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Fame Uber Alles - To Die For by Joyce Maynard

“Your pitiful souls mean nothing to me.” – Stephen King (probably) - Cujo by Stephen King

A castle full of odd ducks and misfits - Castle Waiting, vol 1 by Linda Medley

A Grounded Story of Faith and Doubt and…Aliens - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

Order is Always One Realization Away From Disintegration - Genius, Vol. 1: Siege by Marc Bernardin, Adam Freeman, Afua Richardson (artist)

Forget the stupid rat-creatures. Stupid and annoying Phoney Bone, more like it - Bone by Jeff Smith

I Was a Countess and Now I Have to Pretend to be a Commoner - The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead

I would be non-compliant in so many different ways - Bitch Planet, Book One: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine DeLandro

I Am a Weapon of my Master’s Molding, But I Shall Do What I Please - The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J Maas

How should we live when the world is dying? - The Children of Men by P.D. James

To your union, and the hope that you provide - Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride by Lucy Knisley

Cinderella with naughty bits! - An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgertons, #3) by Julia Quinn

Let’s Talk about Me! - Why We Write About Ourselves: Twenty Memoirists on Why They Expose Themselves (and Others) in the Name of Literature by Meredith Maran

Quality YA right here, people. - Exit, Pursued By a Bear by E.K. Johnston

These girls are all my squishy muffins. - Giant Days, Vol. 2 by John Allison

He just keeps writing them, doesn’t he. - The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1) by Rick Riordan

We are waiting in the wings for you - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

I’ve seen injustice in the world and I’ve corrected it - Exit, Pursued by Bear by E.K. Johnston

Get It, Girls - Sex With The Queen by Eleanor Herman

WHAT! IS! THIS! BOOK! IT! MADE! ME! CRY! - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley

Buckle. The Fuck. Up. - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

In Russia, dragon flies you - Blood of Tyrants: A Novel of Temeraire by Naomi Novik

The Final (Sherlock Holmes) Countdown - The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes #9) by Arthur Conan Doyle

The penultimate Sherlock story extravaganza - His Last Bow (Sherlock Holmes #8) by Arthur Conan Doyle

Paging Neil Gaiman fans! - The View from the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman

A fine finish to Jennifer Donnelly’s YA Mermaid series. - Sea Spell by Jennifer Donnelly

A delightful Austen novel made into a delightful Austen adaptation - Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid

A new Tracy Chevalier favorite. - The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier

An interesting, academic glimpse at intersex issues connected with theology. - Intersex, Theology, and the Bible: Troubling Bodies in Church, Text, and Society by Susannah Cornwall, ed.

“Bitches gots to learn.” - Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro

I’m the most cold-hearted son of a bitch you will ever meet. - Ice and Bone: Tracking an Alaskan Serial Killer by Monte Francis

Welcome to the island of misfit (or taxidermied) toys. - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

Spindle–Not Cabot–Cove - A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare

Voltron for grown-ups? - Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1) by Sylvain Neuvel

Couldn’t the whole book have been about the Monkey King? - American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Sad, but very interesting - The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen & Simon Bruni

The truth behind the Sexy Tudors - The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

I wish I’d read this book years ago - Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis

Both an intimate history and a large-scale one - The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Don’t be deceived by the cover. This book will kick your ass. - Dietland by Sarai Walker

I glom some more sci-fi mystery/romance - Salvation in Death, Ritual in Death, Promises in Death by J.D. Robb

Suspension of Disbelief Works – Reformed Rake Duke for the Win - Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare

A quick, creepy read that was just a bit sobering for me - Slade House by David Mitchell

A “mid-life crisis novel” for David Mitchell - The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

Giving voice to the silenced - Betrayal: The Crisis in the Catholic Church by The Boston Globe

A new curriculum initiative to try! - Making Curriculum Pop by Pam Goble and Ryan R. Goble

An elegant novel about love in an oppressive time - The Price of Salt (published now as Carol) by Patricia Highsmith

Alice, still. - Still Alice by Lisa Genova

Come to my Cocktail/Garden Party y’all! - The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks by Amy Stewart

Who would want to be the chosen one anyway? - The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

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