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3 Star Reviews

They’re All Grown Up - Last Night's Scandal by Loretta Chase

Nothing’s More Important than Family, Right? - The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen

A Well-Written Romance Novel But Not Quite for Me - Pansies by Alexis Hall

It’s a bloody thing, being a vampire - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

A Lullaby for your little one - A Lullaby of Summer Things by Natalie Reif Ziarnik

Manners (and compelling eyes) - One Word from Sophia by Jim Averbeck

Saving a marriage…for a little while - Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle

Las Mariposas – Sisters standing up to a murderous dictator - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

I had to stop reading this at night - And The Sea Called Her Name by Joe Hart

Did someone order another budding chef story? - Brave Chef Brianna by Sam Sykes, Selina Espiritu, Sarah Stern

Who’s the stranger in this house? - A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena

WWCTCD: When We Come Together to Celebrate Diversity - All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman

If We Don’t Eat Our Classmates, what is a poor Dino to Do? - We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Don’t Go Hitchhiking - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

Mr. Monkey Books One and Two - Mr. Monkey series by Jeff Mack

Well lookie here….. - Look by Fiona Woodcock

“I’ve got the bad blood in me I think, the mad uncle, the bit of the bullet.” - My Wicked Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros

Don’t eat that but read this! - Don’t Eat That by Drew Sheneman

I am not your subject or your servant, and if you want a cowering mouse for a wife, go find someone else who can turn silver to gold for you. - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

So This Actually Worked … - Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

Capers are better with magic - The Paladin Caper by Patrick Weekes

An Engineer is no match for a Historian with his dander up! - Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

“…do you think it could happen in real life?” “What?” “For someone to have no conscience?” - Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott

Not every story needs a love story - All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai

All couples start off as Romeo and Juliet and end up as Laurel and Hardy. - My Ex-Life by Stephen McCauley

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine is… fine. - Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman

Walking the Dog or Dog Walking Owner? - Walk Your Dog by Elizabeth Stevens Omlor

Cece Loves Science Experiments - Cece Loves Science by Kimberly Derting and Shelli R. Johannes

“I don’t believe in anything, but I’m too much of a gambler not to be affected by a lot of things.” - The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett

No Mourners, No Funerals - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Rot, the Cutest in the World?? - Rot, the Cutest in the World! by Ben Clanton

It’s not you, it’s me, and I’ve been horribly distracted to fully absorb this book - Void Star by Zachary Mason

A great addition to our contemporary canon - The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas

My first memory is of vomiting upon contact with the ginger-drenched air. - The Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat

The consequence of such mingling is that an individual who enters the communications system pursuing one interest soon becomes aware of stigmatized material on a broad range of subjects. - Fantasyland How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen

The Revolution Was Documented - The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever by Alan Sepinwall

I’m pissed I didn’t like this more. - Kindred by Octavia Butler

Are you a Grocery Store Expert? - Max Explains Everything: Grocery Store Expert by Stacy McAnulty

Apparently I skipped reviewing this one? - Judgment Cometh: and That Right Soon (Joe Dillard Series Book 8) by Scott Pratt

Pratchett Did It Better - Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

They get better as they go! - The Kingdom of Gods by N. K. Jemisin

Agatha Christie is Jesus; Also, Chimpanzees - The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel

The Real Mystery is the Economy of Three Pines - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

Oh, the Many Cages We Find Ourselves In - The Mermaid by Christina Henry

I don’t want to review this book, Part 2: The Remix - Everfair by Nisi Shawl

Don’t wanna be shamed? Maybe just don’t be a dick… - So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

Not for me. - The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara

Against my better judgement - Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton

Tiny bubbles Make me happy - Bubbles by Kit Chase

I read this, but I’m not sure I could convince anyone. - The Singularity Trap by Dennis E. Taylor

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