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Intimate, expansive, wise, sad - The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

A new series, moving from a tattoo shop to a… brothel? - Shades of Lust by E.M. Lindsey

“Only if we can develop a broadly shared understanding of our common history will it be practical to consider steps we could take to fulfill our obligations.” - The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

“She unsettled him; he anchored her. Together, they could be more than they were apart.” - Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare

If you crossed Crazy Rich Asians with Weekend at Bernies… - Dial A For Aunties by Jessie Q. Sutanto

Brutal yet often funny, Joe Abercrombie’s return to adult fantasy - A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie

Kaur in her infancy is still Kaur well worth a read - Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

She of the Diamante Garters and Pearl-Handled Pistol - The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions by Kelly Greenwood

So Who Stole the Gate? - Murder in the Neighborhood by Ellen J Green

“I dreamed that Curran and I killed a dinosaur and then had sex in the dirt.” - Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3) by Ilona Andrews

CBR14#1 – Revenge Body by Rachel Wiley - Revenge Body by Rachel Wiley

The Wilder Shores of Love - The Wilder Shores of Love by Lesley Blanch

The Big Book of Ghost Stories - The Big Book of Ghost Stories by Otto Penzler editor

How I Met Your Monster - The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter: The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club Book 1 by Theodora Goss

“You take many things from the world, but I wonder what you will give back in return?” - How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino

Old Magic, Old Story Style - Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories by Diana Wynne Jones

The greatest Alien movie never made. - Alien 3: The Unproduced Screenplay by William Gibson by Pat Cadigan

The Lighter New Year Celebration - Friends Are Friends, Forever by Dane Liu

The more serious New Year Story - New Year (a Lunar New Year Book for Kids) by Mei Zihan

The Murder at the Vicarage - The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

“The doom has come upon me.” - The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #9) by Agatha Christie

And then there were none – or were there? - Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

A Pair of Novellas for the February Holidays - A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau; A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day by Jackie Lau

Recaptures most, but not all, of the magic of The Martian - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Saints! Soldiers! Sorcery! Swords! Swooning! - The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold; Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

Alternative to What? - Alternative War by Debora Godfrey and Bob Brown, Editors

Running away to the woods - A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw

I’m Both Bad With Money and My Timing - Bad With Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together by Gaby Dunn

Caste - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

The Pale-Faced Lie - The Pale-Faced Lie by David Crow

Finding Beauty in the Bleakness - The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Repetitive yet hypnotic, a grand tragedy - The Iliad by Homer

In which the villainess and final boss might be worth rooting for - I'm the Villainess So I'm Taming the Final Boss vols. 1-2 by Anko Yuzu, Sarasa Nagase, Mai Murasaki

It’s a cozy trashy romance! - Match with the Demon by Chace Verity

Curse of the Bane (The Last Apprentice/Wardstone Chronicles #2) - Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney

We get it, Rainbow Rowell, you love Starbucks - The Prince and the Troll by Rainbow Rowell

I am become Death - Atomic Dreams: Prayer Cycle Edition by Jazan Wild

Talking cats, cute girls, and lizard men (and women) - Sithrah V01 Kingdom of the Air by Jason Brubaker; reMIND: Volume 1 by Jason Brubaker

Vino with Guido - Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon

A Brit among the cactuses. - Did You See Melody? by Sophie Hannah

Caped Crusade - Batman: White Knight, Deluxe Edition by Sean Murphy

“I think of all the things I dislike in this world, I hate being condescended to the most:” A Lovely Coming of Age YA Novel - Marly the Kid by Susan Beth Pfeffer

This is why we need FDA regulations! - Bad Blood: Secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup by John Carreyrou

The way these characters can understand what isn’t being said, while being delightfully snarky is just the best. - And They Lived Happily Ever After by Therese Beharrie

Standing on One Two Fifth - Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

“Men’s rights is nothing!” - Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow

A Dark Olympus Double Feature - Neon Gods by Katee Robert; Electric Idol by Katee Robert

Exit Strategy- Moooore Murderbot! - Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

Dangled and Suspended in America - The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu

A Do-It-Yourself Mystery. - The Appeal by Janice Hallett

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