Q863 suspense. Can't figure out what's going on nor why I should want to. Pass. #1000queries

Q862 historical, I think it's romance or romantic suspense. Query doesn't give me much info. Pass. #1000queries

Q861 mystery I'd seen a few yrs ago, better than it had been but a bit quiet for me. Pass. #1000queries

Q860 police procedural, a bit too quiet and verbose. Pass. #1000queries

Q859 mystery in translation. no sample, synopsis didn't grab my attention. pass. #1000queries

Q858 literary fic, intersecting relationships. opening was more about surroundings than characters. pass. #1000queries

I asked for 2 manuscripts today from people I/a colleague met at a conference. So conferences do help. #1000queries

So my policy is not to include conference-goers in my #1000queries. But I don't want people to think I'm passing on everything.

Q857 a delicious murder mystery, request. #1000queries

Q856 NA, magical realism, feels more like fantasy to me, not enough reality to counter it. pass. #1000queries

Q855 historical, Stalin and Hitler, not appealing to me. Pass. #1000queries

Q854 British crime fic, plot intrigued but writing too ornate. pass. #1000queries

Q853 woman's marriage falls apart, then she sees ghosts. And it's 2nd in a series. pass. #1000queries

Q852 paranormal thriller, I don't rep paranormal. pass. #1000queries

Q851 Hollywood novel, too much jargon, not enough plot. pass. #1000queries

Q850 historical fic, 1850s, not really interested in the period. Or much historical fic TBH. Pass. #1000queries

Q849 legal thriller, 1st person, protag isn't coming alive for me. pass. #1000queries

Q848 mystery, murder, sex trafficking. Not for me. pass. #1000queries

Q847 women's fic, fraught mother-daughter relationship, shifting time. If purely contemporary, then maybe. But no, so pass. #1000queries

Q846 literary, WWII era America, not a fan of the era or the writing. pass. #1000queries