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‘Andrea raised her hand. “This is the hand that slapped Aunt B.” “Maybe you should have it gold-plated.” “Here, you can touch it, since you’re my best friend.”‘ - Magic Slays (Kate Daniels, #5) by Ilona Andrews

The right to choose makes the choices we make meaningful - Fearless at Heart by Zoe York

Sweet summer reading - What the Fireflies Knew by Kia Harris

A Fun Romance/Mystery, Perfect for the Beach or the Airport - Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews

When animals attack - Fuzz by Mary Roach

The Resisters - The Resisters by Gish Jen; I, Autohouse by Gish Jen

“Life is something we need to stop correcting. My boy was a pocket universe I could never hope to fathom. Every one of us is an experiment, and we don’t even know what the experiment is testing.” - Bewilderment by Richard Powers

Two Very Different But Sweet Autobiographical Manga - The Bride Was A Boy by Chii; Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu by Junji Ito

Three Cakes, Brownies, Cookies and S’mores - Just the Right Cake by Christina Tosi

Read the author bio on the back as well - Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals by Mo Willems

The land hurricane - Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper by Anna Crowley Redding

I like Haley Rocco. John Rocco? Not so much. - How to Send a Hug by Hayley Rocco

a quirky little book that was recommended by a few people - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu - Lightning by Dean Koontz

Of Lies and Men - Girl, Forgotten by Karin Slaughter

The Twelve Days of Christmas: Birds Galore - The Partridge by Kit Morgan; The Dove by Shanna Hatfield; The Hens by Merry Farmer; The Calling Birds by Jacqui Nelson

The Body Scout - The Body Scout by Lincoln Michel

“You can check-out any time you like/But you can never leave!” - Hotel California by Don Bruns, Heather Graham, Andrew Child, John Gilstrap, Reed Farrel Coleman, Amanda Flower, Jennifer Dornbush, Rick Bleiweiss

“The mountain is there to be crossed.” - Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear

Games Don’t Seem Fun? - Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry by Jason Schreier

“Promise and potential:” Overlooked Vocational School Students in China - Class Work: Vocational Schools and China's Urban Youth by T.E. Woronov

No One to Really Root For but It’s Still Somehow Pretty Good - She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

What This Cruel War Is About - El Chapo: The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord by Noah Hurowitz

*Jaws Theme* dun dun dun dun - The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

The Last Days of the Free Comanche - Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson

Incisive and Interesting Essays on Orthodox Jewish Childhood - Artifacts of Orthodox Jewish Childhood by Dainy Bernstein (editor)

You might be cool, but you’ll probably never be Have two dinosaurs named after you cool - The Fossil Whisper: How Wendy Sloboda Discovered a Dinosaur by Helaine Becker

Soothing the Beast - Maya and the Beast by Maya Gabeira

She said No - Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Right Movement by Angela Joy

They made a little noise - Stacey Abrams and the Fight to Vote by Traci Todd; Phenomenal AOC: The Roots and Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Anika Aldamuy Denise

Lilith’s Brood - Dawn by Octavia Butler; Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler; Imago by Octavia Butler

Hawaiian culture and nonbinary identities - Ho’onani: Hula Warrior by Heather Gale

It’s bad to be good - Little Good Wolf by Susan Stevens Crummel

Plowing the Dark - Plowing the Dark by Richard Powers

Funny Business - The War for Late Night by Bill Carter

I can still hear you saying those words - A Library by Nikki Giovanni; My Poet by Patricia MacLauchlan

“A Black girl whose voice chased away darkness, ushered in light.” - Maya’s Song by Renee Watson

And this dude writes CHILDREN’S books! - Curse of the Chosen Volume two: The Will That Shapes the World by Alexis Deacon

Aspects of the Novel - Aspects of the Novel by EM Forster

Spinster Meets Beast - Chasing the Earl by Kathleen Ayers

“Ah, Gal. You’ll figure it out eventually.” - Oaths of Legacy by Emily Skrutskie

Witches, demons and cops - Black Magick Vol 3: Ascension 1 by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott

White People - White People by Allan Gurganus

“Funny who gets to call themselves a hero, too.” - The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach

Truth, Justice and a Better World - Superman Son of Kal-El Vol. 1: The Truth by Tom Taylor, John Timms

Election and Tracy Flick can’t Win (and Little Children) - Election by Tom Perrotta; Tracy Flick Can't Win by Tom Perrotta; Little Children by Tom Perrotta

The Old Gringo and Bierce stories - The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes; The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories by Ambrose Bierce

Good Morning Romance - The AM Show by T.B. Markinson and Miranda MacLeod

Superheroes the Next Generation - Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven (Teen Titans, #3) by Kami Garcia

Write and remember - Daughters of the Occupation: A Novel of WWII by Shelly Sanders

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