Lots of climatic battles - The Fury of the Gods by John Gwynne
“This modern love breaks me” - Blue Sisters (2024) by Coco Mellors
Giving a voice to the voiceless - Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
Good title, nice premise, lots of characters. . . but something didn’t quite click for me - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Grossly Misdirected Rage - Beloved Enemy by Amanda York
I wish that top image was mine (thanks internet) but the review is mine - Brume: The Dragon Awakens by Jérôme Pélissier
Over 700 words and I didn’t say what I wanted to - Silence, Full Stop: A Memoir by Karina Shor
“Dance, Dance, Dance, AS IF, tomorrow we all shall die!” - Disco Witches of Fire Island: A Novel by Blair Fell
Hello and welcome to the Galactic Peacekeepers Society…… We come in peace - Ami Moon and the Galactic Peacekeepers: Book One Volume 1 by Frances Lee
“When you love a thing too much, it is a special kind of pain to show it to others and to see that it is lacking.” - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo; When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
Frank Novel about Sex, Class, Nature, and Industrial Decay - Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
I’ve got mixed feelings about this one - Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel by Bonnie Garmus
To DNF or not DFN - The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea by C. L. Miller
Houyhnhnms and Dragons - Moonbound by Robin Sloan
Generally Entertaining but I have Questions - Notorious Sorcerer by Davina Evans
“And he’ll burn our horizons / make no mistakes” - The Song of Achilles (2011) by Madeline Miller
Bishop might take Knight, but the Queen wins - Elsa's Chessboard by Jenny Andrus
Break a leg, have fun, and learn along the way - Bravo for Backstage! by Mary Rand Hess, Randy Preston and Marilena Perilli
Play ball, swim, tennis, hockey and more safely and comfortably - This Skirt Won't Work!: How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game by Jennifer Cooper
Let’s Get Ready to RUUUUMMMBBBLLLE! But WITH consent - Let's Rumble!: A Rough-and-Tumble Book of Play by Rachel G. Payne
Short book, a lot in it, trigger potential. Sounds lovely, doesn’t it? - Lost Boy by Jay Martin
They Call it ‘The Change.’ I Call It Annoying. - Perimenopause Power by Maisie Hill
I was just saying I don’t do re-reads usually, but then I went and read this again. - Mage and the Endless Unknown by S.J. Miller
Dan! Dan! (Santat)! Is the man - Don't Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson; The Day the Books Disappeared by Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard; All the Hulk Feels by Dan Santat
Halloween stories are not just for one day - Murray's Howl-o-ween: A Halloween Picture Book by E. G. Keller
You’ll flip for this adventure(s) - Double Booking: The Tail of the Mummy Cat by Pangburn, Kim Shearer and Nic Touris
The title tells it all: Trigger - Trigger by C.G. Moore,
This was a disappointment - The Gods Time Forgot by Kelsie Sheridan Gonzales
The girl, the mother, the countess and the parrot - The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo
Fun to be had and fears to overcome - Ruby's School Walk (Bilingual Portuguese & English) (Barefoot Bilinguals) by Kathryn White
Dung Dung! Holmes is on the case…. sort of - Paw & Order Vol. 1: The Grilled Cheese Caper by Jason Platt
Uni Uni Unicorns and cupcakes and friendship and balloons and magic and fun - Unicornia V02: A Magical Birthday by Ana Punset
Diving In Too Deep - Submersed: Wonder, Obsession, and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines by Matthew Gavin Frank
Love the family history, hate the ableism - Spilling the Tea by Brenda Jackson
A Flavia de Luce word jumble: puppets, weed, a 1950s pregnancy test, and pigeon droppings that save lives - The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
Orris and Timble are back for round 2 - Orris and Timble: Lost and Found: (A Sweet and Funny Early Chapter Book About Friendship, Trust, and Finding Your Way) by Kate DiCamillo
I was kind of lost, too - Superman: Lost by Christopher Priest
Yo-Yo means: Come back - Pedro's Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys by Rob Peñas
My comfort read - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 10, Vol. 2 by Jeremy Whitley
If Stacy McAnulty is involved, you have a winner - Our Solar System! A Stellar Neighborhood by Stacy McAnulty
Just because it is spring, doesn’t mean you can’t read a book about winter things - Brown Girl in the Snow by Yolanda T. Marshall and Marianne Ferrer
‘Before my wife turned vegetarian, I’d always thought of her as completely unremarkable in every way’ - The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Better than the Last Book - Dark Tower III: The Wastelands by Stephen King
Four books for the price of one review (and a lunch break filled with books) - The Peacock Who Howled with Jackals by Nahid Kazemi; You Can't Tame a Tiger by Stephanie Ellen Sy; RJ and the Ticking Clock by Ian Duncan; Who Needs the Dark?: The Many Ways Living Things Depend on Darkness by Laura Alary
Finding Home - As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
Honey I Shrunk the Sleepover and found a magical artifact - Forsynthia V02: The Shrink Ray Sleepover by Rachel DiNunzio
My review became longer than the books combined! - Baby Play (Bilingual Portuguese & English) (Barefoot Bilinguals) by Skye Silver; Our World: England by Sumana Seeboruth; Barefoot Baby-Proof: Baby's First Words by Christiane Engel; Feelings & Firsts: Won’t Go! by Sumana Seeboruth; Feelings & Firsts: Not Tired! by Sumana Seeboruth
Cat-puccinos and more - At the Rescue Cat Café by Anna Humphrey
Cool, but bizarre. But you know, cool. - Little Moments in a Big Universe by Todd Stewart
Bodies Are Political, and So Is What We Put on Them - Dressed for Freedom: The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox