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3 Star Reviews

Ghostwriter, the pattern is full - The Hookup (Moonlight & Motor Oil Series Book 1) by Kristen Ashley

Maybe J. K. Rowling should, I don’t know, write a new story? - The Hogwarts Collection/Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling

Gradient on a curve - The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia StClair

The best way to find a murderer - The Likeness by Tana French

‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Is a Brilliant Novel, But Is It Good? - 'Lincoln in the Bardo' by George Saunders

Sebastian! - Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas

Too short but very sweet - Almost Midnight by Rainbow Rowell

New Package, Same Stuff - Things Are What You Make of Them by Adam J. Kurtz

Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems - Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

Tentacles Everywhere - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

In Candyland the Baker is God - Beneath The Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

An unnecessary sequel? - The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

An Age for Everything - An Age of License: a Travelogue by Lucy Knisley

The Fairly Fascinating Account of the Most Secluded Hermit in America - Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

Half a War – only kept me half engaged - Half a War: Shattered Sea book 3 by Joe Abercrombie

These Gods Are Definitely Crazy - American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Yo, I Don’t Know What I Read…But It Was Fine - The Halloween Children by Brian James Freeman and Norman Prentice

Bats gets a dose of Karma from Shiva - Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 3 - League of Shadows by James Tynion IV, Art by Marcio Takara & Christian Duce

Long Book is Long - A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

Sleeping for a while doesn’t sound that bad … - Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King

‘Fire and Fury’ Is a Steve Bannon Tell-All Written by Michael Wolff - Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff

Misbehaving with the fiance’s brother - Lady Be Bad by Megan Frampton

Forensic science of the whole person. - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

Yo ho, Yo ho, A Pirate’s Life For Me - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Mediocrity at every turn. But maybe it’s just me? - The Life We Bury (Detective Max Rupert #1) by Allen Eskens

Romancing the lady next door - The Lady Chose by Stephanie Laurens

Hard to get into at first but then packs a whammy at the end. - Strange Dogs (The Expanse, #6.5) by James S.A. Corey

Just Google It Already - Starter House by Sonja Condit

“When the fresh patient comes to me the usual query is: “Will I be able to speak like the King?” and my reply is: “Yes, if you will work like he does.” - The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy by Mark Logue, Peter Conradi

Every time I see you falling, I get down on my knees and pray - That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston

Trust Me, Hansel and Gretel Are Sweet!: The Story of Hansel and Gretel as Told by the Witch - Trust Me, Hansel and Gretel Are Sweet! by Nancy Loewen

God rest her soul and may she never walk at night - The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

“I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.” - Meditations in an Emergency by Frank O'Hara

Short and Simple Expansion on a Couple of my Favourite Star Wars Characters - Guardians of the Whills by Greg Rucka

High school drama with vampires - Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

More pathos, less cop drama, please - What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan

Keep the Window Open, Wendy. - City of Jasmine by Deanna Raybourn

A Romance with Real People - Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai

“Never give up on your dreams, and never let anyone tell you that what you love is inconsequential or useless or a waste of time. Because if you love it?…That is never a waste of time.” - Geekerella: A Fangirl Fairy Tale by Ashley Poston

“I did not know why my heart was beating faster than usual. Then I remembered. The old reason.” - The Country Girls Trilogy by Edna O'Brien

Duped Again by a Playful Book Jacket - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan

Take a Whisk to a Gun Fight - Mise en Death: A LeBeau Chocolates Adventure (Bittersweet Mysteries) by Nikki Woolfolk

“He isn’t the kind of man to keep up literary production as a paying business.” - New Grub Street by George Gissing

Perfectly ok novel, but it was read by Fat Tony, so there you go. - The Godfather by Mario Puzo

Spooky and snoozy - The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

One for the times - Startup: A Novel by Doree Shafrir

Love Children Through the Ages or Where Did That Old Car Come From? - Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams

You remember Alice? It’s a song about Alice… - Alice by Christina Henry

Left me cold - The Fire Gospel by Michel Faber

I now need to bathe in bleach. - Happy Like Murderers by Gordon Burns

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