“You’ll light your own bloody self on fire if you have to. And then you can pat yourself on the back and tell yourself you knew it all along. Congratulations.” - The Trespassser (Dublin Murder Squad, #6) by Tana French
I loved this. #CBRBingo – Pandemic - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
The journey we take to get where we are going - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Celebration of you - Eyes That Kiss in the Corner by Joanna Ho
This is what it means to be a woman in the world. Every step is a bargain with pain. - Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne Valente
“How real was a person if you could shed her in a thousand miles?” - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Gardening to Victory - Gardens for Victory by Jean Marie Putnam & Llyod C. Cosper
What do you tell your children? (CBR12Bingo: Uncannon) - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
I’m waiting for it; that green light, I want it (CBR12Bingo2: The Roaring Twenties) - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hot Rabbi, or why inclusion is important - Hot Rabbi by Aviva Blakeman
Allie’s not dead! She’s back and she gave us this wonderful book and she’s ok (sort of) - Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh
Tana French is back with a vengeance and a penchant for Wild West-isms, and I am HERE. FOR. IT. - The Searcher by Tana French
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien; The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien; The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien
Being a superhero can cause super problems in a relationship - Super Adjacent by Crystal Cestari
A surprising twist on a fairly well-known story - A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman
The dangers of not doing research before traveling abroad - Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell
CBR12 Book Bingo – Shelfie - Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner
A journey that could not take place at the moment… - 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
Ever wonder what a dog is thinking? Now you can find out! - The Last Dog on Earth by Adrian J. Walker, read by Jonathan Aris and David John
How to best lure people into my favorite author… - The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes, read by Kirby Heyborne
This girl needs some serious therapy… - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Butterfly breathing - Already a Butterfly: A Medication Story by Julia Alvarez
“Elwood received the best gift of his life on Christmas Day 1962, even if the ideas it put in his head were his undoing.” - The Nickel Boys: A Novel by Colson Whitehead
Close is no comfort - Close Range by Annie Proulx
My childhood #Gateway into the genre I love most - The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander; The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander; Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander
Y’all Are South’ners Too - The Shameless by Ace Atkins
A family saga that isn’t so Black and White - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
CBR12 Book Bingo – Debut - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
CBR12 Book Bingo – Orange - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
CBR12 Book Bingo – Gateway - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
Small but mighty, a lot of heartache in a little book (Bingo – Friendship) - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
A ray of golden light in these dark and depressing times - The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan
“People can be unpredictable in their cruelty.” - Real Life: A Novel by Brandon Taylor
Forgive Us Our Happiness - The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Money always decides whether things get better or worse. They never stay the same.” - The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood
How to Build and Lose a $9 Billion Corporation While Endangering People’s Lives in 30 Easy Steps - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Author’s recent cancer diagnosis haunted me as I read her great, new book - Killer Kung Pao by Vivien Chien
Stone and Ash and Magic - The Obelisk Gate by NK Jemisin
Inside The Hermit Kingdom - The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un by Anna Fifield
CBR12 Book Bingo – Repeat - Beach Read by Emily Henry
Super bad. Super funny. Super (embarrassingly) relatable. - School for Extraterrestrial girls V01 1 Girl on Fire by Jeremy Whitley
Sex lessons premise + multi-layered characters + an earnest HEA = a contemporary romance that gripped my heart - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Emotions +Sight + Sound + Mouthfeel + Aroma + Taste = Flavor - The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained by Nik Sharma
A locked room mystery that is also a dark comedy and a reflection on mental health - Anxious poeple by Fredrik Backman
“I think ‘bone frenzy’ might be a term open to coarse misinterpretation, personally.” - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. But they’d still be charged. (CBR12Bingo2: I wish) - Point B by Drew Magary
She really is smarter than everyone else - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
Fanfic — Classics Edition - The Song of Achilles: A Novel by Madeline Miller
“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.” - The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Haunted house or horrible people? - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager