The beets are simply beat - Goodnight, Veggies by Diana Murray
Read it, Jake. It’s… - The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by Sam Wesson
Same, Nora - I remember nothing by Nora Ephron
I should have probably read this at Christmas - Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay
“Fear of the dark. Until I came here, I thought that was for children.” - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
To avoid discovery I stay on the run. - The PowerBook by Jeanette Winterson
Twists and Turns, but with Pretty Big Breadcrumbs Left to Follow - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
Gardens in pots - Container Theme Gardens by Nancy J. Ondra
Somehow this all seems familiar - The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry
That one could time travel within his own lifetime….. - Big Papa and the Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom
An Undergrad Course on Liking Music - Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste by Nolan Gasser
“Mr. McGill?” Mardi Bitterman said over the intercom that connects her desk at the front of our office complex to mine at the far end. - Trouble is what I Do by Walter Mosley
On the first day of human sexuality, Ruth Ramsey wore a short lime green skirt… - The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta
“Gully Foyle is my name, and Terra is my nation. Deep space is my dwelling place, and death’s my destination.” - The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
The argument started a good twenty miles from Ormeshadow. - Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma
Tears filled his eyes. - The Search by Naguib Mahfouz; Fountain and Tomb by Naguib Mahfouz
High-Stakes YA Quest With Great Ideas But a Bit of a Mixed-Bag in Execution - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
After I finished this book, I needed a nap, a hug, and a warm plate of brownies. - Death's End (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #3) by Cixin Liu, transl. by Ken Liu
A platter of insights topped with a sprinkle of advice and a drizzle of judgement - The Art of Growing Up by John Marsden
Psychic powers? Check. Normal Life? Not on your life! - Mob Psycho 100 Volume 1 by One
Bullies, Lies and The Answer - Farah Rocks Fifth Grade t by Susan Muaddi Darraj
Highly Debatable is right - The 100 Most Jewish Foods by Alana Newhouse
Live a Bold Life - Ten Days a Madwoman: The Daring Life and Turbulent Times of the Original “Girl” Reporter, Nellie Bly by Deborah Noyes
The ongoing struggle to be a good parent - Parent Like a Triplet: The Definitive Guide for Parents of Twins and Triplets by Kari Ertresvaag
Wearing a haircut? - Haircuts for Little Lambs by Tomie dePaola
The Death of Duane Chapman - Head On by John Scalzi
Staring at the Sun - Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens by Andrea Wulf
It’s sad when you outgrow old favorites - A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
“When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.” - Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Hi Friends! - How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
She’s a witch, burn her! - The Familiars by Stacey Halls
The rented Toyota, driven with such impatient exuberance… - Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates
Emerald Green is the junk food of books and I must learn to stop eating potato chips when I want a meal - Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
Station Eleven isn’t what I thought it’d be, but it’s good at what it is - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Too Cool For School - Shortcut Man by p.g. sturges
Blair Underwood Presents….Tennyson Hardwick! - Casanegra by Blair Underwood, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due
Very recent hiredness was its own liminal state, Verity reminded herself, on the Montgomery BART platform, waiting for a train to Sixteenth and Mission. - Agency by William Gibson
Back on my Bullshit - Locked in Silence (Pelican Bay, book 1) by Sloane Kennedy; Sanctuary Found (Pelican Bay, book 2) by Sloane Kennedy; The Truth Within (Pelican Bay, book 3) by Sloane Kennedy
A pox on novella cliffhangers! - Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor
Even slime molds find their way better than I do - Supernavigators: Exploring the Wonders of How Animals Find Their Way by David Barrie
Secrets and lies - A Change of Climate by Hilary Mantel
It was 3:35, Tuesday afternoon, in the State Penitentiary, and the inmates were returning from the workshops. - The Glass Cell by Patricia Highsmith
Exhibit A of the Self-Fulfilling Title - The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner
Short story review dump (Part II) - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; Little Man by Michael Cunningham; Escape from New York by Zadie Smith; Alan Bean Plus Four by Tom Hanks; Miss Marple Tells a Story by Agatha Christie; Accident by Agatha Christie
A Book Personality - Little Blue House Beside the Sea by Jo Ellen Bogart; Play Outside by Laurent Moreau
A nice story and a message all in one - Freddie and the Fairy by Julia Donaldson
And here we are once again with tonight’s top stories. - Mother Hubbard by Ishmael Reed
It was my birthday when I found out all the birds were electric. - American Grief in Four Stages by Sadie Hoagland; Shine of the Ever by Claire Rudy Foster
Boogie fever, I think it’s going around - How Do You Dance? by Thyra Heder
Lord Peter Wimsey stretched himself luxuriously between the sheets provided by the Hotel Meurice. - Clouds of Witness by Dorothy Sayers