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.

The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill

 

I'm so sick of 'large sibling group working out their issues in vacation house' or similar.

Life, & Death, & Giants by Ron Rinds

 

Super weird. I think I liked it?

Replaceable You by Mary Roach

 

Mary Roach is always fun.

Hole in the Sky by Daniel Wilson

 

I wanted to like this, and there was initially so much promise, but it just didn't stick the landing.

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The Very Nice Box by Eve Gleischman and Laura Blackett

 

Quirky and fun 

The Guest in Room 120 by Sarah Ackerman

 

This was very dumb.

The Southern Lawyer by Peter O'Mahoney

 

Solid.

The Librarians by Sherry Thomas

 

So much fun, and bonus points for being set in Austin.

Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei

 

Very compelling -- there's so much near-future climate dystopia, but this felt different. Recommended.

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Pariah by Dan Fesperman

 

Fun.

The Academy by Elin Hildebrand and Shelby Cunningham

 

Meh

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

 Really well done.

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

 

Decent.

Circle of Days by Ken Follett

 

Decent.

Fire Weather by John Vaillant

 

Decent.

Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood

 

Decent.

Other People's Houses by Clare Mackintosh

 

This was clever -- a good mix of mystery, solid characterization, and social issues.

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Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

 

Solid.

I Need You to Read This by Jessa Maxwell

I thought this was really well done.

All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan

 

This was quite clever -- it really departed from a lot of the typical tropes. Recommended.

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The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch

 Charming.

The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown

 

Meh.

The Unmapping by Denise Robbins

 

Super weird, but I really liked it.

Discontent by Beatriz Serrano

 Solid.

Trip by Amie Barrondale

 

Some funny and interesting elements, but I was mostly left not sure what it had accomplished.

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No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris

 

This made my madder than any other book save Empire of Pain.

We Were Once a Family by Roxanna Asgarian

 

So very sad.

People Like Us by Jason Mott

 

Disappointing, but my expectations may have been too high.

Vacationland by Meg Mitchell Moore

 

Decent.

The Boy's Club by Erica Katz

 Decent.