A genre-bending good time. - Mrs. Plansky's Revenge by Spencer Quinn
Now I’m curious about book two - Squire & Knight V01 by Scott Chantler
“The world is paralyzed, and humanity is in quarantine. It is a strange symmetry that I was born in one pandemic and will die during another.” - Violeta by Isabel Allende
Murder, mystery, fine ale, friendship, plague, dark humor. A very enjoyable book. - The Alewives: A Plague-Era Tale of Murder, Mystery, and Fine Ale by Elizabeth R. Andersen
“‘I’m all right,’ I told her. This is a lie, when you’re twelve. And all the other years, too.” - Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones
“We women have been taught since birth that virtue is our greatest asset. I have nothing against virtues—I’d like to think that there are many virtues I practice assiduously. But power does not yield to virtue. Power yields only to power.” - Murder on Cold Street (Lady Sherlock, #5) by Sherry Thomas
Land of the Rising Sun - Ancient Tales & Folklore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith
Two very different books, two very different reactions - On a Pale Horse by Piers Anthony; Blood Music by Greg Bear
New York City is about to be invaded by a lot of honey badgers. - Born to be Badger by Shelly Laurenston
What’s worse than ghosts? Puppets. - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Footballin’ - About Three Bricks Shy of a Load by Roy Blount, Jr
Fairy Tales Can Be Deadly - The Last Tale of The Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
I wolfed this down - Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens
And Melt With You - I'll Stop the World by Lauren Thoman
Big time feminism - Giantess: The Story of the Girl Who Traveled the World in Search of Freedom by JC Deveney
“There has never been a moment when I didn’t notice you. I can’t stop noticing you – and I should.” - Shucked by Kate Canterbary
Keeping some hope alive - Hooky, vols. 1-2 by Miriam Bonastre Tur
Wouldst thou like to live deliciously? - Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by BROM
“When you’re poor, you live in an alternate reality.” - Finding Me by Viola Davis
Be Witched - Cackle by Rachel Harrison
“their houses would have wider doors, higher ceilings, and stronger floors so that Esteban’s memory could go everywhere without bumping into beams” - The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World by Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa (Translator)
I pretended we hadn’t spent the past fifteen minutes playing a game of anti-romance whack-a-mole, where both of us did our best to knock our flirting down as hard as we could with verbal mallets. - Under the Meh-Stletoe by Leonor Soliz
“We never thought of ourselves as witches….For this was a word invented by men, a word that brings power to those who speak it, not those it describes.” - Weyward: A Novel by Emilia Hart
Pretty book! - Wild Animals of the World by Dieter Braun
Beautiful book whether you’re a baking newbie or a pro - What’s For Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People by Claire Saffitz
I turned my worry into anger, and my anger into fuel. - The Hanged Man: The Tarot Sequence Book Two by K.D. Edwards
Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott Medal winner and illustrator - Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life by Jerry Pinkney
Ian Flemming Goes Cozy and Slightly Comedic - Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Bean Counting Lesson Book with Monkey Bread and Some Other Stuff - Hungry as Hell by Bad Manners LLC
A fun read in the run-up to Halloween - The Ex-Hex by Erin Stirling
Beauty and the Beast meets Groundhog Day, but with more murder - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
As They Say, When in Rome. . . No, Wait, Actually Don’t - I, Claudius by Robert Graves
So Many People Failed Her - The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
“In her spare time, she looked to books or the stars for company” - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Magical Mystery Ride - A Girl Called Echo Omnibus (Combined Volume) by Katherena Vermette
A little romance - The Thorn and The Blossom: A Two-Sided Love Story by Theodora Goss
…a great experience in a park typically doesn’t happen in a few minutes. - Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors by Amber Share
Food at once grounded me and took me to other places. It comforted me and challenged me. It was part of the fabric that made up my creative self and my domestic self. It allowed me to express my love for the people I love and make connections with new people I might come to love.” - Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
“Remember. There will be other days. And there will be other feelings.” - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
Kawaii Ghosts - Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda (author(, Polly Barton (translator)
That’s not how any of this works…. - The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
You didn’t bring bullets to a magic fight. It bruised our sense of spectacle. - The Last Sun: The Tarot Sequence Book One by K.D. Edwards
Horror Month 2023: #12 - Ghosts of East Baltimore by David Simmons
Living my dream life - Elephant Memories by Cynthia Moss
Horror Month 2023: #11 - Night Walker by Donald Hamilton
Horror Month 2023: #10 - Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon
Spooky season cannonball! - The Pram by Joe Hill
T. Kingfisher is delightfully nuts! - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher; A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
A satisfying journey - The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner
A murder podcast is nothing new – unless it helps the murderer target you! - Girl Forgotten by April Henry