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3 Star Reviews

This movie can’t be anything like the book… - A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell

Only two more of these books to go! I hope someone gives me a medal. - Chainfire (Sword of Truth, #9) by Terry Goodkind

The most important question in video game development has nothing to do with making video games. - Blood Sweat and Pixels by Jason Schreier

“How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.” - Dracula by Bram Stoker

Entertaining Story But With Missed Opportunities - Supernova by Marissa Meyer

“Love is desire sustained by unfulfillment.” - The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

Two nerdy characters and a make-over fake dating plot – in a Regency romance - My Fake Rake by Eva Leigh

Continuing Tsubasa read through. Volumes 17 – 22 - Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 17 by CLAMP; Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 18 by CLAMP; Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 19 by CLAMP; Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 20 by CLAMP; Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 21 by CLAMP; Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 22 by CLAMP

This book was fine. That’s about it - Suddenly Last Summer by Sarah Morgan

Okay, I think I’m really done with Riordan after this series is over. I’m serious this time. - The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4) by Rick Riordan

Non Fiction End of Year Round- Up - The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn; The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein; Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results by Josh Gondelman; People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo- and the Evil that Swallowed Her Up by Richard Lloyd Parry; Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant by Joel Golby; The Library Book by Susan Orlean

This one was a disappointment for me, but not the worst thing I’ve ever read. - The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

One Can Tell It Was Written in 1954 - The Little Dictionary of Fashion by Christian Dior

I Don’t Have Room For a Fancy Entrance to My Apartment - Home Sweet Maison: The French Art of Making a Homes by Danielle Postel-Vinay

Continuing Tsubasa read through. Volumes 14 – 16 - Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 14 by CLAMP; Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 15 by CLAMP; Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle Vol. 16 by CLAMP

I release the lock. I open the door. That’s the best definition of love. - The Dark Dark by Samantha Hunt

Books are letters in bottles, cast into the waves of time, from one person trying to save the world to another. - This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

His name was apparently Charles Penrose and the record was called The Adventures of the Laughing Policeman. - The Laughing Policeman by Maj Slowall and Per Wahloo

- Naming the Jungle by Antoine Volodine

We are being pursued by guys. - Coyote Doggirl by Laura Hanavalt; LaGuardia by Nnedi Okorofor; Black History in its Own Words by Ron Wimberly; FTL, Ya'll by C Spike Trotman

In describing his own feelings that I felt he was making my own confession. - Corydon by Andre Gide

She misses believing in God. - Florida by Lauren Groff

I can’t really fault the book… - A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab

Have you lost your mind? Experienced religion? Or any other dreadful thing? - Louisa May Alcott's Christmas Treasury by Louisa May Alcott

A couple of not so thrilling thrillers - The Invited by Jennifer McMahon; The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth

You Had Me at Hello - You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi McFarlane

Where It All Started – the first Expanse novel - Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

Intended and Unintended Consequences - Grave Dance by Kalayna Price

My Portal to Another Land would definitely not lead to Candy Land - Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

Though It All Comes Together, Still Felt Like Too Much Story in One Heist Novel - The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes

Definitely Something That Benefits from a Group Discussion - Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

“I understand what you’re saying, and your comments are valuable, but I’m gonna ignore your advice.” - Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

If you want to be happy - Happier Now by Nataly Kogan

Inspector Rebus goes to London - Tooth and Nail by Ian Rankin

Parable of the Sower-Graphic Novel - Parable of the Sower by Damien Duffy

Just As You Are - Just As You Are by Kate Mathieson

Apparently it’s analogies week here on Octothorp’s Review Page - Circe by Madeline Miller

Always use your own bat. - M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker

Didn’t really work for me, but will give the author a couple more tries. Yes, Malin and Mrs. J, I will be reading #5 next 🙂 - The Perils of Pleasure (Pennyroyal Green, #1) by Julie Anne Long

Just a real bummer here, as this first trilogy sputters to a close. - Fire Study (Study, #3) by Maria V. Snyder

Still Waters Run Deep - The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler

The Profanity Felt Forced - Fucking Good Manners by Simon Griffin

I think I might be done with YA sci-fi. - Ignite the Stars (Ignite the Stars, #1) by Maura Milan

A trip to the Moor is a trip to Dullsville, unfortunately. - The Moor (Mary Russell, #4) by Laurie R. King

Hallmark After Dark! - Esther: Royal Beauty by Angela Hunt

Hockey love! - Superfan by Sarina Bowen

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani

Literally all sizzle and no steak - Gastrophysics by Charles Spense

The perfect order for 26 letters - Al Pha’s Bet by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

The Past Is Not Through With Us - Shadow of a Tiger by Dennis Lynds (Michael Collins)

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