Context is everything. - Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
A Quaint and Curious Volume - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Fascinating Premise, Frustrating Execution - Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
In which our reviewer contemplates the definition of nice, realizes she agrees with Tucker Carlson on one point, and learns that Scott Adams is batshit crazy - In Defense of Elitism: Why I'm Better Than You and You are Better Than Someone Who Didn't Buy This Book by Joel Stein
The fluff that almost, almost got interesting - Mooncakes by Wendy Xu, Suzanne Walker
Content advisory, some graphic, some cute - Tiny but Mighty by Hannah Shaw
Today is only February 1, and I already find myself way behind in reviews for 2020. - Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn; American Royals by Katharine McGee; The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Reading isn’t always a good idea while wearing eyeliner - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Scientific achievement and the depths of human emotion - Genius by Steven T. Seagle
May your 2020 have this Swinging good book in it - Swing by Michael Hall
Embrace your true self - It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn! by Jason Tharp
I arrive at St Gatien from Nice on Tuesday, the 14th of August. - Epitaph for a Spy by Eric Ambler
Not for me - Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
The Secret, Book, and Scone Society is a good mystery but maybe not for me - The Secret, Book, and Scone Society by Ellery Adams
“All that surrounds us comes from death, every part of every city, and every part of every person.” - From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
All the President’s Women - They Fought Like Demons by DeAnne Blanton & Lauren M. Cook
The novel equivalents of Hallmark movies - The Lost Husband by Katherine Center ; Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date #4) by Jasmine Guillory
Time to take a break from serial killers, I think - American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan; Birdman (Jack Caffery #1) by Mo Hayder
Crime Doesn’t Pay - Frank Sinatra In A Blender by Matthew McBride; The Nightrunners by Michael Collins
I probably wouldn’t have watched the movie, so I don’t know why I read the book. - Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern
I love animals, but this wasn’t my favorite - The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare
So let me dish you this comedy about a family I knew when I was growing up. - The Ice Storm by Rick Moody; Right Livelihoods by Rick Moody
A satisfying-ish ending to a too-long series - The Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine
Oh, to be a wayward child… - Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire
And so the Lightbringer saga comes to an end (spoiler free review on my thoughts of the series as a whole). - The Burning White: Book Five of the Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks
If the best thing is the preview to other stuff… - Lumberjanes The Shape of Friendship by Lilah Sturges
The Packhorse Library - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
It Is a Truth Universally Acknowledged That I Am Now Really Hungry for Samosas - Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
“We can’t make death fun, but we can make learning about it fun. Death is science and history, art and literature. It bridges every culture and unites the whole of humanity.” - Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death by Caitlin Doughty
Diary of a wrinkly kid - I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
Sappy, but some interesting history in the background - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Sidewalks of New York - Manhattan Nocturne by Colin Harrison
Have you heard of this author, Margaret Atwood? - Angel Catbird Volume 1 by Margaret Atwood
This could have been so much better. - Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1) by Kendare Blake
Art and Love Everywhere - Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook by Alice Waters
Sure you have. - Needful Things by Stephen King
The idea of a traitor first became real to the British of our time when they heard the voice of William Joyce on the radio during the war. - The New Meaning of Treason by Rebecca West
The art of saying “NO” - F**k No!: How to stop saying yes, when you can't, you shouldn't, or you just don't want to by Sarah Knight
I’m still thinking through this one - When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald
I think I liked Ruby Red but I don’t think it’s a very good book - Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Parts of Gulp are hard to swallow - Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
Youths, amiright? - The Distance Between Us by Kasie West ; There's Something About Sweetie (Dimple and Rishi #2) by Sandhya Menon ; Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren
Stolen History - Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
Not dead, just tired - The Tyranny of Dead Ideas by Matt Miller
The evening sky was streaked with purple, the color of torn plums… - Neon Rain by James Lee Burke
Laurie Garvey hadn’t been raised to believe in the Rapture. - The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
A change of pace by being straightforward - And Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
A great debut–but I was spoiled by his other book. - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
A Serviceable Mystery - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Love is a many splendored thing - A Book of Love by Emma Randall