Power Shift by Sally Armstrong

Really lame.

Want by Lynn Strong

This just didn't work for me: I need more plot than this.

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Grace Will Lead Us Home by Jennifer Berry Hawes

An excellent, devastating read.

So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Really, really good.

London Made Us by Robert Elms

Fun.

The Last Trial by Scott Turow

meh

Sealand by Dylan Taylor-Lehman

A great story.

1939 by Frederick Taylor

Really well done.

Working Stiff by Judy Melinek

Very, very interesting.

Our Time Is Now by Stacey Abrams

Good, in an infuriating way.

Jell-O Girls by Allie Rowbottom

meh

The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World by Tom Roston

Decent.

Alaric the Goth by Douglas Boin

Interesting. 

Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts

Fascinating.

America's First Female Serial Killer by Mary Kay McBrayer

So this was . . . fictionalized?

 

Land of Wondrous Cold by Gillen D'Arcy Wood

meh

Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper

This was amazing.

Feasting Wild by Gina Rae La Cerva

A dull mishmash of a book with a narrator who mispronounced dozens of words.

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

I loved this so, so much.

Ask Me Anything by P. Z. Reizin

So Happiness for Humans is one of my all-time favorites, which means I was really looking forward to this, and it was okay . . . but just okay.

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Bending toward Justice by Doug Jones

Really, really good.

Einstein on the Run by Andrew Robinson

Decent.

American Royals by Katharine McGee

I'm completely embarrassed by how much I enjoyed this and how much I am looking forward to the next one.

And If I Perish by Evelyn Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee

Really, really good.

The End of October by Lawrence Wright

Not a great novel, but fun to read given the similarities to the current pandemic.

The Falling Woman by Richard Farrell

I really enjoyed this, mostly because it had an ending that I didn't see coming.

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Superhuman by Rowan Hooper

meh

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

I was completely charmed by this book.

The Suspect by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen

Really, really good.

Counting Americans by Paul Schor

Very interesting.

A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet

I think I liked this.

All the Rage by Darcy Lockman

Interesting.

Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

I liked this. Not outstanding, but solid.

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Devolution by Max Brooks

So my expectations for this were sky-high because I loved World War Z. This started a bit slowly, but then it ended up exceeding my expectations. Highly recommended.

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Language Unlimited by David Adger

Decent.

Hotbox by Matt Lee and Ted Lee

Very interesting.

Truth: A Brief History of Total BullSh*t by Tom Phillips

So, so good.

Mother Is a Verb by Sarah Knott

Interesting

Devices and Desires by Kate Hubbard

meh

Sweet Taste of Liberty by W. Caleb McDaniel

So, so good.

(Tangent: Despite all the trouble in the world, how awesome is it that I can find out who won Pulitzer Prizes and, within minutes, check out a free audio version of the winner from my library, all from my house?)

The League of Wives by Heath Lee

Exceptionally good.

Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler

This was dumb.

The Human Instinct by Kenneth Miller

Interesting.

On Call in the Arctic by Thomas Sims

Really, really good.

The Short Bus by Jonathan Mooney

Decent.

Odds against Tomorrow by Nathaniel Rich

meh

10% Human by Alanna Collen

Interesting.

A Year in Paris by John Baxter

meh

The Moralist by Patricia O'Toole

Interesting.

Loonshots by Safi Bahcall

Interesting.