“She didn’t know how to get it—but she had a feeling that if she stuck with the Librarians for long enough, she might be able to figure it out. How to feast instead of starving. How to like the person who she was instead of fighting it.” - Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
Games People Play - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Aged but in an unexpected way - Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins
I’m Just Not That Into Her - Death In Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh
“The dark shadow of crime spreads right and left, from the Penitentiary and the Workhouse, over all the institutions, the Asylum, the Alms-House and Charity Hospital; so that, in the minds of the people at large, all suffer alike from an evil repute.” - Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad & Criminal in 19th-Century New York by Stacy Horn
I’d rather spend time with David Tennant’s Crowley - The Night Jar by Deborah Hewitt
Far, far back during the Second World War, a certain Anton Steenwijk lived with his parents and brother on the outskirts of Haarlem. - The Assault by Harry Mulisch
The handsome dining room of the Hotel Wessex, with its gilded plaster shields and the mural depicting the Green Mountains, had been reserved for the Ladies’ Night Dinner of the Fort Beulah Rotary Club. - It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
Definitely Not Jack and Rose - The Deep by Alma Katsu
Trying too hard to be too much - Finna by Nino Cipri
A perfunctory trot through the 17th century - England in the Seventeenth Century by Maurice Ashley
Who knew ice cream could be so dangerous? - Van Wars: The Real Story of the Brutal Glasgow Ice Cream Van Wars by Teddy Renoc
A mysterious BONK in a story you know - Chicken Little: The Real and Totally True Tale by Sam Wedelich
Cannon-balling into one Octopus Garden (or something like that) - Cannonball! by Sacha Cotter; How to Put an Octopus to Bed by Sherri Duskey Rinker; Thank You, Garden by Liz Garton Scanlon
Brian Engle rolled the American Pride L1011 to a stop at Gate 22 and flicked off the FASTEN SEATBELT light at exactly 10:14 PM. - The Langoliers by Stephen King; Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King; The Library Policeman by Stephen King; Four Past Midnight: The Sun Dog by Stephen King
The new curate seemed a nice young man, but what a pity it was that his combinations showed, tucked carelessly into socks, when he sat down. - Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym
As she woke up in the pod, she remembered three things. - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
His name was Gaal Domick and he was just a country boy who had never seen Trantor before. - Foundation by Isaac Asimov
TEENS! IN! SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! - The Disasters by M. K. England
It’s a Perfectly Fine Book - The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Let’s read about penguins in Feb… June! - Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Middlegame was solidly middle of the pack - Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
A so-so reckoning - A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
If You Felt Like Your Harry Potter Knowledge Wasn’t Deep Enough, Here’s all the Spells - The Unofficial Ultimate Harry Potter Spellbook by Media Lab Books
Too Much and Too Little - An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
How old do you think Miss DeGroot really is? - The Other by Thomas Tryon
You don’t wear a wedding ring and I go on. - You by Caroline Kepnes
Modern haunted house story with a twist - Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
“Heroes hate wasting time. ‘You’re wasting my time,’ they’ll say. Yet they devote very little time to time management, and rarely consult a diary.” - The Grip of Film by Richard Ayoade
“May I never, I say, become that abnormal, merciless animal, that deformed monstrosity – a virtuous woman.” - I Await the Devil's Coming by Mary MacLane
With Friends like These… - The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
Crime and Criminals - Recoil by Jim Thompson
This one is for thinking, not for fun - An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
A missed opportunity in a creepy, engaging story - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
The Potato, The People, and The State - Feeding the People: The Politics of the Potato by Rebecca Earle
Gift Time! - Go to Sleep (I Miss You): Cartoons from the Fog of New Parenthood by Lucy Knisley; Little Book of Kindness by Francesco Pirrone
Unexpected Wrap-Up to the Trilogy - Cage by Lilja Sigurðardóttir
…but you’re bringing me down. - New Yorked by Rob Hart
Hopefully It’s Almost Over - The Tyrant's Tomb (Trials of Apollo 4) by Rick Riordan
I’ll never get bored of reading of Troy - The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley
They were supposed to stay at the beach a week, but neither of them had the heart for it and they decided to come back early. - The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
Hank counted the stack of money. - A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes
In the middle of a desolate Wednesday afternoon in the last sweltering days of May, a handful of mourners were gathered were gathered in the church dedicated to St. Jude Thaddeus in Mobile, Alabama. - The Elementals by Michael McDowell
Scooby-Dooby-Cthulhu - Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Imagine being stuck in space with HAL, a zombie-virus, and your very recently ex-partner - Illuminae (Illuminae Files 1) by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
Maybe It’s the Timing - The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life (Vol. 3) by Usata Nonhara, Ox (illustrator)
People needing People who are People, too - The World Needs More Purple Pepole by Kristen Bell; You Matter by Christian Robinson
From Shrimp Sniffing to French Kissing - dibs by Allison Martine
Come one, come all to the Picture Book Ball - You Be Mommy by Karla Clark; I’m Sticking with You by Smriti Prasadam-Halls; An Alphabet of Hugs by Emily Snape’
Coriolanus release the fistful of cabbage into the pot of boiling water and swore that one day it would never pass his lips again. - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins