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What doesn’t make you stronger, will kill you and other things I just made up - More Cute Animals That Could Kill You Dead by Brooke Hartman and María García; Wearing a Cat on Your Head: A World of Wonderfully Weird Sayings by Emily Bornoff 

Happy Little Mistakes, Happy Big Results - Marvelous Mistakes: Accidents That Made History by Callie Dean and Ana Latese

“You could have become the villain, Gordo. And it would have been within your rights. Instead you just chose to be an a-hole.” - Ravensong: A Green Creek Novel (#2) by TJ Klune

Road trip to the end of the world - We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune

The Green Child brought to you by physical copy, the rest by online reader copies  - The Green Child by Hollie Hughes and Britta Teckentrup; Theia: The Little Planet Who Made the Seasons by Saskia Gwinn and Katie Cottle; Something in the Darkness by Joh Dougherty and Matt Schu; Mermaid of the Deep: The Aquatic Adventures of Dr. Sylvia Earle by Leisa Stweart-Sharpe and Khoa Lee

Kidnapping is Not the Only Solution - Prisoner of Desire by Jennifer Blake

Let’s watch June’s life unravel! - Sunflower Season by Danica Nava

Very Recommended Exploration of the Renaissance - Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age by Ada Palmer

Well, someone had to invent (banana) ketchup - Hunger Fighter: The Story of Maria Orosa, the Filipino War Hero Who Invented Banana Ketchup (Spectacular STEAM for Curious Readers) by Jacqueline Chio-Lauri and Kristin Sorra

“I’ve spent much of the last ten years sick.” - Famesick by Lena Dunham

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer - We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Perhaps we can agree: This is a bad timeline - Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel

A remarkable life, and a remarkable woman - Boof of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood

Good God, Lemon! - Bossypants by Tina Fey

The figure skater and the hockey player - Thrown for a Loop by Sarina Bowen

Into the belly of the beast - Wolf's Belly by John August and Simón Estrada

“Without ever really experiencing any of it, I know it all. Because books taught me.” - Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed

Don’t say a word - Out of the Blue by Barefoot Books and Alison Jay; Homecoming: A Story of War, Nature, and Hope by Margaryta Winkler; Alone One Night by Andrea Antinori

Y’all… a delightful break from the stress of life - I Accidentally Joined a Wolf Shifter Group Chat by Roxie Ray & Lindsey Devin

Life, love, and sex are better when you reject the idea of cringe and embrace wonder - Falling for a Villainous Vampire by Charlotte Stein

Reflecting on the road to progress - So Many Stars by Caro De Robertis

BINGO Blackout Achieved! - Pantomime by L.R. Lam

Rediscovering the past - Maria and the Cave Paintings by Barbara Lowell and Elke Boschinger; What Marcel Found: The Incredible Discovery of the Lascaux Cave Painting by Cedar Pruitt and David Litchfield

On the Outskirts of the World - Lone Women by Victor LaValle

Nothing’s fair in love and war - Buckeye: A Novel by Patrick Ryan

Actions Have Consequences and Ripple Out - Bring The House Down by Charlotte Runcie

What Does a Second Chance Mean - And Again by Jessica Chiarella

I’m posting the reviews in the order I read them - Kodi: A Place to Call Home by Jared Cullum

Building a Life - Table for One by Emma Gannon

Have Yourself a Merry Little Night Court - A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

It’s like Austen meets Wodehouse - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 2 by Beth Brower

A little French romance - The Red Notebook: A Novel by Antoine Laurain

Now This is How You Do It - Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

Shout out to the crones! - Nettle & Bone: A Novel by T. Kingfisher

“We only get one goofy little life, friend, and we have to enjoy every minute we can.” - How to be Okay When Nothing is Okay by Jenny Lawson

The Band that rocked the courts - We Sing From the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court by Mia Wenjen, Simon Tam and Victor Bizar Gómez

What were you doing as a teen? - The Bicycle Girl: Jyoti Kumari's Amazing Journey Across India: (A True Story of Bravery, Determination, and Family Love Set in India During the Pandemic by Garen Thomas, Suhasini Raj and Maithili Joshi

A Solid Sequel - Espíritu by Aiden Thomas

Why True Crime Now? - Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by Harold Schechter; Murderabilia: A History of Crime in 100 Objects by Harold Schechter

The Relief of Agatha Christie - The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side by Agatha Christie

CBR BINGO: One—R.I.P. Tree - The Killing of a Chestnut Tree (Havelock Harper Mysteries, #1) by Oliver K. Langmead

Surfing siblings - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Looking forward to getting to know Emma - The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Volume 1 by Beth Brower

Court Intrigue and Second Chance Romance - The Wife Comes First Vol. 1 by Lv Ye Qian He; The Wife Comes First Vol. 2 by Lv Ye Qian He; The Wife Comes First Vol. 3 by Lv Ye Qian He

A New Series from Janine Amesta Starts and I’m in Love - Love in the Time of Wildfires by Janine Amesta

An Interesting Continuation - The Ship Who Dared by Mercedes Lackey & Veronica Giguere

“If fate is a bunch of strings, then I’ll carry scissors. My choices are my own. I’ll make them as I please.” - Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

“I’ll hear no more blasphemy from you, Prior Willem! Leave the Virgin and her hindquarters out of this!” - The Monstrous Murders: An Alewives of Colmar Mystery (#3) by Elizabeth R. Andersen

CBR BINGO: Craft—Author writing fanfiction of her own book! - The Sixth Faction (The Sixth Faction, #1) by Veronica Roth

Grumpy and Sunshine, now with forest fires - Love in the Time of Wildfires by Janine Amesta

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