I liked this. It's cute. The characters continue to be delightful. The rant about Rowling in the Acknowledgements was something I didn't anticipate even though I agree. 😂 I guess that's a spoiler. Surprise!

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This was not on my radar at all. A kid at work nominated it for book club. It centers around the art world and it's very good. I would read more by this author.

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This is a very interesting story. A woman tries to connect with her Korean heritage and learns of an aunt that went missing during the Japanese occupation. So good.

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Pub date is 3/4/25
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This is a really well done audiobook. Even if the story itself is a bit implausible. I did not read the first book. I think they are pretty loosely tied.

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This book was amazing. And I read it after returning from MD so reading icky things about their history made my head explode a tiny bit. I picked this for my IRL book club NF reads (not a democracy) based on feedback from @TheBookHippie and she was right about how great this book is. Highly recommend.

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This is lovely. I'm going out on a limb and comparing it to Three by Valerie Perrin. I loved that book. I loved this book quite nearly as much.

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US pub date is 5/20/25
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This is a Mulan retelling and it's fantastic imo.

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This was fine. It's entertaining. I heard that these get better, but I might stall here at three.

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I adore this author. She pulls fantasy into a murder mystery with a side of romance in this one.

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This is just a regular murder mystery. It has Agatha Christie vibes which I appreciate. This is the 2nd book in the series.

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This is pretty fun. If you need a fantasy palette cleanser. With some polyamory. Honestly? Who doesn't?

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I thought this was an interesting audiobook. It looks at tv and film and how things have changed over time.

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This is one of those disgruntled with life books that seems to be on trend in Japan. It's well written short stories and I was definitely drawn into all of them. I definitely appreciate this cover.

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US pub date is 8/12/25
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I enjoyed this a lot. There's a mystery. There's time travel. It's entertaining. My brain hates time travel books but I liked this anyway. The author is a good storyteller.

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This was likely groundbreaking in the 70s when it was first published. I appreciate the look at psychiatric facilities at the time and what it's like to have no control over your own destiny. The utopia in the future was meh imo. The time travel thing has never been my jam. Still giving it a pick.

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I picked this fantasy book, though the scifi looked good too. This is def my genre but I usually skip this geo. We'll see how this goes. 🤞

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I really enjoy this author and I have no idea why I start every one of her series but never read the next book. Seems like a me issue. She does a great job of pulling cultural details into her fantasy stories. This one is a little bit different somehow. But it's exciting and tense and I liked it very much.

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Pub date is 7/15/25
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This one is stunning. My book club probably hates me rn for picking it. This tells the story of a family of refugees that fled Vietnam in the 1970s. And events that happened concurrently.

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This is super fun and a great feminist fairytale retelling. And fantastic cover.

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Pub date is 6/17/25
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This felt like 2 separate books and it maybe should have been a series. This is very long. Finished this on the DC Metro because who doesn't carry a kindle everywhere?

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I loved this. Set in France when the pope was in Avignon, during a plague, a young woman tries to increase her medical knowledge while also not being turned into a scapegoat. Highly recommend.

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Found a portrait of this icon. ❤🌈

Meh. This one made me wonder why I read 3 of these.

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This ended up in my carryon somehow. Hate when that happens. 😂 tagged is last year's.

Unpopular opinion time. This is very popular among a certain crowd. And it's fine. But it would be better imo if the author stuck to the hunger games style contest and focused less on the gooey love garbage. Boring! I have 0 plans to continue this series.

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This is very cute. It has all of the good YA fantasy things. Adventure, intrigue, romance, and a mystery. And a pretty cover.

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Pub date is 2/11/25
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So cute. But that's all you're getting. 🤐

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This one made my head explode. The author combines the tragedy of fleeing Vietnam during the war with refugee camps and turns to internment camps and does a great job of depicting what it's like to basically lose 3 years of your life to something you have no control over. 5 out of 5 stars. Definitely recommend.

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Pub date is 4/8/25
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This was a bit chaotic and unfocused but it may have been a result of the audiobook. Or I may have been in a mood.

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Someone told me to read the Discworld books but definitely not to start with Book 1. And I read nearly every single one of the other 40ish books and just read this one right now. And in a way I'm glad I didn't read it first because it's not my favorite but I do wish I still had some of the better ones left to read. 😔 I may just need to reread ones I already know are my favs.

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This author is amazing. I loved this. I am so glad she won the Nobel prize this year.

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US pub date is 1/21/25
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This drew me into the characters. I don't know that it would have been a top choice but it was on a friend's tbr so I gave it a whirl. Between this and Piglet, I appreciate that we like different things 😂

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This guy's books are always funny and his characters are sort of a mess. Like real people. I mostly admire the translator tbh.

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I didn't love this. There's a lot of body shaming and eating disorders. It was kind of cringe. But maybe not in the way the author intended. It gave me anxiety. I don't normally stop an audiobook and walk away willingly. Surprised I made it to the end, actually.

A family of 3 siblings have drifted in different directions but they are leading oddly similar lives. And it all centers around robots and AI.

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Pub date is 3/11/25
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This is French Revolution + vampires. It's the second book in the series and it has Mont Saint Michel on the cover so how could I not read it?

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This is really well written. Somehow the author pulls 9/11 and the pandemic into a mystery of sorts centered around economically privileged people who seem ridiculous at times but not comically. It's good. Definitely recommend.

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I loved this. Historical fiction set in the 1980s on Fire Island amid the AIDS pandemic with some magical realism thrown in.

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Pub date is 5/6/25
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Meh. These are entertaining. This series inspired me not to request ARCs that are part of a series. This is 9 and I have an ARC of 18 somewhere in my secret book closet.

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I was apparently having a big mood when I stuck the title on this 😂

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This is lovely. I definitely recommend it. By the author of Iona Iverson, this is just as fun. I love all of her characters.

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This is pretty spooky horror. The mother is in a coma of sorts but she moves around when no one is paying attention. The narrator acts like a petulant child at times. I started questioning if they were all ghosts. Amazing.

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I think this goes back to being as good as her earlier books. Definitely recommend.

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This is a nice and twisty mystery/thriller. Definitely recommend.

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Pub date is 1/14/25
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This was just meh. But it might be ok if you're a new manager and didn't already read dozens of these. Julie is a Facebook veteran and does talk about some of her more senior coworkers but overall 🤷

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This was somewhat entertaining. I don't think it holds up against the other booker shortlist books but I didn't correctly pick the winner so what do I know?

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I absolutely loved this. A middle aged woman loses the plot and starts a campaign to ban books that she thinks are bad for young people to read (she's bored and needs attention) and the town retaliates in rather spectacular ways. I wish my book club had picked this one but oh well. I also loved The Change so read that too.

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This was really good and it sucked me right in. It has a lot of cultural references to numerology and other superstitions from Chinese culture. Set in Malaysia during UK colonial rule. I feel inspired to read her latest book.

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