“Being with you is as good as being alone.” - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
this woman’s work - If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley
“The moral of that story, I think, is that being poor will kill you.” - Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Jojo Moyes Does it Again - One Plus One by Jojo Moyes
A Bit of Perspective - The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
The British Countryside Mystery - A Place of Execution by Val McDermid
“I do not like that man. I must get to know him better.” – Abraham Lincoln - How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age by Dale Carnegie & Associates
Appreciate and Appreciate More - Super Attractor by Gabrielle Bernstein
A Creepy Book About Supernatural Kids? Sign Me Up! - The Institute by Stephen King
Many of you read this years ago and I am only now catching up. - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
I Ain’t No Senator’s Son - Ah, Treachery! by Ross Thomas
There but for the grace of godtopus go any of us - The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
Regular school is out but Hogwarts is in - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne
A European Tragedy - Adults In The Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment by Yanis Varoufakis
Cannonballing with Emily St. John Mandel. - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Don’t read comics on Apple Books: A PSA. - The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman
We have every reason to believe this case is moving swiftly toward a successful conclusion. - The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson
When I got home from the supermarket, my husband was watching a boxing match on TV. - The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya
Michelle wasn’t sure when everyone start hanging out at the Albion. - Black Wave by Michelle Tea
If you like the show Knightfall you’ll like this book. - Knightfall - The Infinite Deep by David B Coe
Good Intentions - Harleen by Stjepan Sejic
Enemy coworkers fall in love, on TV. - Headliners (London Celebrities, #5) by Lucy Parker
“Morituri Nolumus Mori … Er, roughly speaking, it means, ‘We who are about to die don’t want to.’” - The Last Hero (Discworld, #27) by Terry Pratchett
Lovely YA book about coming out as nonbinary. - I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
“I was more afraid of the truth than the lie. The truth would change the circumstances of my life. The lie was static. The lie was peaceful. I was happy with the lie.” - Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Anchors Away - Home Is The Sailor by Day Keene
Crown of Mutation - Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Night Owls - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
If You Want to Binge The Witcher but Have Children Around, Maybe Pick Up the Book - The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Is it the book or me? - Atomic Habits by James Clear
“I look for something else I could do for work but feel unqualified for everything interesting and repulsed by everything else.” - The New Me by Halle Butler
Because we were very poor and could not buy another bed, I used to sleep on a pallet made of old coats and comforters in same room with my mother and father. - Boston Adventure by Jean Stafford
They sat stiffly on his antique Eames chairs, two people who didn’t want to be here, or one person who didn’t want to and one who resented the other’s reluctance. - Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress; Beggars in Spain (Novel) by Nancy Kress
“Missing you is profoundly inconvenient, I’ll have you know. I have things to do and places to be, and all the while I’ll feel like I’ve mislaid a piece of my soul and I won’t get it back until I see you again. That can’t be normal.” - The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian
Using Lovecraft Against Himself - The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
The boy wakes me up: Do you know where mosquitos come from, Mama? - Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli
Light reading for anxious times - Josie by Lynda Page
Doing something bad ends up going well - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
“We all recognize a likeness of Shakespeare the instant we see one, and yet we don’t really know what he looked like. It is like this with nearly every aspect of his life and character: He is at once the best known and least known of figures.” - Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson
So close to five stars. - The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections by Neil Gaiman
Fierce heroine, creative aliens, and space adventure with bonus review from Ysakitty! - Starsight by Brandon Sanderson
“And so I decided to make a remix of flambé shrimp a la Emoni, because what better way to take a leap of faith than to set something on fire and trust it will not only come out right, but that it will be completely delicious?” - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
“There is no consent under capitalism.” - Docile by K.M. Szpara
I am already at an age and additionally in a state where I must always wash my feet thoroughly before bed, in the event of having to be removed by an ambulance in the Night. - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of the Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. - Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Free Will - Even The Wicked by Lawrence Block
…friendship is hard to define. - Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane
What a lovely creature you are. - The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
“That’s an excellent suggestion, Miss Triggs. Perhaps one of the men here would like to make it.” - Women & Power by Mary Beard
Even the Mysterious Figures that We Aren’t Quite Sure are there Have Their Histories to Tell - The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home: A Welcome to Night Vale Novel by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor