The Queen of Lombard Street by Lisa Kleypas

The blurb and cover suggest serious historical fiction. <shakes head sadly> It also committed what I consider one of the worst sins and biggest annoyances of historical fiction: giving almost every character completely modern sensibilities.

And yet: somehow I was oddly charmed by this 

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The Truth Confessions of First Lady Freeman by Deesha Philyaw

 

Fun.

Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman

 Decent.

Want Not by Jonathan Miles

 

Meh

Anatomy of a Miracle by Jonathan Miles

 

I really liked this.

The Vanishing Family by Robert Kolker

 

Very interesting.

Trust & Safety by Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichman

 

Fun

The Hopkins Manuscript by R. C. Sherriff

 

One of my favorite books ever. 

The Names of the New World by Kawai Strong Washburn

 

So climate fiction is obviously having a moment. This contribution had some interesting elements, and kind of felt a bit like Neal Stephenson. I enjoyed this, but it didn't knock my socks off.

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The Queen of Hearts by Kimmery Martin

 

Solid.

One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford

 

Solid.

Hollywood, Ending by John Green

 

Solid.

The Big One by Michael Osterholm

 

Decent

Valet by J. P. Lacrampe

 

This was so much fun. It was a clever exploration of a bunch of fun issues, with great characters, and a dash of madcap adventure.

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The Strangers by Naomi Alderman

 

 Very disappointing.

American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee

 

This seems like something I wouldn't like: long, meandering, an epic that isn't epic. But I actually loved it, maybe because of the focus on education.

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Say Nothing by Brad Parks

 

Kind of ridiculous, but fun.

Sea Change by Gina Chung

 

Meh

Saturn Run by John Sandford

 Solid.

Stitched by Eli McCann

 So much fun.