Whenever my mother drove us from coastal Mississippi to New Orleans to visit my father on the weekend, she would say, “Lock the doors.” - Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward; Navigate Your Stars by Jesmyn Ward
Not all Monsters are evil - Fire by Kristin Cashore
Have I told you about my lord and savior, Tana French? (Bingo – Shelfie) - Faithful Place by Tana French
On racial, ethnic, and cultural identity development - Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.
Maybe You Should (EVERYONE SHOULD) Read This Book! (Bingo – Happy) - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
The Grass is Always Greener Near the Deserted Medieval Village - A Few Green Leaves by Barbara Pym
“You would think that at this moment I would be in utter despair. Here’s what’s strange. The main thing I feel is a sense of relief. That I can give up this game. That the question of whether I can succeed in this venture has been answered, even if that answer is a resounding no. That if desperate times call for desperate measures, I am free to act as desperately as I wish.” - Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins
“Here’s some advice. Stay alive.” - The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins
An introduction to Tortall - Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce; In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce; The Woman who Rides like a Man by Tamora Pierce; Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce
In June 1938 Virginia Woolf published Three Guineas, her brave, unwelcome reflections on the roots of war. - Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag
There was absolutely no reason to get up in the mornings any more. - Slightly Out of Focus by Robert Capa
Everyone should read this book, but the people who need it most won’t. (CBR12Bingo: How To) - A Field Guide to Lies by Daniel Levitin
And I think Nimmo the cat knows more than they are letting on - Lightfall: The Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert
I’ll Definitely Be Reading More By This Author - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Late to the party, but so glad I finally made it! - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
It Can’t Be All About White Women - Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall
I’d sing this one for supper - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
One of the best books I’ll read this year - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
A Landmark Read - Women, Race, & Class by Angela Davis
There are *Infinite* Right Answers - Sweetest in the Gale by Olivia Dade
Her name was Magda. - Death in her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
Sth, I know that woman. - Jazz by Toni Morrison
The reign of Henry VIII is one of the most fascinating in English history. - The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Thoughtfully burning down the house - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Two books, two ways of telling the same story - Ocean! Waves for All by Stacy McAnulty; The Sea Knows by Alice B. McGinty
Warm Fuzzy Feelings - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
We Don’t Need No Thought Control (CBR Bingo: DEBUT) - Educated by Tara Westover
Even better on re-read. - Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad, #4) by Tana French
In the young man’s earliest memories, whenever they visited Great-Momma Sweetie Reed–as Nathaniel and his father Arthur Witherspoon did that morning on June 5, 1944, after Grandfather Witherspoon’s death… - Two Wings to Veil my Face by Leon Forrest
Love Drives Out Fear - Beyond Awkward Side Hugs: Living as Christian Brothers and Sisters in a Sex-Crazed World by Bronwyn Lea
Liz Climo is the cartoonist the world needs! - Please Don't Eat Me by Liz Climo
The Troubles - Say Nothing: A True Story of Memory and Murder in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Short story review dump (Part IV) - Cuisine des Mémoires by N.K. Jemisin; Valedictorian by N.K. Jemisin; Blur by Carmen Maria Machado; Staying Behind by Ken Liu; Recitatif by Toni Morrison; The Foster Portfolio by Kurt Vonnegut
Beyond Self-Acceptance - The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor
Heavy on the 90s Music Nostalgia - Heavy Vinyl: Y2K-0! by Carly Usdin
A Magical Island for Special Children - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
A Wonderful Classic Children’s Mystery - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Big Short - If It Bleeds by Stephen King
Time to catch up on some history I never learned - Nat Turner by Kyle Baker; The Harlem Hellfighters by Max Brooks and Canaan White; Muhammad Ali by Sybille Titeux and Amazing Ameziane
An Indictment of the Court System - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
You could say I was thinking of other things when I shampooed my hair blue, and two glasses of red win didn’t help my concentration. - An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
A Sherlock Holmes Retelling That Actually Works! - The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
Come Sail Away, Come Sail Away - The Unofficial Guide to the Disney Cruise Line 2020 by Erin Foster
Against the Tyrannies of Silence - Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
If Neruda could write about an onion, my poems are not that out there…. - Ode to an Onion: Pablo Neruda and His Muse by Alexandria Giardino
Everybody’s pleasant these days, but me. - The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison by Ralph Ellison
Love Conquers the Mind - Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh; Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh; Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh
“The planet was beautiful. The planet was horrible. The planet was full of people, and they were beautiful and horrible, too.” - A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
A much stranger re-read than I was expecting - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Yes, Me. And You, Fellow White People - Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad