Presenting Who You Are - Who Are Your People? by Bakari Sellers
The spirit of the season is never never too late to read about - Red and Green and Blue and White by Lee Wind
Not For Me - Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
New year, (very) old history - Incredible Archaeology by Paul Bahn
Teenage me would have loved it, adult me is more ‘meh’ - By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart
The Magicless Hero who Muscles His Way Through, and we’ve seen it all before - Mashle: Magic and Muscles, vols. 1-2 by Hajime Komoto
Like a Hallmark movie in book form, and all that implies. - The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox
When the Sequel Improves on the First, But Still Leaves Room for Improvement - Infinity Reaper by Adam Silvera
I Wanted This To Be Better Than It Was - Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
Drinks to Read By (and Watch Movies With Too) - Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle, Lauren Mortimer (Illustrator) ; Gone with the Gin: Cocktails with a Hollywood Twist by Tim Federle, Lauren Mortimer (Illustrator)
Hades and Persephone: The New Power Couple - Neon Gods by Katee Robert
Ponyboy? Seriously? - The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
A literary mystery where the stuff on the side is more interesting than the main course. - Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.” - The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) by Holly Black
Fiction Reviews Dump - She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chain; Another Place You've Never Been by Rebecca Kauffman; The Idiot by Elif Batuman; Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters; On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong; Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See by Juliann Garey; Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk; Dietland by Sarai Walker ; A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
The Prestige, but with teenagers and in the Pacific Northwest - Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson
Too short and too long at the same time - Blue-Skinned Gods by S.J. Sindhu
“It never occurred to me that you might be mine.” - In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
It started out fun - Beach Read by Emily Henry
The old west gets fenced in - The Last Kind Words Saloon by Larry McMurtry
Lost in (audiobook) translation - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Philosophy, nature, and ecology - Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald
“It turns out life isn’t a puzzle that can be solved one time and it’s done. You wake up every day, and you solve it again.” – Chidi Anagonye - Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez
Hunting vampires is always a dangerous business - Guilty Pleasures (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter #1) by Laurell K. Hamilton
The dogs were the best part - Killing Trail by Margaret Mizushima
Lost in The Midnight Library - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
A pretty good read for the holidays - Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
A Pleasant Way to Spend the Holidays - The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries by Ed. Otto Penzler
A great man, a great book (??), but not a book for me. - Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
Murder goes on vacation - The Murder Stone by Louise Penny
I know its bad but I liked it anyway - From Blood and Ash by Jennifer Armentrout
A Black Feminist Essay Party - Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible by Yomi Adegoke, Elizabeth Uviebinené
“There’s room for different kinds of greatness. Even if you cry doing it.” - The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
Holiday fluff - Dear Santa by Debbie Macomber
An interesting concept, but I was still confused at times - Dead Wednesday by Jerry Spinelli
The most bland doomsday ever - Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom: A Novel of Retropolis by Bradley W. Schneck
Branching out for my final CBR13 review, and a brief summary of my CBR year - In Too Deep by Daryl Banner
“The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.” - Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog
Naughty Santa Does Not Mind the Gap - Santa Clause is Going to Town on Me by M.L. Eliza; Santa's Baby by Chloe Maine
A cloth mage, a journalist, and some bad guys walk into a bar (this does happen at one point) - Innate Magic by Shannon Fay
“Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes,” - Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Be a GD cheetah - Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Won’t be reading the sequels, thank you. - Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke
oh Sally, I don’t know about this one - Beautiful World, Where are You by Sally Rooney
The weakest one of these in a while. - Kingdom of the Blind (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #14) by Louise Penny
Add your name to the ones who have read this - All the Names Given: Poems by Raymond Antrobus
I wanted to like this one so bad! - The Liar's Dictionary by Eley Williams
So conflicted about these books, but I will definitely keep reading because I trust my recommenders! - Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson
Yo ho ho and a slice of politics - Geronimo Stilton Reporter #10 Blackrat’s Treasure by Geronimo Stilton; Mayor Good Boy by Dave Scheidt
Witch Hunt! - Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen