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3 Star Reviews

The Blood of an Englishman - The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley

Hi, I’m the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Elmore, a warmhearted porcupine who’s desperate to make friends….does! - Elmore by Holly Hobbie.

I should have enjoyed this more than I did - Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin

Not my favorite Moore, but, serviceable humor: a resounding shrug. - A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore

James and the giant meh - James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Balogh Gives Us Young Love (CBR10Bingo) - The Arrangement (Survivors Club #2) by Mary Balogh

The girl behind the legend – CBR10 Bingo: Not my wheelhouse - I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick

Drugs and Other Unreliable Narrators - Jesus' Son: Stories by Denis Johnson

The Book Sensation That’s Sweeping The Nation! - Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward

Why me? Ugh - Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews

A Sparkling World of Intrigue - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Super by the numbers - The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell

History isn’t something that’s done with, it’s what’s happening right now - Everyday People by Stewart O'Nan

So…I guess I like James Ellroy now? - The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

Abundantly tedious - Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

Are you Never Satisfied? - Never Satisfied by Dave Horowitz

My Wife and I Could’ve Read Something More Interesting - Prime Suspect by Lynda La Plante

CBR Bingo: Listicles - Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Liz and Jimmy Reed have another Sweet Success - Sweet Success by Liz and Jimmy Reed

No tricks just treats here! - Bone Soup A Spooky Tasty Tale and Samurai Scarecrow by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Rubin Pingk

This Book Could Have Been Any Number of Bingo Squares (CBR10Bingo) - The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words. - The French Lieutenants Woman by John Fowles

Holy freaking crap this was a long book. - The City of Mirrors: A Novel (Book Three of The Passage Trilogy) by Justin Cronin

I would bet money that Stephen King has never been to North Carolina - Joyland by Stephen King

Dandelions Grow Strong in the Harshest Conditions - The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

Classical and modern take on love and children in a new picture book - Love You More by Gary Urda

My question is, why is this a kid’s book? - The Berenstain Bears: We Love Soccer! by Mike Berenstain

Stevie Edwards is a poet, editor, and educator: read why that is - Sadness Workshop: Poems by Stevie Edwards

#CBR10 Bingo: Backlog – Outcast - Outcast by Adrienne Kress

Stories About Fish People Are Actually About MORE Than Just Fish People, You Know? - Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz

Lindsey could practically feel the air getting thicker. It was like humidity, only skankier - Get in Trouble by Kelly Link

A life had been ruined. What was it for: just some social media drama? - So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

All Those Seafood Descriptions Sure Sound Tasty To Me! - Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown

You Don’t Have to Sell Your Soul to Buy this Book (Because it’s free on Kindle!) - The Exorcism of Sara May by Joe Hart

Chief of Staff Reading List #14 - The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World by Ruchir Sharma

Turns out astronauts are massive nerds - Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe by Mike Massimino

BINGO! Or Rose becomes a Real Girl and hates it. - The Girl in the Green Silk Gown by Seanan McGuire

Free on Kindle! And I liked it, too! - And the Sea Called Her Name by Joe Hart

Origins of Gotham - Batman: Gates of Gotham by Scott Snyder, Kyle Higgins, Trevor McCarthy

Emma Drives a Mini Cooper - Emma: A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith

Sweet, if a little airy - Stray City by Chelsey Johnson

I was cruising right along for the first half, and then. . . - Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

So, yeah. . .I read this - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes

The Dr (Seuss) will see you now - Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss

Miss Marple of Botswana – comforting and interesting when you need a break - Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 2) by Alexander McCall Smith

Here Comes the Rain Again (CBR10Bingo) - Rain: A Natural and Cultural History by Cynthia Barnett

Maybe It Was Good But I Didn’t Like It (CBR10 BINGO) - Faces in the Water by Janet Frame

“There is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul.” (CBR10 Bingo) - The Long Way Home (Inspector Gamache #10) by Louise Penny, Ralph Cosham (narrator)

Hungry for Love, Ready to Drown - The Stranger Game by Cylin Busby

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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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