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Prequel to Beginning of Series Offered No New Insights - A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George

Five coworkers reluctantly go into the woods, four come back… - Force of Nature by Jane Harper

My mom was a Barbie Doctor - My Mama is a Mechanic by Doug Cenko

One of the richest women in the world spent her last years living by choice in a series of decrepit hospital rooms. - Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell Jr.

A fun, but forgettable detective romp - What the Lady Wants by Jennifer Crusie

He was a coward at heart, you see, although I never said the word out loud to him —not then and not ever. - Dolores Claibourne by Stephen King

I think I only appear smart by staying quiet as often as possible - Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Living in the Past - This Storm by James Ellroy

Sign up for Taloyoak’s annual Christmas Jigging Dance Contes - Simonie and the Dance Contest  by Gail Matthews

I just wanted to do my job. - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

Advice to Young Journal Keepers. Be lenient with yourself. Conceal your worst faults, leave out your most shameful thoughts, actions, and temptations. - Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamund Lehmann

Stories without endings can do nothing but go on forever, and to be caught in one means that you must die before your part in it is played out. - City of Glass by Paul Auster; Ghosts by Paul Auster; The Locked Room by Paul Auster

You might as well take your punishment and get it over with. - The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammet

A silly tale of the end times - Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

A Tidy Little Mystery - Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

Nobody comes off particularly well - Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of "The View" by Ramin Setoodeh

DC for the Raina Telgemeier crowd - Black Canary: Ignite by Cabot, Meg

Learn about your different voices - I Am Kind: A Little Book about Abraham Lincoln by Brad Meltzer

Should Have Stuck with One POV; Also the Book Was Pretty Grim - Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum

History of Those Who Have Left Us - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

Very Pretty, But Not Practical for My Life - Modern Mediterranean: Sun-drenched recipes from Mallorca and beyond by Marc Fosh

What Is Normal? - Eggshells by Caitriona Lally

Rich People Problems - You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

Where was she bound to? - Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers

Martin Beck thought about these things a lot. - Cop Killer by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo

Nobody has a good name in a bad mouth. Nobody has a good name in a silly mouth either. - The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington

I was looking at a hole…a Black hole, and as I looked, the hole opened up. - Black Hole by Charles Burns

But seriously, f*ck politeness - Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark

A tribute to big brothers - Just Like My Brother by Gianna Marino 

“Let us be what we are.” - The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation by Mark Kurlansky

Men who hate women, parts 2 & 3 - The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

Why settle for just one apocalypse when you can have two? - Deadline (Newsflesh, No 2) by Mira Grant

If Jack Reacher were written by Tom Clancy, but with monsters - Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry; Zero Tolerance by Jonathan Maberry; Material Witness by Jonathan Maberry; Deep, Deep Dark by Jonathan Maberry

Kissing and scheming and spaceship stealing - Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik

I am really unsure how I feel about this book - We Cast A Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

“Amateur-Hour Version of The Best of ‘Cops’ Bloopers” - Hot Six by Janet Evanovich

So Now Get Up - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

A lady doctor!?!? - Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas

Ends in a far different world than it began - Finale by Stephanie Garber

Horrors of the Road - Alice Isn't Dead by Joseph Fink

Back off, Barbie - Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue: How to Raise Your Kids Free of Gender Stereotypes by Christia Spears Brown

God, to mind the cows once again! - Hordubal by Karel Capek; Meteor by Karel Capek; An Ordinary Life by Karel Capek

Watermelon or Doormat? You Decide - Watermelon by Marian Keyes

Often those that criticize others reveal what he himself lacks - The Rumor by Lesley Kara

Two Types of Breakdown - The Breakdown by B.A. Paris

I nearly cried myself dry - Dance with the Devil: A Memoir of Murder and Loss by David Bagby

An interactive high five competition just for you - High Five by Adam Rubin

When I compared them to Naomi, I sensed an unmistakable difference in refinement between those who are born to the higher classes of society and those who aren’t. - Naomi by Junichiro Tanizaki

Good, But Not Great? I’ll Take It - A Crown of Bitter Orange by Laura Florand

Stories with Cider that End Well - The Simplicity of Cider by Amy E. Reichert

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