More inward and philosophical, less “cave monsters in SPAAAAACE” than I was hoping, but still enjoyable! - Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling
You might need a five-step plan to understand this book, but it does have some good nuggets of advice. - The Autoimmune Brain by David S. Younger, MD
cbr12bingo – Reader’s Choice (standing in for Book Club) - Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
“The most important thing for you to do in the meantime is live. It is a very involving job, which takes much concentration and practice.” - The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
The title of the book tells you everything you need with this one. (CBR12 Bingo) - How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe
Too Clever For Its Own Good - The Paragon Hotel by Lindsay Faye
Manipulated Into Caring - The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
Friends to lovers – but not the greatest of reads - My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren
I’m sorry to report that the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo didn’t work for me - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A twisty psychological thriller. #CBRBingo – No Money! - His & Hers by Alice Feeney
Nevertheless - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith
“There’s really no point in asking what if? The only question worth asking is: what’s next?” - Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John
The ties that bind us - The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel
Return to the Arena - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Quinn’s best novel in a while - First Comes Scandal by Julia Quinn
I buy violets for Amy. - Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes
“It is better to fall off than to freeze.” - The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer
Extremely Readable Romance About People Who Need Therapy - Dear Enemy by Kristen Callihan
Old toys aren’t discarded: They’re re-loved. - Dragon Meets Boy by Michael Slack
No is a complete sentence - The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
The Law School Scam, with a side of beaches - The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
Reading the rainbow for CBR Bingo - Butterflies are Free by Leonard Gershe
A science heavy debunking of contemporary gender essentialism. - Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine
New car, caviar, four-star daydream. (CBR12Bingo: I WISH) - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Murder in the marshes - Death of an Expert Witness by P.D. James
“The thing is, you can’t just be yourself if whenever people look at you they see something entirely different.” - We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia
What comes next? (The Royal We #2) - The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan
“I don’t want you to keep downplaying the hurt you feel like you’re not even human. You keep it up – all these lies to yourself, to other people, and soon you’re not going to know who you are.” (CBR12 Bingo) - I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi
The room was divided in two by a black railing. - Maigret's First Case by Georges Simenon; Maigret Defends Himself by Georges Simenon
Not a bad cozy mystery - Still Life by Louise Penny
Major Insights: People on the Internet Are Racist, Like Porn, and Lie on Social Media - Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
Hoping the series picks up in the sequels - The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston
If you can’t beat em, make em bleed like pigs - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Friendship can stink…. - Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake
The other Goliath - Goliath: The Boy Who Was Different by Ximo Abadía
Fight with all your might that un-friend, the Night - Fight the Night by Tomie dePaol
Put a little color in your dreams - The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Bash, shindig or a party it’s all the same to Violet: Scary - Violet Shrink by Christine Baldacchino
Let’s Hug! - Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
It’s a lot harder to write reviews than it is to read books. - Duma Key by Stephen King; The Totally Awesome Hulk (Vol. 1): Cho Time by Greg Pak; The Last Emperox by John Scalzi
They are coming, Mattie, they are marching. - The March by EL Doctorow
Barry Sutton pulls over into the fire lane at the main entrance of the Poe building, an Art Deco tower glowing white in the illumination of its exterior sconces. - Recursion by Blake Crouch
What Happens to a Dream Deferred? - Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo
The Coming-Of-Age of a Friendship - Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
From Good to Meh - Sword of Destiny by Andrzej Sapkowski
Breaking Up is Hard to Do…Especially When You Kill Him - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Catasterous disastrophe - The Disasters by M. K. England
Four plants in search of a human - The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Squeeze me, would you like to read a book about squeezes? - Three Squeezes by Jason Pratt
More than womb and board - You and I, as Mothers: A Raw and Honest Guide to Motherhood by Laura Prepon