Maybe you’re a misfit, too. Doesn’t mean you’re not deserving. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be here. - A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
Rainbow Rowell is my happy place - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
Don’t fret these books are a couple of gems - The Diamond and the Boy: The Creation of Diamonds & The Life of H. Tracy Hall by Hannah Holt; The Golden Thread: A Song for Pete Seeger by Colin Meloy
Mine eyes have seen the glory - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
People who love to eat are always the best people - La cantine de minuit (Shinya Shokudō) by Yarō Abe
“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.” - Educated by Tara Westover
“They thought they could bury us; they didn’t know we were seeds.” - Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
How many rules am I to break before you understand that your double standards don’t mean sh*t to me? - Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu
True learning must not be content with ideas, which are, in fact, signs, but must discover things in their individual truth. - The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The rhetoric of feminism with its emphasis on resistance, rebellion, and revolution created an illusion of militancy and radicalism… - Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I wish for more - The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories by Mahvesh Murad, Jared Shurin, eds.
Why Did I Not Read This Sooner - Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
Eleanor Oliphant is not at all what I expected. - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
It was the end of the world and it made me cry. - The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the bookshelf… - Jaws: Memories from Martha's Vineyard by Matt Taylor
poetry that hurts to heal - the princess saves herself in this one by amanda lovelace
I loved it, even with my surface knowledge of Star Trek - Redshirts by John Scalzi
you will falsely remember being told about Melmoth by your grandmother’s mother when you were very small - Melmoth by Sarah Perry
I spent New Year’s Day in Hogwarts. - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling
I have no heart; I hate the song Jolene (thanks, fam.) - Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
Ringing in the New Year with Inspector Gamache <3 - Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
My Chemical Renaissance - Hamlet by William Shakespeare
2018 – I Can’t Quit You - American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Everybody effing read this. - Educated by Tara Westover
The first of two amazing books I read to end the year. (I want to put them both on my end of year best!) - Band Sinister by K.J. Charles
When you have Yeti Crabs - Sea Creatures by Seymour Simon; Elephants by Seymour Simon
CANNONBALL!!! - Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated by Shea Serrano
Chief of Staff Reading List #15-17 - The Guns of August; World Order; The Face of Battle by Barbara Tuchman; Henry Kissinger; John Keegan
More like Ron Churn-ow - Grant & Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
Suddenly, he felt a paradoxical sense of loyalty… - The Complete Stories of JG Ballard by JG Ballard
Love in an elevator - The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
Sometimes, rarely, you get precisely what you want in life. This is one of those times. - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
I think I’ve read this book at least four times - The Season of Passage by Christopher Pike
Playing catch up on my faves - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Its Jolabokaflod time!! - Book Exchange by Book Exchange
Get the tissues ready for this one! - Marley and Me by John Grogan
You better watch out! Cannonball! - Krampus! by Brian Joines
The Belgariad: Not all tropes are bad - The Belgariad by David Eddings
It’s 90 degrees here. This made it feel like winter. - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
There was death in the big room. - Collected Stories by Raymond Chandler
Attention! - The Association of Small Bombs: A Novel by Karan Mahajan
A lovely surprise from ElCicco! - Book Exchange 2018 by Book Exchange 2018
Grumpy Sexy Polish Fantasy - The Last Wish: Introducing The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
Do what you love and you’ll love what you do - Born to Dance: Celebrating the Wonder of Childhood by Jordan Matter
“Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride.” - Beartown by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator)
Women of her class are molded to be ornaments - The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas
Heckin’ Yes – The Power - The Power by Naomi Alderman
Do not give the sirens call a listen - We Slept Here by Sierra DeMulder