“She accepted the visit and lived in anticipation, wondering what was to come. It was November 19, 1950. She would be dead in ten days.” - The Broken Girls by Simone St. James
19th century medicine was unhinged, and this book revels in that. - Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
It is slightly easier to get to 250 words if you choose a book with a long-ass title - Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays by Pheobe Robinson
Who is in charge of picking books that become movies? - The Knife Of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness; The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness; Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness
Looking for an “unrealistic YA rom-com where the fat girl gets the guy?” Well, it might be more realistic than you think. - Big Boned by Jo Watson
Short Stories Unbound by Gravity or Gender - Trans-Galactic Bike Ride by Lydia Rogue
AKA Carol - The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Starting the year with a sure-fire hit - A Very Beery New Year by Jackie Lau
Don’t Let Them Eat Cake! - Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death by Amita Bryant
There is no shelter for me without you, no sky that could content me. - Renegade Love by Ann Aguirre
Saving Grace - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The search for the Golden State Killer - I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
What If Your Imagined Self Actually became Real? - Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
Not As Much Soccer As I Expected - Booked by Kwame Alexander
Younger Brothers, Amirite? - Aquaman, Volume 3: Throne of Atlantis by Geoff Johns
An odd man, his angry daughter, and a religious cat walk into a bar… - The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
A Kafna, a Kokwa, a Kadoh, and a Kokopah walk into a classroom and I don’t know what all this means - Magus of the Library vol 4 by Mitsu izumi
“What seemed clear was this: in a town that refused to allow the government to protect it from bears, vigilantism seemed the only option. Just as the libertarians wanted, it was every man, woman, and bear for themselves.” - A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
More Murderbot! - Rogue Protocol: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells; Exit Strategy: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
Nice People (Mostly) Being Nice To Each Other - Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
We Need Each Other - The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence by The Care Collective
Time to Talk About Time - Switch by A.S. King
A Pleasant Space Interlude - The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
“We race the cold and night, my wolf and I.” - Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long
25 Symbols of the Alphabet - My Pet Feet by Josh Funk
What A Ride - Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber by Mike Isaac
Can You Steal Somebody Else’s Story? - The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
“The best worldbuilding doesn’t show the seams.” - Finder: Chase the Lady by Carla Speed McNeil
None of us ever find enough kindness in the world, do we? - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
My first Lisa Jewell, and it will not be my last! - The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
Last Call - The Cocktail Waitress by James M. Cain
Sexy, gay version of an American falling in love with a British royal - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
“At last we meet again for the first time, for the last time.” - Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
With Friends Like These… - The Z Team by Chris DeSantis
The Peregrine - The Peregrine by JA Baker
Pretty Girls Will Rip Your Heart Out - Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
I always had a soft spot for the ol’ spook - Who Was Edgar Allan Poe? by Jim Gigliotti
Community, Queer Romance, Near-Future SF….What More Could One Want? - The Short While by Jeremy Sorese
Family Drama - The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones
Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battleground - Battlefield by Peter Svenson
“Are you in a cult?” - Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
Even New Houses Can Be Haunted - The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons
A Slice of Fried Gold Movie History - You've Got Red on You: How Shaun of the Dead Was Brought to Life by Clark Collis
The art and science of trying to see the future - Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock & Dan Gardner
Good advice to start the new year: Workers, unite! Take a break! Relax! Read a book! - In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell, with Bradley Trevor Greive
En Garde! - The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager
“It’s so much easier to obey orders. It’s not much fun to think.” - Spectred Isle (Green Men, #1) by K.J. Charles
“Miss Holmes smiled. She had dimples. Of course she did—the Good Lord went to ridiculous lengths to make sure that one of the finest minds in existence was housed in a body least likely to be suspected of it.” - A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1) by Sherry Thomas
Rogue Ghosts and Other Miscreants- One of my favorite cotton candy series - Rogue Ghosts and Other Miscreants by Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen
A story about people who make mistakes, and how they can come back from them. - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman