Not up to standards - The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
Mediocre at best - Linked by Gordon Korman
What Else Would You Look With? - My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Be (So) Over Him - I'm So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson
I liked this more as an exercise in boundary pushing for me - Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
More romance in the Pacific Northwest - Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Lesbians in Seattle, an entire genre I think - Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
This elephant didn’t fly but did help save a village - Bandoola: The Great Elephant Rescue by William Grill
Dream job? - Hey Ranger! by Jim Burnett
When a house is a home - The Lantern House by Erin Napier
And this little Piglet came home - Piglet Comes Home: How a Deaf Blind Pink Puppy Found His Family by Melissa Shapiro
Did not expect my reaction to this one. - Defending Jacob by William Landay
Strangers with shared memories. - We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange
I can’t tell if this is a good or bad thing. - House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
Slightly uncomfortable thriller, and not in a good way - Sweetpea by C.J. Skuse
Just pug out - Noodle and the No Bones Day by Jonathan Graziano
When she says old she means old (and sassy!) - Old Friends by Margaret Aitken
Bye Bye Birdie - Broadway Bird by Alex Timbers
The Spanish Dancer - Dare to Love by Jennifer Wilde
Hit and Miss: Persuasion and Emma - Emma by Jane Austen; Persuasion by Jane Austen
All ghosts were once alive - The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
For the OG Sex and the City fans, if Samantha was the writer - Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer by Rax King
“It was lunacy, this idea, that I could sleep myself into a new life. Preposterous. But there I was, approaching the depths of my journey” - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
May we all in our dotage be proud to say, “I was adored once too” - From Hollywood with Love by Scott Meslow
Do Cryptozoologists make house calls? - Sorceline by Sylvia Douyé
From the Iliad to tomorrow - Robots and Drones: Past, Present, and Future by Mairghread Scott
Hop in, we’re going for a read - Far from the Tree by Robin Benway
“But maybe let’s set the low bar of just not dying” - Something Wilder by Christina Lauren
“Now that that is all taken care of, let’s talk about love and blackmail.” - A Proposal They Can't Refuse by Natalie Caña
Fresh Setting, Familiar Story - Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
A three for one deal - Kind Like Marsha: Learning from LGBTQ+ Leaders by Sarah Prager; Cinderelliot: A Scrumptious Fairytale by Mark Ceilley and Rachel Smoka-Richardson; Dolls and Trucks Are for Everyone by Robb Pearlman (
Explore, embrace, experience - You Are Here by Zach Manbeck
Couldn’t clear the hurdle of suspending my disbelief on this one. - The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
The Book of Cold Cases - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
They Drown Our Daughters - They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe
Whodunnit? Whodonut! - City of Lies by Alafair Burke
The Schoolhouse Blizzard - Maddy and the Monstrous Storm by Julie Gilbert
A Book on Video Games with Some Design Flaws - Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More by Dustin Hansen
Two “friends” talk over pizza… - She-Hulk #3 by Rainbow Rowell
“Perhaps the compulsion to fill every inch of space was because it made him feel less alone.” - The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley
Snap to it and read - A Mouthful of Minnows by John Hare
Shiver me timbers and pull up a cutlass - When I Was a Pirate by Tom Silson
A Family History - Seven Aunts by Staci Lola Drouillard
The Yugo was a lemon, but this lemonade is more Country Time powder than fresh-squeezed - The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History by Jason Vuic
Familiar plot, new characters - Real Easy by Marie Rutkoski
Get a mop, things are going to get messy - The Leak by Kate Reed Petty
Indigo - Indigo by Beverly Jenkins
“We are irrational in our species-specific devotions.” - Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
Cool premise, questionable tone - Midnight Riot / Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
I am Quiet and Thinking too - I Am Thinking My Life by Allysun Atwater ; I Am Quiet : A Story for the Introvert in All of Us by Andie Powers