The American Spirit, Kentucky-Style - Kentucky Bourbon by Susan Reigler
“It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.” - All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles
I like cats. And drawings. - The Boy Who Drew Cats: A Japanese Folktale by Lafcadio Hearn
Now is a good time to become familiar with social determinants of health - Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
In the merry old land of Lud - The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands by Stephen King
A Wonderful Winter’s Tale - The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Tales from Stephen King’s The Stand - The End of the World As We Know It by Christopher Golden & Brian Keene (Editors)
So Apartheid South Africa Was Way More Complicated than Black vs White - Let the Dead Lie by Malla Nunn
American Holocaust - American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World by David Standard
Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair - Sun City by Tove Jansson
“Let me enjoy my vampire romance nonsense in peace.” - ZomRomCom by Olivia Dade
“The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue…”- Bruno Bettelheim - F*cked Up Fairy Tales: Sinful Cinderellas, Prince Alarmings, and Other Timeless Classics by Liz Gotauco
“For the falling star and the rising ape to meet, the former must first be debased. No myth can remain terrifying when you’ve seen it broken and beaten, rendered as toothless as an old crone.” - The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
+2 Charisma - Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce
“People don’t often get murdered in banks. They’re usually rather difficult to escape from.” - A Drop of Corruption: An Ana and Din Mystery by Robert Jackson Bennett
A boy named Henry - Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
Mankiller Coyotes? C’mon now. - The Precipice by Paul Doiron
Gutted. Wrecked. Ruined. And that was just after the first 3 chapters - Assassin’s Quest: Book Three of the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
Yew and Me - The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow
Ordinary People–Is the Mother a Monster or Misunderstood? - Ordinary People by Judith Guest
The Hardest Loss of All - Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear
As Slippery as a Fish - Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish by Richard Flanagan
A Solid Conclusion to the Daevabad Trilogy. - The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty
Should A Classic Be Discounted Because of the Racist Origins of its First Title? - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
A small book about enormous things - Eastbound by Maylis De Kerangal
“If you had better sense you’d have learned by now that nothing thrives so well as wickedness.” - Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
“I’m afraid I don’t know WTF. I only discovered LOL from Joyce last week” (Double Bingo) - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
“We cannot turn back time, but we can keep on living.” - Among the Burning Flowers: A Roots of Chaos Tale by Samantha Shannon
“You don’t suppose they’re really expecting figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer,” I muttered. “I thought your history professor friend said that historically accurate wassail would be mulled beer.” “I’ll put on the coffee,” Michael said, heading downstairs. “I rather think that would be the suitable Southern Baptist equivalent.” - Five Golden Wings: A Meg Langslow Mystery (#38) by Donna Andrews
“Vicar Roberts has become convinced there’s something unnatural in the neighborhood,” he said. “How strange. What might have led him to that belief?” “The bodies with no blood left in them, and the people with anemia, who all seem to have had vivid dreams involving bats. Things like that.” - A Night in the Lonesome October: a novel by Roger Zelazny, illustrated by Gahan Wilson
The Cutting Edge and Daisy Jones with edge - The Favorites by Layne Fargo
An Apocalyptic Treat - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Powerful YA - Shards of Silence by Brian Lee Young
The best short story collection I’ve read in a while! - Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell
Voluptuary, Writer, Gourmand - The Gastronomical Me by MFK Fisher
Alex Easton Comes to America! - What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
Imagine Douglas Adams on Cocaine - Space Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente
Damn She Was Good. - Ready for My Close Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream by David M. Lubin
The ones who left - Homeseeking by Karissa Chen
“ No, Charlie wanted to insist. People only love you if you make it worth their while. No one loves you once they see your weaknesses. No one loved your flaws. No one loves your ugly, broken parts. No one loves you and expects nothing more than your love in return.” - Thief of Night (The Charlatan Duology #2) by Holly Black
Such Good Information - Live Nourished by Shana Minei Spence
A Contemporary Canadian Gothic(ish) - The Glowing Life of Leeann Wu by Mindy Hung
Yes, There Will be a Quiz - 1066 and All That. A Memorable History of England, Comprising all the Parts You Can Remember, Including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings, and 2 Genuine Dates by W. C. Sellar
Oof - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Wolves and vampires, oh my… - Dire Bound by Sable Sorenson
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith - The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, Sarah Moses (Translator) - Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Bears and Burnout - Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen
Riveting and Original Thriller - Underground Airlines by Ben Winters
“A poem was pinned under Hoshiar’s picture of young Duleep: “I have been thrown into a far-flung place, had everything, all that I once cherished, my Kingdoms and my very life taken from me. I am now in a foreign place, so far from my people. So far from my homeland.” - The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence by Anita Anand