The Confederacy Myth: How an Insurrection of Slaveholders Tried to Destroy the United States by Connor Williams - The Confederacy Myth: How an Insurrection of Slaveholders Tried to Destroy the United States by Connor Williams
E. M. Forster, you absolute gem of a man! - Howards End by E. M. Forster
“I pictured a section in the ladies’ auxiliary church cookbook for Sudden Death Quick Snacks…using ingredients one could keep on the pantry shelf in the event of tragedy.” - “F” is for Fugitive: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (#6) by Sue Grafton
Timeless or timely? I have so many thoughts about racism, sexism, and white privilege - A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
“Welcome home, eh?” He shakes his head like he didn’t have to travel the world to know where to find a woman like her. - Un Verano Contigo by Cynthia A. Rodriguez
“Apparently people aren’t willing to pay a hundred and fifty thousand dollars for a home that doesn’t sound like it’s part of an Anglo-Saxon land grant.” - “E” is for Evidence: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery (#5) by Sue Grafton
“To be a woman is a horror I can little comprehend.” - Hungerstone: A Novel by Kat Dunn
Opus the Penguin Stories - A Wish for Wings that Work: An Opus Christmas Story by Berkeley Breathed; The Last Basselope: One Ferocious Story by Berkeley Breathed; Goodnight Opus by Berkeley Breathed
As soon as I finished listening to it, I immediately went back to the beginning and started again. Twice - Where Peace is Lost by Valerie Valdes
Because demons like to play. - You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom by Vincent Tirado
Lazarus- one of the best sci fi graphic novels of the last 10 years - Lazarus by Greg Rucka, Michael Lark
Let’s Show The Buggers That We Will Rule This Place Again From Their Waste - Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
Frankenstein but Golem - Odessa by Gabrielle Sher
Princess of the Shtetl? Prince of my Heart! - Princess of the Shtetl by Jake Maia Arlow
The Persistence of Memory and of Vengeance - Assassin’s Fate: The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy Book 3 by Robin Hobb
“It’s like there’s something about me that just encourages people to want me dead. Probably my sparkling personality.” - A Divided Duty: An October Daye Novel (#20) by Seanan McGuire
So Remember This for Spooky Season Next Year. - Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon Blackwood
An Engrossing Read - High Towers by Thomas B. Costain
Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison - Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison
OK, Cole, Don’t Tease Me with a Fine Map Like That - Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East by Juan Cole
So many magical bastards! - Fool’s Quest: The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy Book 2 by Robin Hobb
Imagination is real - The Book Censor’s Library: A Novel by Bothayna Al-Essa
Hobb-a-thon 2026 continues — the beginning of the end - Fool’s Assassin: The Fitz and the Fool Trilogy Book 1 by Robin Hobb
2015 me would’ve loved this even more - Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman; Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman; The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman; The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman; The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman; The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman; This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman; A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman
He’s whispering at your door… DO NOT LET HIM IN - The Whisper Man by Alex North
The Skull by Jon Klassen - The Skull by Jon Klassen
Dinos galore - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Platform Decay by Martha Wells - Platform Decay by Martha Wells
Billionaires Are Bad, This Book Is Great - Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
About the Murder of Geraldine Foster by Anthony Abbot - About the Murder of Geraldine Foster by Anthony Abbot
Books and Coffee and Pastries, Oh My! - Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
that feeling when you didn’t realize that a book you’re reading is by the same author as another book you read a million years ago and really liked as well - The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
Well, well, well. If it isn’t the consequences of your own actions. - The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
Don’t Read This Before Bed - The Ascent by Allison Buccola
“The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green.” - The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
You know it’s bad when the dog needs the leash for the human-shaped entity. - The Little Endless Storybook by Jill Thompson
“Praise then darkness and creation unfinished” - The Left Hand of Darkness: A Novel by Ursula K. Le Guin
Define What You Mean by Vermin - The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes
Shut up, Brenner! (Sob!) - Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher ; The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher
“You can be the most virtuous woman in the world and you’ll still carry the blame, not just for your desire but for everyone’s desire.” - Dear Monica Lewinsky by Julia Langbein
One of the few rated five - Festival of Shadows: A Japanese Ghost Story by Atelier Sentô, Cécile Brun and Oliver Pichard
Louisa The Poisoner by Tanith Lee - Louisa the Poisoner by Tanith Lee
My most surprising 5-star read of the year (also Cannonball, finally) - Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Kansas City, MO is actually a great setting for a swoony mm fake dating romance - Isn’t He Romantic by Adib Khorram
New Haven is for (Ghost) Lovers - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Slow Start, Then Great - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
“…looking back at those pages, I shivered to see our plunge into darkness, day by day, without realizing it was a spiral, and its nadir, the abyss.” - The Year of the Wind: A Novel by Karina Pacheco Medrano
Kin - Kin by Tayari Jones
Let’s Meet the Meat Industry - A Trade in Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett
Daggerbound by T. Kingfisher - Daggerbound by T. Kingfisher