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3 Star Reviews

Cuddle up by the fire, and maybe phone a friend? - The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

Paltrow or Silverstone for me, please, but not my literary jam. - Emma by Jane Austen

Demi Moore, Inside Out - Inside Out: A Memoir by Demi Moore

Army Chief of Staff Reading List - Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam by H.R. McMaster; Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War by Paul Scharre; The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 by Paul Kennedy

The situation gets rough then I start to panic. - Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi

Dad Energy - A Ticket to the Boneyard by Lawrence Block

Psychology with a Whole Lot of Philosophy Thrown In - When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession by Irvin D. Yalom

Task Task Task - Taskmaster: 220 Extraordinary Tasks for Ordinary People by Alex Horne

Intriguing Story of the First Woman Pinkerton Detective - Girl in Disguise by Greer Macallister

Writing should in no case be postponed to an “after” - Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante; Whose Story is This? by Rebecca Solnit

Soul Food, Murder, and an Author Mystery Unraveled - Murder with Fried Chicken and Waffles by A. L. Herbert

Aside From Some Britishisms, It’s Basically the Same - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! NOLA and Its 300 Year History - City of a Million Dreams: A History of New Orleans at Year 300 by Jason Berry

Fake News-1890’s Edition - An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

History. What is it Good For? Good Television! - Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones by Ed West

An Alien Murder Mystery Set in Chicago - Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter

An Interesting Look at the Women’s Suffrage Movement - Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier

A Professional Reading Collection - The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups by Daniel Coyle; Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by William H. McRaven; The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom

New York Times Book Review told us: - Just Because by Mac Barnett; I Miss My Grandpa by Jin Xiaoling; The Famer by Abadia Ximo

Deuce Ex Machina - Die Trying (Jack Reacher #2) by Lee Child

Another rather forgettable Harris book - Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris

“We repeat what we don’t repair” - Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

Settle in for a cozy read with a Tim Horton’s coffee and a cruller. - Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

Kind of ridiculous and kind of fun - When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare

Reading Plays Just Isn’t For Me - Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley

Impressive, but left me a little cold - The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

Snow books to cozy up with - Snow Globe Wishes by Erin Dealey; Snow Much Fun! by Nancy Siscoe

3 Star Thrillers - An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena ; Lock Every Door by Riley Sager; The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

This guy sees dead people - Forgotten Bones (Dead Remaining Book 1) by Vivian Barz

Big Plot Hole Left Unanswered, Solid Romantic Suspense - Hold Me Close by Rosalind James

Books #9, #11, #12, and #13 of Escape to New Zealand Series Zig-Zag in Quality and Development - Just Stop Me by Rosalind James; Just Say (Hell) No by Rosalind James; Just Come Over by Rosalind James; Just Say Christmas by Rosalind James

Of course the guy on trial for murder didn’t do it! - Dead Center (Andy Carpenter Book 5) Kindle Edition by David Rosenfelt

Another creepy B. A. Paris story! - Bring Me Back by B. A. Paris

A Tale of a Brooklyn Bruja with some Alice in Wonderland Energy - Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

Don’t judge a picture book by the first page or two - My Cousin Momo by Zachariah Ohora

And Kingdom Hearts just gets more complex… - Kingdom Hearts Re:coded by Tomoco Kanemaki

This place may indeed be haunted. - The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

Hot Dog Girl - Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

Random and Clever - How To by Randall Munroe

I would probably have liked this better if the protagonist was the sister - The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

A #MeToo-summer Night’s Dream - A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

She wanted to say, Give me the police, the way people did in plays… - Beast in View by Margaret Millar

The Cool Crowd - The Cool Bean by Jory John

“It’s way past bedtime o’clock . . . . but somebody can’t sleep.” - Love Monster and the Scary Something by Rachel Bright

And I thought it odd when my classmates when to NJ to visit family - Between Us and Abuela: A Family Story from the Border by Mitali Perkins

Social Themes told the modern way - How to Put a Whale in a Suitcase by Raul Guridi

How can I find him and save him? - Forever Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid

McGee the Magnificent - The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper by John D. MacDonald

As close as I got to a Halloween read… - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

Oh, it’s a SERIES…. oops. - The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

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