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Waiting to Die - Shoot the Moonlight Out by William Boyle

When you know the author you know reading their books is a must! - Slip by Marika McCoola

Happy Holliday’s With a Couple Yummy books - Jan Brett’s the Nutcracker by Jan Brett; Peyton Picks the Perfect Pie: A Thanksgiving Celebration by America’s Text Kitchen Kids

Knight School and War - Squire by Sara Alfageeh

“Someone so otherworldly, so impossible, had chosen to shower her in affection.” - In the Bedroom of Medusa by Magen Cubed

What the Rich Do in the Shadows - The Missing Hours by Julia Dahl

“Winter mornings are made of steel; they have a metallic taste and sharp edges. On a Wednesday in January, at seven in the morning, it’s plain to see that the world was not made for Man, and definitely not for his comfort or pleasure.” - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (translator)

If Agatha Christie Took Psychedelics - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Cursing Cookbooks with some History - Bad Manners Brave New Meal by Bad Manners LLC

On your marks, Get set, Bake! - Bake it Better: Pies, Tarts & Puddings by Angela Nilsen, Jayne Cross

Too Often Disability Remains a Mystery - Demystifying Disability by Emily Ladau

Shirley Jackson this is not - Mrs March by Virginia Feito

Affectionate Glares All Around - The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

Long - Huey Long by T. Harry Williams

Character First - The Trespasser by Tana French

A Meet Grumpy Love Story - Too Much Man by Katy James

Do you mind giving me notice when the Apocalypse is about to hit? I need to arrange for a babysitter. Thanks! - Swashbucklers by Dan Hanks

Events may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice – if not whether, then how they may endure. - The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold

Slaves in the Family – Edward Ball (1998) - Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball

An interesting contrast to the misogynistic nonsense that was Vox - The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

A Sweet Escape - The Austen Playbook by Lucy Parker

We need an enemy to give people hope. - The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco

To Boldly Go… - The Fifty-Year Mission - The First 25 Years by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman

“If the measure of success was that I was living a more comfortable, easier life than they had, then why was I simultaneously penalized for it?” - The Donut Trap by Julie Tieu

The Irony of American History by Reinhold Neibuhr (1952) - Irony of American History by Reinhold Niebuhr

Enemies to Lovers, CEOs in Space Style - Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

“If I had to guess, it’s a dramatic tale fraught with danger, probably a little gunfire, but it has a happy ending.” - Rogue Christmas Operation by Juno Rushdan

Two Comics and a Horror - Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughn, et al. ; Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller and Dave Mazzucchelli; 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

Enemies to Lovers, Space Opera Style - Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

A third re-read for a book whose series I never thought I would continue. - The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) by Lev Grossman

Enemies to Lovers, Hockey Style - Unexpected Goals by Kelly Farmer

Baby Baby Baby - Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

Locked island mystery - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

YA POV of the LA riots - The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

Not your regular girl scouts (Triple bingo!) - Lumberjanes, vol 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis

A sneaky, dark YA fantasy hiding inside the skin of a cliched, predictable YA fantasy. - Dark Rise (Dark Rise, #1) by C.S. Pacat

“And so I was crushed,” Mimi said. “Because I thought I was such a good mother. I baked a cake and a pie every night. Or at least had Jell-O with whipped cream.” #CBRBINGO – Book Club - Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

Another feel-good entry from T.J. Klune. - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

“I grinned stupidly at my whiskey for a few moments. Thinking over my job, which was harrowing. My task, which was nigh impossible. My face, which was mangled. My savings, which no longer existed.” - The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde, #1) by Lyndsay Faye

Big Red - The Burn by Kathleen Kent

Birds on the Brain - Sentinel Chickens: What Birds Tell Us About Our Health and the World, by Peter C Doherty

Sports are Fantastic Fun, and so are these books! - Sports are Fantastic Fun by Ole Könnecke; The Magic Tree House: Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne; Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Companion to Hour of the Olympics by Mary Pope Osborne

“In the name of the Garden State Parkway, I am not a princess! - The Serpent's Secret by Sayantani DasGupta

Tech-free? Either a nightmare or a dream! - Unplugged by Gordon Korman

Sometimes YouTube leads to books! - Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty

“When we’re anxious, we’re not really living. We’re surviving. We’re holding on, waiting for the anxiety to pass, losing out on minutes, hours, and days of our lives.” - The Book of Moods: How I Turned My Worst Emotions Into My Best Life by Lauren Martin

“There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.” - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (The Chronicles of Narnia, #5) by C.S. Lewis

“Our mothers are our first teachers, and we teach others the same lessons we learn from them.” Caroline Kennedy - Mama Needs A Minute by Nicole Sloan

Get me to the church (or whatever location the fae get married) on time - When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire

Poetic Migrant Journey - A Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar

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