“The wonder is that you could start life with nothing, end with nothing, and lose so much in between.” - Demon Copperhead: A Novel by Barbara Kingsolver
a re-read of a play before a once-in-a-lifetime viewing - Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
“People always say that your wedding day is the happiest day of your life, but honestly, people should try solving murders more often.” - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
a classic revisited - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
what a long belated recommendation that ended up being spectacular - In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
CBR BINGO: You—”‘Mm. Two lovers, from two feuding gentryclans, meeting secretly under false names for their tryst!’ She scoffed. ‘How puerile. How derivative. I pray it is more deviant than it appears!'” - A Trade of Blood (Shadow of the Leviathan, #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Voted “The Most Beautiful Baby in Hong Kong” in 1947 – and He Was! - Vagabond: A Memoir by Tim Curry
A favorite that just gets better - The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
Dirty Old Town - London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe
“She’d played so many parts she hardly knew which one was her. She was an onion made of only skins with nothing at the centre.” - The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
“Alright. Let’s go rescue a corpse from some shrubbery.” - The Resurrectionist: A Novel by A. Rae Dunlap
“History, like America, is always a work in progress, an experiment, an adventure, a journey”. - History Matters by David McCullough
“Worthwhile literature; a book that deals with some social or moral issue in an earnest, plodding, and pessimistic manner. What Aida, who was also a member, called “reading to slit your wrists by”. - Probable Caws: A Meg Langslow Mystery (#39) by Donna Andrews
A witch is simply a woman who listens to her intuition - First Witches Club by Maisey Yates
Atmosphere got me here - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Book to Read with One Eye Shut - Dynasty of Desire by Elizabeth Zachary
Fury in Death by J.D. Robb - Fury in Death by J.D. Robb
and now, for something slightly different - Change Your Win Conditions by Vee (Vera_DragonMuse)
Another quest for our favorite middle-aged lady pirate - The Tapestry of Fate: Amina al-Sirafi #2 by Shannon Chakraborty
It’s A Cookbook - The Wide, Wide Sea by Hampton Sides
“We are rootless …we are landless. And worse than that, we are at the beck and call of the enemy.” - Land: A Novel by Maggie O’Farrell
The Gods of Tango - The Gods of Tango by Carolina de Robertis
I loved this book. - The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden
A Little Luck - A Little Luck by Claudia Piñeira
The Island of Sea Women - The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
I love Noods - Instant Noodles & Beyond by Robin Ha
Secret Dinner by Raphael Montes, Zoë Perry (Translator) - Secret Dinner by Raphael Montes
Regret - When the Cranes Fly South: A Novel by Lisa Ridzen
A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James - A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James
It’s true, they do do that - We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
And now we wait - This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me: Maggie the Undying I by Ilona Andrews
“I’m not sure I ever see people at their best,”” I said. “It gives me a rather skewed impression of humankind.” - "C" is for Corpse: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (#3) by Sue Grafton
For the solitary raven in all of us - The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
CBR BINGO: Wheels—”We sluggalos have a code. That code is unity, support, family, and kneecapping bitches.” - A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #8) by Matt Dinniman
“Who’s on First,” but Make it Percival Everett - Dr. No by Percival Everett
Late to the party, but still at the party! - The Wedding People by Alison Espach
I, a lactose intolerant person, love this book so much I made a cheese board for it - World’s Okayest Oracle (Reluctantly) Seeks Demon by Olivia Dade
“And to that end, welcome comfort, for without it, you cannot stay strong.” - A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
The Aftermath of One World War Still Lingers, But the Next Is Coming Right Along - The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear
There are only two kinds of story worth telling: the ones that send children to sleep, and the ones that send men to war. I need the second. - The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow
Urasawa’s The Best For A Reason — Master Keaton Showcases His Strengths - Master Keaton (Volume 7) by Naoki Urasawa
Destroyed Me - Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Horowitz Never Fails - Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz
“You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don’t know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it.” - A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
“They were to one another what fixed stars are to sailors: The only way through the dark.” - The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow
Great Intro to T. Kingfisher - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Delicately unpacking a whole lot of emotional baggage - Just a Highland Fling by Naina Kumar
You Get Your Choices and You Take Your Chances - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Everything I’ve done since losing you has been about getting back to you. - The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
I don’t want it to be over - Blood of Dragons: Volume Four of the Rain Wilds Chronicles by Robin Hobb