Joys and Sorrows of London - Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
For Harassed Mothers Everywhere - Are We Having Fun Yet? by Lucy Mangan
Save the World! - Stillwater and Koo Save the World (A Stillwater and Friends Book) by Jon J. Muth
it’s so very fun to read a book that is set in a place you know 🙂 - Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
“I never had any idea how much one’s neighbors really can change one’s life.” - Good Neighbors by Stephanie Burgis
Absorbing historical fiction - The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Move over Tiny Rex! The Big Predators are in town! - Mega-Predators of the Past by Melissa Stewart
“I guess maybe that’s how it works in families that love each other unconditionally. You can fight without fear of losing them, and be honest without consequences or repercussions.” - Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun
so far off from what I usually read, and yet it’s the first book of 2023 - The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
despair and disorientation - The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
This ain’t lesser Outlander, okay??? - Wyldwood: Book One by Tava Baird
The Randomness of Food Trends Past at the Antique Store - The Southern Junior League Cookbook by Ann Seranne
“The fifth glass is unarguably clean. Especially because Haf has been pretending to scrub at a stain that isn’t there, like a horny Lady Macbeth wanting to prolong the moment.” - Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley-Jones
Charming start to CBR15 - Snowdrift and Other Stories by Georgette Heyer
It’s hard trying to look at something unfiltered by the vast acclaim of its author - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Now only the really tragic sections of the story are left - Sandman, Act III by Neil Gaiman and Dirk Maggs
Give me all the cozy fantasy you have. - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Holiday Break Comics Reading Reviews - Why Is Everybody Yelling? by Marisabina Russo; Crumbs by Dante Stirling; Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao; Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise, and Oscar O. Jupiter; Will Eisner Reader by Will Eisner; Master Keaton Vols. 2 and 3 by Naoki Urasawa, Hokusei Katsushika, and Takashi Nagasaki
Surprise magical powers and a very cute love story. - Back in a Spell (The Witches of Thistle Grove, #3) by Lana Harper
“There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.” - A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Can I live in Thistle Grove? - Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper
Hooked on the Alpha & Omega series - Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs; Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs; Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs; Fair Game by Patricia Briggs
One of my favourite book club picks of the year - Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
I learned so many Scandinavian swears! - Ship Wrecked (Spoiler Alert, #3) by Olivia Dade
“He was a book, and he was holding his final pages, and he wanted to get to the end to find out how it went, and he didn’t want it to be over.” - The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4) by Maggie Stiefvater
“Maybe compassion and empathy are just squishy emotions. Illusions created by our mirror neurons. But does it really matter where they come from? They make us human. They might be what make us worth saving.” - Upgrade by Blake Crouch
This is a story about the brothers Lynch - Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater
My 2022 Mercy Thompson binge - Night Broken by Patricia Briggs; Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs; Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs; Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs
The Enola Holmes (movie) book - The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes #1) by Nancy Springer
Pedal-to-the-Metal - Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six - Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger
A cozy, low stakes fantasy about an orc opening the coffee shop of her dreams - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Finishing out my quarter-Cannonball with a little Odenkirk. Review dump 4. - Comedy Comedy Drama Drama by Bob Odenkirk; Hollywood Said No! by Bob Odenkirk, David Cross; Live From New York by Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller
A solid expansion and exploration in The Stillness - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
“Be warned, then: the collected volumes of this series will contain frozen mountains, foetid swamps, hostile foreigners, hostile fellow countrymen, the occasional hostile family member, bad decisions, misadventures in orienteering, diseases of an unromantic sort, and a plenitude of mud.” - A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1) by Marie Brennan
might not be the book you think it is, but it might be the book you need - Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang
YMMV but I get a lot of these novels - Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
again, perhaps not quite as enjoyable as the first outing but things are set up very well for the finale - A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
a Project has started - The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
Fake Meat without the Butcher Shop - The Herbivorous Butcher by Aubry Walch, Kale Walch
I would read ten more of these. - The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2) by Katherine Addison
questions of #ownvoices is mostly what dominates for me - The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
detailed ‘heavy’ sci-fi at its finest - Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
definitely an always-read author, in a chill way - See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
volumes 1 and 2 in a lovely Victorian romance series - The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews; The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews
A father has to take matters into his own hands after a shocking tragedy - What Happened to the Bennetts by Lisa Scottoline
Magic Murder and a Bunny Scooby Doo - Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian
Murder and a Fulfilling Retirement - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Double header re-read in advance of another trilogy finale - Beartown by Fredrik Backman; Us Against You by Fredrik Backman