Fun. Low stakes adventure novel with some pretty funny and wild plot twists.

By Dito Abbott

I liked a lot of this but it was hard to follow in some places. Very much liked the part where two girls making out defeated evil.

By Sascha Stronach

Happy new year!

Flimsy plot but nothing objectively wrong with it. Peak trope.

By Catherine Walsh

Everything I’ve ever wanted to know about gutters.

By J Scott

Horrible horrible characters, gross romance, but I read till the end to solve the mystery of why the school smelt like rotting meat all the time.

By Finley Fenn

Kind of sad, angry look into the inner workings of Amazon. Relatable as a woman in tech, but a lot of “girl, have some self respect” thoughts.

By Kristi Coulter

I was misled about the amount of romance.

By Everina Maxwell

Good. Funny. Easy.

By John Scalzi

I don’t have any time management neurosis so this book wasn’t for me.

By Oliver Burkeman

Great writing, too much weird sex.

By Cara McKenna

This was surprisingly good. Funny, good plot but so incredibly slow burn it physically hurt.

By Helen Harper

Fine. Didn’t lean into the benevolent nature spirit horror enough.

By Kelly Armstrong

Very weird and interesting read.

By R.F. Vincent

Fun standalone fantasy. Good story, interesting world. I would read more if she made it a series.

By Martha Wells

Started strong but floundered with some weird ADHD content I don’t think the author is qualified to be writing about.

Nothing really new but I learned a lot about Provincetown.

By Johann Hari

Great fantasy read. Lots going on. Female Indiana Jones character and her vampire bff, witches, dragons, space worms, cults and everyone is constantly drinking. A rare one where I’ll actually finish the series.

By Jen Williams

Fun science fiction all about archeologists and hunting down alien relics. Really flat characters but there were two separate alien worlds with crab monsters.

By Jack McDevitt

I was expecting more as I listened to a podcast where his writing brought Nick Offerman to tears, but it was nice. Some lame religious stuff but overall agreeable.

By Wendell Berry

A fun, weird story based around one of my favorite tropes, mysterious bureaucracy.

By Sean Adams

Really nice sort of creepy suspense with a nice UFO theme.

By Jon Bilbao