“Psychologists call it “learned helplessness” when a person believes, as I did during my youth, that the choices I made had no effect on the outcomes in my life.” - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by JD Vance
War and War - Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman
This is why I still visit the YA section of my library. - Still Life with Tornado, Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King
All about Bunny Ears - I, Neil (Alice in Deadland 8) by Mainak Dhar
A quarterback and a photographer try to be friends, end up as lovers - The Hot Shot by Kristen Callihan
A rare instance of good fun in book and tv form - Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
More Than Elementary - Mastermind by Maria konnikova
After early promise, kind of a let down - Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld
An important book about race and social awareness. - What Does It Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy by Robin DiAngelo
A satisfying conclusion to an interesting series - Within the Sanctuary of Wings (The Lady Trent Memoirs #5) by Marie Brennan
A depressing but necessary book about rent evictions - Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Can slasher flicks be feminist? - Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover
Scalzi’s new space opera: Please, sir, I want some more? - The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1) by John Scalzi
Love these girls. Love this series. - Giant Days, Vol. 4 (Giant Days, #4) by John Allison
Newland Archer: OG F***boy - The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Maybe this was the worst week to read this/ - So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools by Charles M Payne
Yeah, I needed to upgrade the rating for this a bit - Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase
I agree with Mrs. Julien – Just KISS already! - Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas
He said, she said - The Thing About Love by Julie James
Mystery? Love Story? Both! - Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie
I Have to Scale a Tower Naked? Where Do I Put My Sword? - The Mermaid's Madness by Jim C. Hines
Difficult Women Persist - Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
Awkward dudes are awkward - The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian by W. Kamau Bell
Body Snatching Can be a Problem - Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris
Great first introduction to a new (to me) author - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Loneliness and magic in the Alaskan wilderness. - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Family Secrets Exposed - What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris
Natural Disaster, Unnatural Consequences in the Big Easy - Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
You’ll like it if you can get past a major WTF - The Duke and I (Bridgertons #1) by Julia Quinn
Questing with snakes - Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
I was prepared to hate this…or worse…. - The Hike by Drew Magary
Satisfying end to the series - End of Watch by Stephen King
Paul Bowles is such an interesting character - The Delicate Prey and Other Stories by Paul Bowles
How do you solve a problem like Robespierre? - A Place of Greater Safety by Hillary Mantel
“We tell our stories to be heard. Sometimes those stories free us. Sometimes they free others. When they are not told, they free no one.” - An Abbreviated Life by Ariel Leve
“Everything we’ve gained has been hard-won by a woman who was willing to be bad in the best sense of the word.” - Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen
Secret origins of fiendish pony villains - My Little Pony FIENDship is Magic by Christina Rice
If the mysteries of Iris and Lavandula are not revealed, we have a problem - A Little Knowledge (Split Worlds 4) by Emma Newman
Murakami goes oddly normal - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
A kookie little romance - Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the New Woman by Sam Wasson
I Wish There Were More of These - The Sibyl in Her Grave by Sarah Caudwell
After a month away I have come back to be contrary - When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn
Never thought a John Grisham novel could make me cry - The Confession by John Grisham
A shapeshifter tale of violence & confusion over the ages - The Devourers by Indra Das
If you are different from a person everyone agrees is wonderful, it means you are somehow wrong. - One True Thing by Anna Quindlen
You’d have expected me to be just a minor character in this saga - Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
If you’re obsessed with firefly you’ll love this book [gif-edition] - Serenity vol. 3: the Shepherd's Tale by Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Chris Samnee
Yer in the Army Now Harry! - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling Performed by Jim Dale
I Try Not To Judge, But… - Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All by Paul A. Offit, M.D.
It’s all about the girls - The Girls by Emma Cline