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3 Star Reviews

If Your Nerdiest English Professor Wrote A Cookbook - MLA Members Cook by Modern Language Association

Kayla understood this as a fundamental difference between men and women: men could leave, women had to stay - The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu

Oh h*ck I’m gonna buy the whole series - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Good, eh, okay, and sweet - A Very Austen Christmas by Robin Helm, Laura Hile, Wendi Sotis, Barbara Cornthwaite

Fun but ultimately unfulfilling - Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide by J.K. Rowling

See the light and check out this book - Claudia & Moth by Jennifer Hansen Rolli

“Snow happens weather you like it or not.” - When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan

Damned by high expectations – An ARC review - The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons

Ringing in the New Year with Deadpool - Spider-Man/Deadpool, Vol 2: Side Pieces by Scott Aukerman, Gerry Duggan,

most innovative use of a pizza oven 2019 - The Lucky One by Caroline Overington

The Start of Something that Hasn’t Quite Found It’s Footing Just Yet - The Foxhole Court (All for the Game #1) by Nora Sakavic

The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions - The Golden House by Salman Rushdie

“Not a wind, not even a high, exactly, but an elevation. A sense that you had gone beyond yourself and could go farther still.” - Elevation by Stephen King

Somehow Douglas Adams + Neil Gaiman doesn’t work - Don't Panic by Neil Gaiman

Mirabel’s Valentines are missing, but don’t miss this tail… - Mirabel's Missing Valentines by Janet Lawler

Not a Selfie Stick in sight (thank goodness) - Me, Myselfie & I: A Cautionary Tale by Jamie Lee Curtis

Took a year to read but worth it….. - St. Trigger by Aaron Coleman

I’ve Finally Been Educated - Educated by Tara Westover

Sort of a Lost Art - Script & Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting by Kitty Burns Florey

Good, I suppose? Does this even count as a western? I’m counting it. - A Lost Lady by Willa Cather

A Gritty Young Adult Family Drama - The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell

Then One Where We Meet Cheryl Blossom - Archie, Vol. 3 by Mark Waid

Archie + Drama = Are We Surprised? - Archie, Vol. 2 by Mark Waid

Sadly, a disappointment after I’d been looking forward to it for years. - Pulp by Robin Talley

About the reaction you would accept from a book with a character who is simply the other one in the title - The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

The End of the Initial Series though there are more - Faefever by Karen Marie Moning

This book is definitely extra. - Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7) by Sarah J. Maas

It’s unsurprising that I struggled to reach the minimum length for this review, given this is all short stories. Also, unrelated: Cannonball! - by

Read Harder Challenge 2018 Complete! Final Cannonball 10 Review! - The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

“LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?” - Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

In the nick of time, my first ever CANNONBALL! - The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

A love letter to video games - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

David Mitchell is slightly grumpy about things - Thinking about it only makes it worse by David Mitchell

A sweet little book about walking - Walk: The Path to a More Mindful Life by Sholto Radford

A collection of minor disappointments. - The Dragonbone Chair, The Japanese Lover, Legend, Lovecraft Country by Tad Williams, Isabel Allende, David Gemmell, Matt Ruff

End of CBR10 panic post!!! - Only the Rain, Dead Even by Randall Silvis, Brad Meltzer

Shocking that 19th century men didn’t like this novel! - The Awakening by Kate Chopin

What is Better than Mommy and Daddy Love? - My Mommy Medicine by various

Ending the year on a rather mediocre note - The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

Two more books that will tie up your day with reading - Making a Friend and Amy is Famous. by Tammi Sauer and Barbara Bottner

That sounds far-fetched - My Dog Laughs by Rachel Isadora

“Are you a born writer? Were you put on earth to be a painter, a scientist, an apostle of peace? In the end the question can only be answered by action. Do it or don’t do it.” - The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield

Shoulder Shrug – Into the Water - Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

Put down the Google. All the answers you’re looking for are in this book. - Does It Fart? The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence by Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti

When the Ghosts Come Ashore and every place else - When the Ghosts Come Ashore by Jacqui Germain

“Conflicted” would have been a more accurate title - Educated by Tara Westover

…sometimes you need to scorch everything to the ground and start over - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

What if you threw an apocalypse and no one came? Aw-kward. - Ragnarok Unwound by Kristin Jacques

Beautiful Writing Throughout, but the Last Quarter or So Left Me Unsatisfied - The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

Your Roman holiday - Magic Tree House Vacation Under the Volcano #13 by Mary Pope Osborne

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  • drmllz
    on “I’d looked into the face of death. I’d mistaken him for a friend.”
    The apartment is highly aspirational for sure. Great review!
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    on Dungeon Crawler Carl
    I hate to break it to you, but there are mentions of rape in at least the first book, including...
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    on CBR Diversion – Describe a Book Badly!
    I love your Gatsby one. I'm not good at these but I'll give it a try. Legends & Lattes: green...
  • Tracy
    on “Maybe that was what kept them alive. Not magic, not muscle, but catching each other when the world tried to drop them.”
    Fully agree about Angel.
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    Murderbot: a robot realizes it’d rather binge TV than murder everyone.... and nobody will leave them alone so they can........
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