Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss by Rajeev Balasubramanyam

 meh

How I Won a Nobel Prize by Julius Taranto

 

What if everyone who had been cancelled moved to an island where an eccentric billionaire ran a libertarian college?

What if a not-cancelled, not-libertarian woman physicist moved there because her colleague did?

This book was great fun, with a fantastic twist. 

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None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

 

meh

The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner

 

Fun.

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

 

I loved, loved, loved this.

Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

 

In some ways, this hasn't aged well. In some ways, it's quite clever.

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

 

This was amazing.

The Rift by Walter Jon Williams

 

The was very long and, I guess, decent.

The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp by Leonie Swann

 

It almost seems like "quirky old people solving a mystery" is becoming its own genre. I have certainly read some very funny, very engaging books in that niche. This one definitely qualifies. Recommended.

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Hope: A Novel by Andrew Ridker

 

This was really good. And a bit weird.

Grey Mountain by John Grisham

 

meh

Broken Ice by Matt Goldman

 

Solid.

Atomic Habits by James Clear

 

I'm torn between thinking this was really insightful and really pedestrian.

Far from the Tree by Robin Benway

 

Decent.

Ms. Demeanor by Elinor Lipman

This was really funny.

The Index of Self-Destructive Acts by Christopher Beha

 

I virtually never read (as opposed to listen to) books, but I am developing a preference for paper books on vacation, so . . . I picked this up at a little store in Winter Park, Colorado. It was really good.

Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman

 

While the plot suffered from some of the same weird extremeness as other mysteries, the protagonist's voice made it worthwhile. I'll probably continue with the series.

Dark Corners by Megan Goldin

 

In general, this was solid -- the brief sections from the killer's perspective were handled well. However, the scorn for influencer culture felt a bit over the top. I mean, we get it: they are shallow.

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The Ninth Metal by Benjamin Percy

 

This was really fun.

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

 

So this was fun.