Life After the Golden Child - I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
Literature will/might/won’t Save the World. Maybe. I’m not sure the book ever told me. - The Heavens by Sandra Newman
Letters, We Get Letters - The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
“What garlic is to salad, insanity is to art.”-Augustus Saint-Gaudens - Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship That Built the Gilded Age by Henry Wiencek
“To call them the weaker sex is to utter a hideous mockery. They are the stronger sex, the nosier, the more persevering, the most self-assertive sex.” - Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
“No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride…and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well…maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.” - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson
an old school day of staying in and doing nothing but reading 🙂 - King Sorrow by Joe Hill
“If this is the price I must pay for trying to run from you for so long, you couldn’t have made it cost more.” - Hereditary Triangle by Fumiya Hayashi
Two Interlocked BL Manga - Star and Hedgehog by Nayuta Nago; Fox and Puppy by Nayuta Nago
“I wanna see you fall…crazy in love with me.” - Afterglow by Wagimoko Wagase
“My great-grandfather was a boxing champion…and I can’t stop sparring ghosts.” - Heavyweight by Solomon J. Brager
You can be sure about more than one thing - Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire
A Romance Anthology Benefiting Reproductive Rights - The Packing List by Mia Hopkins, Angelina M. Lopez, Sarah T. Dubbs
“I wish times like this could last forever..” — some sweet high school romance manga - You and I Are Polar Opposites (Vol. 7) by Kocha Agasawa
“Nightmares do come true, but never in the shape you expect.” - Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams
Just like traditional pairings, only poly….. - Ask Me About Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi Cuddles by Tikva Wolf
Bada$$ neurodivergent youth activists - No Brain the Same: Neurodivergent Young Activists Shaping Our Future by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, Jeanette Bradley
We can lose everything but our hope and dignity - The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
Prolonging my time in the Cold Magic world with short stories and essays - The World Begins in Ice by Kate Elliott
For the Birds - The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer
“I don’t know if any of the people we know are suspicious or whether they’re just trying to live their lives.” - The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
He stepped on toes…just not while dancing - A Place to Dance: How Richard Lamberty Brought Change to the Ballroom by Eric Rosswood, Richard Lamberty and Vincent Chen
I’m Glad I Kept Reading - The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
“Books are a weapon against lonliness. Putting them in the right hands lets people see one another. It makes us…better to one another”. - Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
“I’ve found a place where I can breathe.” — A lovely romance manga! - In the Twilight of Our Adolescence by Waka Hayashi
Die Trying, Die Laughing - How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
A classical story that has a far too modern feel - I, Medusa: A Novel by Ayana Gray
Go Fish (Yes, this is a Buffy reference) - Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
He paints like birds sing - My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Fascinating Examination & Deconstruction of some Western Body Myths - Decolonising My Body by Afua Hirsch
more historical fiction to round out the day - The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
staying positive and on top of “write reviews” resolution - Isola by Allegra Goodman
Was 2025 the Year Toxic Masculinity Became a Recognised Problem? - The Passenger Seat by Vijay Khurana
Folklore, Magical Realism and a Place I know little about? I’m in - The Fisherman King by Katharina Mohd Daoud
“Love grows over time” — A Sweet End to a Sweet Series - You Can't Live All on Your Own! (Vol. 3) by Mizoko Tsuno
Facing the Dark - The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag
As if going home wasn’t stressful enough without assassination attempts - Blood Jade by Julia Vee, Ken Bebelle
Finding out why it’s a bad idea to put your name in blood in a mysterious old book - The Last Soul Among Wolves by Melissa Caruso
It might take 6 months but it’s worth it - The Overstory by Richard Powers
How to Wash the Dishes - How To Wash The Dishes by Peter Miller
Two short classics, both about rich jerks - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; The Pearl by John Steinbeck
August kfishgirl was way more functional and optimistic than December kfishgirl - A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience by Stephanie Burgis; A Honeymoon of Grave Consequence by Stephanie Burgis
Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones - Killing Me Softly by Sandie Jones
“If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.” - The Last Camel Died At Noon: An Amelia Peabody Mystery by Elizabeth Peters
Burn baby burn - Quarterly Essay 99: Woodside v The People by Marian Wilkinson
Old Oak falls and the next chapter - Thank You, Old Oak by Britt Crow-Miller and Amy Schimler-Safford
It Feels Both Unique and Original and Yet Almost Primordial - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins
Violence, Screwball Comedy and Found Family - The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
New favourite author? - An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris; Imperium by Robert Harris; Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris
An intricately woven tale - The Light of All That Falls by James Islington; An Echo of Things to Come by James Islington