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Family vacations, saving the world and talking cats - Pandora’s Legacy by Kara Leopard

In this particular hive she was undoubtedly queen bee. - The Company She Keeps by Mary McCarthy

Belated Bingo – Travel. Less is indeed more. - Less by Andrew Sean Greer

A First Lady to Remember - Becoming by Michelle Obama

It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. - American Prison by Shane Bauer

I Really Need to Find a Trivia Team - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman

Stories Bring Communities Together - Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

Think different - Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Theater During the Red Scare - The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis

Carpe Diem - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Checking In - Out On the Cutting Edge by Lawrence Block

The days were growing shorter. - Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Libidinal. Manic. Martyred. - Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

One clever idea to help a spirit tiger - Tiny Feet Between the Mountains by Hanna Cha

Superheroes come in all shapes, sizes and plant material - The Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid by Kirk Scroggs

More than just a shark attack story - Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic

Idylls of the Queen - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

Liz Talbot Regroups - Lowcountry Boomerang by Susan M. Boyer

4.5 Stars for Audio and 3 Stars for Actual Story - Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Corporate Team Building Plus Hiking? The Wooorst! - A Force of Nature by Jane Harper

Rejected title: The Epic Rage of Genie Lo - The Iron Will of Genie Lo by F. C. Yee

Mysterious as the dark side of the Moon - The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas

That we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin. - The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe

“There is always a road back. If we have the courage to look for it, and take it.” - A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny

The Book with a Long Title but Not Much Depth - The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life by Usata Nonohara, Ox (illustrator), Guru Mizoguchi (manga)

It’s cold on the wall. - The Wall by John Lanchester

There’s some. That’s why they have a name for it. - The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

Behind the Scenes Look at a Presidential Election via Prey - Extreme Prey by John Sandford

Great Short Story Involving Children’s Books - The Book Thing by Laura Lippman

“It’s the trying that heals you. That’s all you have to do. Just try.” - How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

“In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight. Let all who worship evil’s might, Beware my power, Green Lantern’s light!” - Green Lantern: Legacy by Minh Le

Choose your own romance. This book is basically one long genre in-joke. - My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran & Larissa Zageris

Where Is Home When No One Is Home? - Behold the Many by Lois-Ann Yamanaka

I have read like, a LOT of serial killer fiction lately. I’m probably on a list somewhere now - The Naturalist (The Naturalist #1) by Andrew Mayne ; Looking Glass (The Naturalist #2) by Andrew Mayne ; Murder Theory (The Naturalist #3) by Andrew Mayne ; Dark Pattern (The Naturalist #4) by Andrew Mayne ; The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story by Ann Rule

I’m losing my mind - The Memory Book by Lara Avery

A well-rounded portrait of a rock icon - Janis: Her Life and Music by Holly George-Warren

I cannot do this book justice, so don’t read my review, just take my word and read this book - The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith

Making a theme - Luna and the Moon Rabbit by Camille Whitcher; King Mouse by Cary Fagan; The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper

She blinded me with science - Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician by Lesa Cline-Ransome

The sight of the puppeteer had jarred loose a whole atticful of duty memories. - Ringworld by Larry Niven

Why is Rhysand so sexy? Because it’s always Feyre’s choice. - A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

Your Enemies Closer - Known to Evil by Walter Mosley

Get your red hot and garlic and BBQ and oh so much more crickets here - Chirp by Kate Messner

King is once more Hip to the Jive - The Institute by Stephen King

Thrills and Chills - The Woman In The Window by A.J. Finn

A wonderful surprise-an intelligent, articulate science graphic novel - The Dialogues by Clifford V. Johnson

When in doubt, say nothing and move on. - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke

I sometimes think a good deal more than socialism is needed to save this place. - A Ripple from the Storm by Doris Lessing

Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? - A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

See ya later, criminals! - Investigators by John Patrick Green

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