Self-Care by Leigh Stein

 

Fun.

The Plinko Bounce by Martin Clark

 

Very clever plot with a nice twist. The narrator was not create, especially with the child's voice, but the book was solid.

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The Dispatcher by John Scalzi

 

Good set up, decent novella.

Murder by Other Means by John Scalzi

 

Interesting premise, but the first one was more interesting.

Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar

 

I've always been vaguely embarrassed by my interest in the Duggars.

Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon

 

meh

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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