series Ender that Gave Me Better than I Expected - Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
A very emotional read - Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story by Catherine Pioli
A Surprise, to Be Sure, but a Welcome One - The Sandman Act II (Audio Production) by Neil Gaiman; Dick Maggs; The Sandman Act III (Audio Production) by Neil Gaiman; Dick Maggs
Weird Set-up, Great Story - Below the Salt by Thomas B. Costain
I Choose Darkness - I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson
Getaway Short Story Collection - Uncharted Waters by Sally Hepworth; His Happy Place by Zakiya Dalila Harris; Stockholm by Catherine Steadman; Belle Mar by Luanne Rice; Catch Her in a Lie by Jess Lourey; Shell Game by Rumaan Alam
The Influencer - The Influencer by Joyce Maynard
The Bookstore Sisters - The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
“Kim was starlight and privilege; Will had his feet firmly fixed in the mud. They didn’t belong together. Except they did.” - Subtle Blood by K.J. Charles
Baby you’re the tops - Champion Chompers, Super Stinkers and Other Poems by Extraordinary Animals by Linda Ashman
“Vulnerability is not oversharing, it’s sharing with people who have earned the right to hear our stories and our experiences. Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.” - Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown
A quiet, surprisingly intense emotional reading experience - The Colony by Audrey Magee
The Woman, The Myth, The Legend - Cleopatra, A Life by Stacey Schiff
The New Negro - The New Negro by Jeffrey C. Stewart
A little town in a big forest. - The Winners by Fredrik Backman
“Trouble is just like love, after all; it comes in unannounced and takes over before you’ve had a chance to reconsider, or even to think.” - Pratical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Oh Hell Yeah - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Very few people believed that they were bad, and this was the scariest part. Human nature could be so hideous, but it persisted in this ugliness by insisting it was good.” - Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Can’t leave justice up to God. - Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse
Calling All Word Nerds - The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got that Way by Bill Bryson
You’re my beloved skitstövel (sh*t boot). - Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade
My first five-star TJR. - Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Paradise Lost - Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
Extremely yes, very swoon. - A Lady For a Duke by Alexis Hall
this subgenre continues to be quite fruitful - A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alex Rowland
“Sometimes it seems like writing is the only way I keep from hurting.” - The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
A Great Collection of Short Horror Stories - Full Throttle by Joe Hill
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” - No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work by Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien
Greatest Debilitating Body - Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy by Adam Jentleson
Don’t mess with an angry gingerbread cookie! - A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
The Dead Romantics - The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. … You are allowed to just live.” – Bingo #3! - A Psalm for the Wild-built by Becky Chambers
Turning Red Golden - Turning Red by Cynthea Liu
Nerdy lesbian romance - How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow
Infused with humanity - The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
A five-star trilogy. #CBRBINGO – Series - City of Miracles (The Divine Cities, #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? - Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro
I loved this book, and then I found the recipes at the end and now I LOVE this book. - Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
Reid continues to serve aces with a terrific sports drama set in the world of professional tennis. - Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
“I don’t think I’ll have anywhere left to hide my excuses and these bright, urgent feelings once his gentle light illuminates each of my dark corners.” - Scandalized by Ivy Owens
Alright I get it, and I’m on board! - All Systems Red by Martha Wells
I’ll read/watch anything with Heartstopper in the title… - The Heartstopper Yearbook by Alice Oseman
Disintegration Station - The Promise by Damon Galgut
I Am - You Are Home by Catana Chetwynd
Roughage - The Last Gundir by Nayef Din
Musashi - The Way of the Samurai by Eiji Yoshikawa; The Art of War by Eiji Yoshikawa; The Way of the Sword by Eiji Yoshikawa; The Bushido Code by Eiji Yoshikawa; The Way of Life and Death by Eiji Yoshikawa; The Book of the Five Rings by Miyamoto Musahsi
A Delightful Medley of the Finest New Middle Grade Graphic Novels - Freestyle by Gale Galligan; Growing Pains by Kathryn Ormsbee and Molly Brooks; The Baby-Sitters Club #12: Jessi's Secret Language by Chan Chau; Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra; Tidesong by Wendy Xu; The Tryout by Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao
“Why should those of whom one is fondest have to suffer the most, and why is it that one can never do anything for them?” - Independent People by Halldór Laxness
If you feel like washing your meat is keeping you closer to your ancestors, wash on, Sis - Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook by Illyanna Maisonet