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Scarlet Miss - The Scarlet Ruse by John D. Macdonald

Well, at least I knew what I was getting into. - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Not My Flavor - The Flanders Road by Claude Simon

How are you supposed to win if the deck is stacked against you? - Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Robert james Waller (1) - The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller

I’m sorry, “heavily fringed orbs” is not a sexy way to talk about your international anti-magic stalker’s pretty eyes, and all y’all are dumbasses - A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Calder Willingham (1) - Rambling Rose by Calder Willingham

Hello Mudder - Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Trust My Gut - How to Do The Work: Reconise Your Patters, Heal from you Past, and Create Your Self by Dr Nicole LePera

Batman the B!tch and other Running Stories and Rules - Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide by Christopher McDugall, Eric Orton

Historical Fiction Doesn’t Always Work - Lilliam Boxfish Takes A Walk by Kathleen Rooney

If you’ve read The Guest List, you can skip this one - The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

On the Fence - Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

This book, like a toot, if forced is probably s**t - Hello, My Name is Poop by Ben Katzner

John Scalzi (1) - Redshirts by John Scalzi

Holden Caulfield is the Worst - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Not my favorite - The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni

John Steinbeck (1) - Burning Bright by John Steinbeck

Did Something Bad Actually Happen or Is She Just An Addict? *Sigh* I Hate These Books - The House in the Pines: A Novel by Ana Reyes

He had taken in the country, and in his eyes and his mind it had been changed, marked by his own individuality, and made part of him. - Out of Africa by Isak Denison

Glow baby, glow - Phosphorescence by Julia Baird

Ten Sides to Every Story - The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

CBR15 Passport! Book #1 – A book that is Not For Moi. - Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden

Don’t be ashamed of yourself - Ashamed by Steven Lundle

Stop, Thief! That’s my color! - The Great Barrier Thief by Dr. Sue Pillans

Important freckles - Emma’s Freckles by Sarah Wallace

Wish it was something funner - Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

A Terribly Sad Book That Probably Shouldn’t Have Been Written at This Point in Time - Spare by Prince Harry

50’s Noir Anyone? - Ghost 19 by Simone St. James

Hard pass - Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

“Forty years on one of the most elite assassin squads on earth and it finished like this, with a free cruise and a bouncy letter from a girl who signed her letters with hashtags.” - Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Not as good as book one, but sets up an exciting book three - The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

“You could have kissed me or slit my throat and either would have made as much sense.” - A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson

Like a Surgeon - Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

“Music is a calling that doesn’t call softly or politely. It screams insistently. The musician WILL find a way.” - From the Cradle to the Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars by Virginia Hanlon Grohl

Thanks I’ll take a cab - Night Bus by Zuo Ma

- Number One is Walking by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss

Jim Butcher: I would like to kick you in the shins. - Battle Ground (The Dresden Files #17) by Jim Butcher

Well, it has a nice theme - Mermaid and Pirate by Tracey Baptiste

Unfortunately, Not For Me - We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Box Office Flop - Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley

Ali Lowe (1) - The Trivia Night by Ali Lowe

Don’t Fear the Reaper - Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

A series of books that I personally did not enjoy - Night Road by Kristin Hannah; Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai; The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

I just couldn’t do it anymore. - The Wandering Fire (The Fionavar Tapestry, #2) by Guy Gavriel Kay

I don’t understand why people like this one, either!! - Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen

I do not understand why people like this. - A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

“The making of this book was thus a process of discovery; as I think the reading of it will be.” - Interfaces by Edited by Ursula K. LeGuin and Virgina Kidd

This book has reached its expiration so I have taken it off my shelves. - The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1) by Patrick Ness

Another Indifferent Science Fiction Collection from the 60s. - The Year's Best S-F: 10th Annual Edition by Edited by Judith Merril

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