Chess was almost like getting to know a lover. It felt that intimate and, at times, that brutal. - Bold Moves by Emma Barry
Delightful Murderous Jaunt - A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Emma Southon
A Thrill Ride From Start to Finish - Famous Last Words: A Novel by Gillian McAllister
You know it’s good if they don’t want you to read it - Angel of Greenwood by Randi Pink
Shoutout to All You Sally Rand Stans Out There - The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig - The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig
It appears that 19th century soap opera adventure stories are my thing! - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Heartbreaking - Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
“I cannot conceive of a universe without you in it” - Gideon the 9th by Tamsyn Muir
“A city like Ankh-Morpork was only two meals away from chaos at the best of times.” - Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
May Want To Avoid If You Are Insect-phobic. But Otherwise, Yes! - Weyward by Emilia Hart
Have Seen the Enemy - Smiley's People by John Le Carré
You Cannot be Unchosen - The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Nero Wolfe but make it Japanese - The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
AI is nothing new. Check out this major weirdness. - The Singularity by Dino Buzzati
You’ll never like the way I break the laws you make. - Last Chance to Save the World by Beth Revis
The splash of my tongue melting you like a sugar cube - Crush by Richard Siken
Corruption and Colonization (And Kaiju) - A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett
Coastal Florida Gothic? Say What Now? - Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil - World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Mostly-not-funny-but-still-enjoyable Story - Funny Story by Emily Henry
Hardboiled. - Infamous by Ace Atkins
A Grimdark Story Set in Fantasy China - The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
Heist, But Make It Revolution - Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
“A metaphor is a kind o’ lie to help people understand what’s true.” - Wintersmith: A Tiffany Aching Adventure by Terry Pratchett
But Now Am Found - The Hunter by Tana French
I finally read Gender Queer! - Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Who are you selling your soul to? - Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
A Lonely Grave in a Far Land - The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides
Daddy Death - Godfather Death by Sally Nicholls, Julia Sarda
And all the world a savage garden - A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett
What makes a good leader? A just society? - The Will of the Many by James Islington
Columbian Mythology and Family Trauma - The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejía by Alexandra Alessandri
“Reading is one of the main things I do. Reading is everything.” - I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron; I Remember Nothing & Other Reflections by Nora Ephron
Palace Intrigue of the Highest Levels - The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty
Come for the Cat Named Purrcaso, Stay for the Story and Representation - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
“Um, a crow just walked into your house.” “It’s okay. She does that all the time.” - Love at First Flight by Janine Amesta
Woodworking by Emily St. James - Woodworking by Emily St. James
The review with no name - My Degeneration: A Journey Through Parkinson’s by Peter Dunlap-Shoh
Cornwall – the unchanging landscape - Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
An Entertaining History of the Plague - The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death by John Kelly
Nightmares of the Fourth Reich - The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
“Actually,” Stacy says, “Stanley Tucci is everyone’s type.” I nod in solidarity. “Amen.” - What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci ; Taste: My Life in Food by Stanley Tucci
You Want To Do What With A Library? - The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
A banned novel about WWI, conscientious objectors and gays - Despised and Rejected by Rose Allatini
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia E. Butler - A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia E. Butler
“These are the times in her life that Louise has felt most acutely the animal nature of her humanity, and therefore they have been the most comforting. To be a human is complex, and often painful; to be an animal is comfortingly simple and good.” - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
“I am not responsible for the fake version of me you created in your head.” - Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
“Don’t you ever apologize for being who you are or let someone make you feel bad for being Black.” - The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Colorful exploration of a colorful subject - Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg, Fiona Smyth