See, *this* is what reading an actual Harry Potter script should feel like. - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
Romancing the Stone with immortal beings - No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole
Free solo–something I’d rather read about than do - Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold with David Roberts
“As it so happens, Mr. Jest, I’ve sometimes come to believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast…” - Heartless by Marissa Meyer
You Never Know What’ll Happen When You Find a Treasure Map - Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
Just Shows How A Year Can Change Someone…For the Better - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Par la souffrance, la vertu – Virtue through suffering - How Not to Let Go by Emily Foster
Lucy Knisley and I both like food. Nothing wrong with that. - Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
In case you ever need to talk like a TED Speaker… - TED Talks by Chris Anderson
Jenny Lawson, you wonderful creature. - Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Tudor royals, books, shapeshifters and all manner of complications - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows
“Chicks dig a man of mystery. And werewolves. Chicks really dig werewolves” - One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Here to rave about CBR8’s favorite romance - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
Just think, many of the universes this dude visits don’t have Trump as their president - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
E.K. Johnston also gives good Star Wars. - Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston
God Bless Us, Everyone! - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Connie Willis is OBSESSED with communication. - Crosstalk by Connie Willis
For everyone who wanted more Lirael and Nick. - Goldenhands (Old Kingdom, #5) by Garth Nix
Some jackasses go to Atlantis. - Spell or High Water (Magic 2.0, #2) by Scott Meyer
No, not as good as ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette,’ but still good! - Today Will Be DIfferent by Maria Semple
Thor needs to keep track of his shit. - The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2) by Rick Riordan
Spectacularly failing to complete a half cannonball - The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks
May There Be No Frost on Your Potatoes - The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Days of Their Lives - One Day by David Nicholls
Please excuse me while I furiously try to make my cannonball goal - The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
Saving the world for dogs. - The Android (Animorphs, #10) by K.A. Applegate
Imagine a world where Robert Jordan knew how to write women. - The Fires of Heaven (Wheel of Time, #5) by Robert Jordan
“O, full of scorpions is my mind!” - Macbeth by William Shakespeare
I resolved to publish at least one more post before 2017 - Breaking Cat News: Cats Reporting on the News that Matters to Cats by Georgia Dunn
An important professional book about assessment–a must-read for teachers! - Beyond Tests and Quizzes: Creative Assessments in the College Classroom by Richard J. Mezeske and Barbara A. Mezeske
A contemporary romance with a lot of produce puns - Nuts by Alice Clayton
Superfun Times, Vegan Style - The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
Strangeness with Magic, Dragons, and a Quarkbeast - The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
A Fun Holmes Version - A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
British Mythology Redux - The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
If Shakespeare, Dickens, and Christie Co-Wrote a Book - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
An out-of-print recommendation - Watch for a Tall White Sail by Margaret E. Bell
Woolf Pack: this title is for you! - Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf
Ta-Nehisi Coates brings a comic book figure to life - Black Panther, Volume 1 by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze
Zadie Smith’s new novel is well worth the read. - Swing Time by Zadie Smith
Another CBR gift that turned out to be a great pick - A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Writing in life and life in writing - The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
Shirley Jackson is the divine goddess of the bizarre and horrifying. - The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
That time A.J. Jacobs grew out his earlocks for his book. - The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
The book that ate November (The Count of Monte Cristo) - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
“You’re going to fuck up, but most of the time, that’s all right” - Where Am I Now? True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson
Ending the L’Engle fantasy adventure - Troubling a Star by Madeleine L'Engle
No mourners, no funerals - Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
The deal is the deal - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Too Many Languages, Too Little Time! - Fluent Forever by Gabriel Wyner