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2 Star Reviews

Heaven’s Prisoners – James Lee Burke (1988) - Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke

Disappointed and Deceived - D: A Tale of Two Worlds by Michael Faber

“No doubt you thought I was dead. I sometimes think I am myself.” - An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell

I’d rather not - Look for me by Lisa Gardner

Disaffected emotionally stunted (Indian-American) manchild??? SIGN ME UP!!1 - Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

Sorry, guys, this just wasn’t for me - This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Those Who Can Do, Can’t Teach - How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card

Too much and not enough - Songs for the End of the World by Saleema Nawaz

On the Edge – Edward St Aubyn (1998) - On the Edge by Edward St Aubyn

Knife – Jo Nesbo (2019) - Knife by Jo Nesbo

James Bond is alright, I guess. - From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming

His wife is acting different and it smells like infidelity - Full spredning: en legeroman (Natural Causes) by Nina Lykke

River of words where I couldn’t catch the wave - River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks

A Classic Meh on the Reread - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

What’s going on under there? - Something’s Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear by Jory John

Why can’t my book club ever pick books I like? - The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

But did they try more cowbell? - Severance by Ling Ma

A Long Time Ago, We Used to Be Friends and Now There’s a New Book To Take You Back There - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

A Very Quaint Quarantine - Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak

Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn, and caldron *shrug* - The Factory Witches of Lowell by C.S. Malerich

Unfortunately this one falls short for me - Sakina's Restaurant by Aasif Mandvi

The end ruined it for me - The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe

An emotional support rooster walks into a bar… - Hopeless Romantic by Marina Adair

I Know Why the Caged Nerd Sings - Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

Snowball’s Chance – John Reed (2002) - Snowball's Chance by John Reed

Mediocre White Men - The Shadow of Blooming Grove: Warren Harding in His Times by Francis Russell

A sheep in rake’s clothing - My Fake Rake by Eva Leigh

I Don’t Get Verse - The Emperor's Babe by Bernardine Evaristo

Don’t you hate when a book starts out strong only to disappoint you? - The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

Why do I keep doing this to myself? - The Steel Kiss by Jeffrey Deaver

Leaning More Towards Loathe than Love - To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters

My first post of the year for a book that made me need to write a review - A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

Milk Fed – Melissa Broder (2021) - Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

Paperback Writer - Later by Stephen King

Light on mischief, lacking mayhem entirely - A Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Manda Collins

Like a tumescent Ronald Reagan on the fourth of July - The Rider of Lost Creek by Louis L'Amour

Octavia Butler – Adulthood Rites, well this was disappointing - Adulthood Rites by Octavia Butler

I like the idea that Life potentially starts in every moment, but the execution was just okay - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Rather the opposite of splendid - Dancing at Midnight by Julia Quinn

A really good premise ruined by casual racism and poor characterization - A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Not a book for me. - Memorial by Bryan Washington

The Most Dangerous Thing – Laura Lippman (2011) - The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman

I read Killing Eve so you don’t have to - Codename Villanelle (Killing Eve #1) by Luke Jennings

There’s a good story in here somewhere - The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

CBR13 #2: A Book of Luminous Things – Edited by Czesław Miłosz - A Book of Luminous Things by Czesław Miłosz

Follow me to Ground – Sue Rainsford (2020) - Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford

Who started the fire? - Three Perfect Liars by Heidi Perks

Cozy mystery a la mode - A Deadly Inside Scoop (Ice Cream Parlor Mystery Series, Book 1) by Abby Collette

Tourists and revolutionaries and crocodiles – oh my! - Tourist Season by Carl Hiaason

Have you ever wondered what post-apocalyptic Ohio would be like? Yeah, me neither. - Queen City Jazz by Kathleen Ann Goonan

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