“One may be elegant or enthusiastic, but seldom both.” - A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
Fascinating insight into our inevitable (giant) step next door - How We'll Live On Mars by Stephen L. Petranek
Hell is Empty and All the Devils Are Here - Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
A Woman’s Self-Willed Journey - My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
Sweet Steam - Romancing The Inventor by Gail Carriger
Note to self: Never question Rainbow Rowell. - Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia
And it was all going so well… - The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
You’ve heard of Shirley Jackson, if not this one, then her other… - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
We should. - We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Adichie
“If you remember me, I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
These are the books I worry about my nephew for - Lumberjanes vol 1 and 2 by Noelle Stevenson and Shannon Watters
Ring the Bells that Still Can Ring - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
Oy Gestalt - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
An intriguing short story collection - Word Puppets by Mary Robinette Kowal
Major paradigm shift ahead. - Ms. Marvel, Volume 4: Last Days by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona
A queer graphic academic text - Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele
A strange but intriguing little tale - Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal
Jane Austen steampunk space adventure - Arabella of Mars by David D. Levine
The Eyre Up There - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
To many left behind, on this circle round the sun… - Any Human Heart by William Boyd
For a moment, the world stopped. - Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
Sweet and Funny People Falling in Love. Was That So Much to Ask? - The Weight of It All by N.R. Walker
I Ain’t No Senator’s Son - The Doomsters by Ross MacDonald
Like Gosford Park, But with More Corset Jokes - A Quiet Life in the Country (A Lady Hardcastle Mystery Book 1) by TE Kinsey
“Life is made of these moments – of one’s physical being moving through time and space – and we string them together into a story, and that story becomes our life.” - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
“Kate, stop being crazy!” There they were again, the most patronizing words on the planet.” - Mother, Can You Not? by Kate Friedman-Siegel
Don’t Think This Will be A Classic Like American Gods - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Not as Poignant at Volume 1 - Wolverine: Old Man Logan Vol. 2: Bordertown by Jeff Lemire
“I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.” - The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Secrets Finally Revealed (About Freaking Time!) - Jessica Jones (2016-) #4 by Brian Michael Bendis
Still Chasing Down Secrets - Jessica Jones (2016-) #3 by Brian Michael Bendis
Immigrants! We get the job done? - Drown by Junot Diaz
Half a King – Abercrombie with half the gore - Half a King: Shattered Sea book 1 by Joe Abercrombie
Listen to the Heavens - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
The Corrupting Effects of Sivilization - Huck Out West by Robert Coover
Hidden Heroes of History - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
More timey-wimey from Birmo (you need to read this book) - A Girl in Time by John Birmingham
The Rook Files: Revisiting the Supernatural MI5 - Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley
“Every time we get a chance to get ahead, they move the finish line.” - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Doomsday Book - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
I Miss Paul Newman - Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo
Harry Potter and the Curse of Expectation - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne
You can keep my future, it will probably do you more good than me - Sunbolt, The Bone Knife by Intisar Khanani
Caution – Difficult to Put Down - Resurrection Express by Stephen Romano
The Stars Are Out Tonight - Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
There is nothing wrong with being scared. It only means that something important is at stake - Of Dreams and Rust by Sarah Fine
Whooo boy… - Big Brother by Lionel shriver
Carrie Fisher Can Write. Damn. - Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher
I’d miss pants too Therese - Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese Oneil
To The Extreme - Confessions by Kanae Minato