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“If we were all a little more selfish with our own lives instead of being in such a hurry to defend everything to the death the universe would be a much less scary place” - Saga (Volume 8) by Brian K Vaughan

feed me with your kiss - The Widowmaker by Hannah Morrissey

Pest? A Matter of Perception - Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire

“Stranger, whoever you are, open this to learn what will amaze you.” - CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by ANTHONY DOERR

It’s not a bad decision to be happy. - Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly

“Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild” - Every Gift a Curse (2023) by Caroline O'Donoghue

Review #2: 1203 Pages of Awesome - The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson

Maybe that’s how you fool other empaths, like, “hey baby, you just be your high-strung self and let me handle all that scary danger,” but respectfully, Agent Dead Man, I’m pretty sure you are the scary danger. - Liar City by Allie Therin

She’s Been Through It - Finding Me by Viola Davis

I’ve been on all sides of this story - So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship by Sophie Lambda

“Was it possible that the best bit of him was shining forth, and surfacing?” - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

“Terror and delight sitting next to each other, their feet dangling off the side of a bridge very high up.” - The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

When AIDS crashed the party - The Other Pandemic: An AIDS Memoir by Lynn Curlee

At the very crowded intersection of Black History and Banned Books - Black Was the Ink by Michelle Coles

“My inner being is exceptionally cranky and I often don’t want her company myself.” - The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

John Ashberry (1) - Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashberry

Magic Tides: Kate & Curran Still Going Strong - Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews

Edith Wharton (5-12) - The Lamp of Psyche by Edith Wharton; The Valley of Childish Things, and Other Emblems by Edith Wharton; The Journey by Edith Wharton; The Debt by Edith Wharton; The Moving Finger by Edith Wharton; Daunt Diana by Edith Wharton; The Eyes by Edith Wharton; Quicksand by Edith Wharton

Nikki Giovanni (1) - Selected Poetry by Nikki Giovanni

George Bernard Shaw (1); Mary Shelley (2) - Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw; Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Romeo and Juliet, California Style - Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson

Forget Swords and Sorcery. Give Me Tea and Books Instead. - Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

“When it came to equality, 1952 was a real disappointment.” - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Ryszard Kapuściński (1) - Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuściński

We are women without a voice…We are women out of time and place, without even the language of the country we reside in. - Women Talking by Miriam Toew

Because when women understand chemistry, they begin to understand how things work. - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

We Should Have Seen It Coming - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Her grin was tiny but evil. Adorably evil, if that was a thing. - Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

Kevin M Kruse (1) - White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism by Kevin M Kruse

Edith Wharton (1-4) - Mrs Manstey's View by Edith Wharton; The Fulness of Life by Edith Wharton; Afterward by Edith Wharton; The Letters by Edith Wharton

Everybody and Every Body Outdoors: Disabled Hiker’s Guide to WA and Oregon - Disabled Hiker's Guide to Western Washington and Oregon: Outdoor Adventures Accessible by Car, Wheelchair, and on Foot by Syren Nagakyrie

I third this fairy tale self aware fun - Cursed Princess Club v.1 by LambCat

The Racism of People Who Love You - The Racism of People Who Love You: Essays on Mixed Race Belonging by Samira K. Mehta

Hell Bent- WHY IN THE NAME OF CLIFFHANGERS WHHHYYYYY - Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Ninth House- A reread and re-review! - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

“One doesn’t need magic if one knows enough stories.” - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawelett

Remarkable author and their remarkable series and the remarkable new one - Remarkably Ruby (Emmie & Friends, #6) by Terri Libenson

Coffee makes everything better. - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

“I said, could I f*ck you, and you said, yes please, and I thought, there’s manners. Proper breeding, that is.” - The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles

Been sleeping on this guy. Even Madonna beat me to it. - Gold by Rumi

Alan Rickman: a bit catty, a bit snobby, and maybe a bit dirty? - Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman (Author) Rima Horton (Afterword), Emma Thompson (Contributor)

We were boys who had created ourselves - Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore

An extremely unexpected new favorite. - Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong

“It is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it” - A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

“The most important thing is finding someone you wish to play with.” - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

“She checked underneath the sink but didn’t see anything that might destroy an evil puppet.” - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity - All My Sons by Arthur Miller

“All that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.” - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

530 pages and I wasn’t ready for it to be over - Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Joyce Carol Oates (1) - We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

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  • ElCicco on A bit of a mixed bag (and a complete Passport!)I looked at the other reviews after I posted mine and it seems not to have gotten a lot of love here! I didn’t hate...
  • narfna on A bit of a mixed bag (and a complete Passport!)Oh, man, I HATED this one. It's so funny how books hit people differently.
  • Emmalita on “I should just follow you clowns around…Find all the trouble in the galaxy that way…”It’s very good, but it’s the second book in the series. Shards of Earth is the first book.
  • kat on “I should just follow you clowns around…Find all the trouble in the galaxy that way…”I think I will read this [wpd-giphy id='znreqlPeGdikLLB2C4' subdomain='media0' width='195' height='270']
  • Kit Moonstar on When You Don’t Know What To Do, Sometimes a Cup of Tea Is the Right Place To Start.Not intentionally, but my first four books all are tea themed. I may have to see if I can find a connection to tea in...
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