Existential Wisdom in a Small Package - Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
A hurricane of jacarandas, strangling figs, hanging vines. - Nature Obscura: A City’s Hidden Natural World by Kelly Brenner
“The caterpillars were ordered to appear in court on the twenty-eighth of June, at a specified hour, where they would be assigned legal representation.” - Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
The Devil’s Highway - The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
Democracy in Chains - Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
Home is Whenever I am With You - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Push- ……whoah dude. - The Push by Ashley Audrain
The cowboys are Librarians who work with more than books - Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
The Shallows - The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our Brains by Nicholas Carr
The Octopus - The Octopus by Frank Norris
Starting CBR with Some Christies - Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie; Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie
D is not just for Dog any more. - D Is for Drool: My Monster Alphabet by Amanda Noll
The Good Sister- First book of the New Year y’all! - The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
The human side of Sherlock Holmes. - Observations by Gaslight: Stories From the World of Sherlock Holmes by Lyndsay Faye
How do you like to rate/review short stories? - Tenth of December by George Saunders
I See Why This Is Popular - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A Cozy Canadian Demon Romance - The Demon Next Door by Chace Verity
Slow but informative history - Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel
Historical (Fan) Fiction: *An Occasionally True Story - Bright We Burn by Kiersten White
Some Romance Quick Reads to Start the Year - One Minute to Midnight by Jasmine Luck; Resolutions by Lucy Eden
What would you do with a spaceship full of psychic cats? - Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
A Land so Strange - A Land so Strange by Andrés Reséndez
Partners in Crime - Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie
What Is the Point of Regret? - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Important to Know Your Rights – Especially in Another Country - The Law in 60 Seconds: A Pocket Guide to Your Rights by Christian Weaver
Sweeping partisan saga - Exodus by Leon Uris
An Afrofuturist short story trio (part 1) - The Visit (Black Stars #1) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; The Black Pages (Black Stars #2) by Nnedi Okorafor; Clap Back (Black Stars #5) by Nalo Hopkinson
an EXCELLENT book to end CBR13 on just under the wire! - The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
“On that long journey she wept all the tears stored in her soul, leaving none in reserve for later sorrows.” - Eva Luna by Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden (translator)
“Conventional lives are the perfect refuge if you are a terrible artist.” - The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
Welcome to the House of Whispers - House of Whispers Vol 1: Power Divided by Nalo Hopkinson, Neil Gaiman, Dominke Stanton
“Lip . . . Dip . . . Paint.” - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
“I don’t sulk; I brood. Like Batman.” - Work For It (Just For Him, #4) by Talia Hibbert
Deeper into the Psy-Changeling world I go - Branded by Fire (Psy-Changeling, #6) by Nalini Singh; Blaze of Memory (Psy-Changeling, #7) by Nalini Singh; Bonds of Justice (Psy-Changeling, #8) by Nalini Singh; Play of Passion (Psy-Changeling, #9) by Nalini Singh
There are Ostrich Farms? - 142 Ostriches by April Davila
Never Has a Book Tested My Patience and Paid Off the Effort in the End…Until Now - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Harry Potter and Abilities vs. Choices - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and These Teachers Would Be Fired - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
A great Christmas read - If the Fates Allow by Rainbow Rowell
A fantastical twist on the slave narrative - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Bayou love and magical mischief - Love and Other Wild Things by Molly Harper
have I perhaps found a must read author? - Who’s That Girl? by Mhairi McFarlane
In other books that I loved a lot this year - A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Advance apologies if re-reads aren’t kosher but I did genuinely do so - The Last Hellion by Loretta Chase; Lord Perfect by Loretta Chase; Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
another re-read with reviews old and new - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
I think this is a new romance genre I am VERY into - An Heiress's Guide to Deception and Desire by Manda Collins
Young at Heart with Judy Blume - Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
A beautiful mix of The Great British Baking Show and romance - Battle Royal by Lucy Parker
“You know that there are no black people in Africa.” - Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Don’t mess with Louise Lloyd - Dead Dead Girls (Harlem Renaissance Mystery #1) by Nekesa Afia