The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

Engrossing, but then by the end, it seemed a bit byzantine.

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Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage by Ruth Painter Randall

Very interesting.

Suggestible You by Erik Vance

Very interesting.

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman

Surprisingly good.

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Formerly Known As Food by Kristin Lawless

meh

The New Negro by Jeffrey C. Stewart

This was good, but if had been half as long, it would have been twice as good.

Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

Good, but not great.

The Other Mrs. Miller by Allison Dickson

Several major plot holes and problems with characterization. I only finished it because it was so bizarre.

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The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

I'm still trying to decide how I feel about this. I love The Underground Railroad, and I didn't love this. So in a sense it was disappointing. But in another sense, he did something very clever with this. But in another sense, it was redundant.

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Underland by Robert MacFarlane

Interesting and well written.

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

This is one of those books that you totally devour and feel guilty about enjoying so much.

The Need by Helen Phillips

I thought this was very solid--good characters, unpredictable plot.

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The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders

This was fun.

Irrationality by Justin E. H. Smith

meh.

Computational Thinking by Peter J. Denning and Matti Tedre

Very well done!

The Black Box Society by Frank Pasquale

Very interesting.

Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble

Very interesting and extremely well done.

The Chief by Joan Biskupic

Very interesting.