See Goodreads for my actual reviews (where applicable); this is just quick impressions (if I even manage to keep up with them xD) * denotes audio.

— C U R R E N T —
The Outsiders by SE Hinton | Coming of Age | Reread
Grimm Tales for Young & Old by Philip Pullman | Fairy Tales

— J A N U A R Y —
The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream by Dean Jobb | Nonfiction | 3.5 ⭐

Full disclosure, the author is one of my J-School instructors <3 Really interesting discussions of the development of legal proceedings, the police, and medicine during this time period. Also poison!

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab | Supernatural; Middle Grade | 4 ⭐

Author publishes as VE Schwab for adult books and is one of my fav! Super quick read that still manages to be engaging in spite of the fact that I am Old.

Dishonesty is the Second Best Policy* by David Mitchell | Essays, I Guess? | 3 ⭐

I want him to be my uncle. If you're not Up on British news of the mid 2010s, lots of this will go over your head. A bit disjointed, owing to the fact that they were originally separate columns in a paper(?) whose name I've forgotten.

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow | Historical Fantasy | 3.5 ⭐

I adored this book. Eventually. Found it REAL hard to get through for a good chunk, though. Beautiful writing, it was just very slow until it was GREAT. I know Olive (Ursula Black) enjoyed it and she might have ~other thoughts.

The Breakdown* by B.A. Paris | Thriller | 2.5 ⭐

I don't care how enjoyable the last third was, it was way too hard to get there. Go with Behind Closed Doors (same author) instead.

It's In His Kiss by Julia Quinn | Historical Romance | 4 ⭐

The best in the series since An Offer From a Gentleman IMO. Look, I used to think I was too good for romance. I am not. This is a treasure.

Please Like Me (But Keep Away) by Mindy Kaling | Essays | 2.75 ⭐

Mindy is still my spirit animal, but there was just not enough here (22 pages, LOL) for me to properly sink my teeth into. This was part of a series she did for Amazon and I think they've been released as a full book now? Gonna snag the Full Thing on audio rather than read the rest individually.

Silverview* by John le Carré | Spies
Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian | Magical Realism

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