An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister

Overall this was solid, with some very funny academic references.

Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

 

I quite liked this.

This Motherless Land by Nikki May

 

Decent 

The Boy on the Bridge by M. R. Carey

 Meh.

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett

 

This was amazing, and I loved it.

The Glowing Life of Leann Wu by Mindy Hung

 

I usually don't go in for this kind of thing, but I liked this.

Kill Show by Daniel Sweren-Becker

 This was surprisingly good.

Yours Cheerfully by AJ Pearce

 

Meh

Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino

 

This was just a delight. There's nothing like an anti-hero for pure fun reading.

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How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks by Witold Szabłowski

 Great fun -- and even moreso because we saw him speak last week and were served a dinner consisting of recipes from the book.

Innocence Road by Laura Griffin

 

Not as good as Griffin usually is.

We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman

 

Weird.

Tilt by Emma Pattee

 

Meh

At Midnight Comes the Cry by Julia Spencer-Fleming

 

This is absolutely one of my favorite series, but this one just didn't hold up. That might be because there wasn't enough focus on Clare, or maybe because the social commentary was heavy-handed.

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The Predicament by William Boyd

 

I liked this.

Last Year by Robert Charles Wilson

 

This was really good.

The Quantum Curators and the Faberge Egg by Eva St. John

 

Solid 

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

 Very suspenseful, interesting characters, then totally jumped the shark.

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Exiles by Mason Coile

 

The Body in Question by Jill Ciment

Really good.

Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson

 

Solid.

The Queen Who Came in From the Cold by S. J. Bennett

 

This is one of my favorite series. I think what really sets it apart is that, in addition to the typical mystery, the queen has to be clever in determining how to get information because she can't exactly just knock on someone's door. And, the dialogue is witty. Highly recommended.

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False Witness by Phillip Margolin

 This was really well done. Recommended.

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Someone Like Me by M. R. Carey

 

Really well done.

The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon

 

Meh

The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

 

Meh

Breaking the Dark by Lisa Jewell

 

Different and kind of fun.

The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

 This was fun.

Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa

 

Meh 

A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay

So funny.

 

Ultramarine by Mariette Navarro

 Weird.

Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

 

Entertaining, despite a weird view of AI.

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

 

I enjoyed this a lot.

Wreck by Catherine Newman

 

I loved this so, so much.

Every Tom, Dick, and Harry by Elinor Lipman

 

Meh

Just Do This One Thing for Me by Laura Zimmerman

 

I don't do a lot of YA literature, but this was quite good.

Gone before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Corban

 

I thought this was going to be stupid, but it wasn't bad.

One Death at a Time by Abbi Waxman

 

Fun.

A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar

 

I didn't enjoy this, but it would be interesting to discuss.

The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh

Decent .

The Divorce Party by Laura Dave

 

Decent.

More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova

 

Solid.

Truth in Advertising by John Kenney

 

Meh

Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake

 

My expectations were low because I thought Gifted & Talented was kind of disappointing, but this was so, so good. It worked as a plot, the characters were great, the social commentary was great, and the sentences were sublime.

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Talk to Me by John Kenney

 

Meh

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

 

Solid 

Totally Fine by Nick Spalding

 

I mean, this wasn't perfect. But it was funny, and it was a reasonably clever exploration of how we (don't) deal with mental health issues.

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The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H. G. Parry

 

Solid.

Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

 

Dan Brown is always somewhere between a hate read and a guilty pleasure.

The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman

 

Fun.