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3 Star Reviews

Little foxes, little foxes, little foxes made of ticky-tacky - The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman

No Spoilers except: meh. - Crooked House by Agatha Christie

“I was maybe the only person to ever have his imaginary friend made real.” - A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

One Flew Over the Catcher’s Rye - The Patterns of Paper Monsters by Emma Rathbone

In Vietnamese, ru means a lullaby, a lull. - Ru by Kim Thuy

When dystopia and documentary begin to merge..down to sexist male fantasies. - 1984 by Goerge Orwell

Elementary Magic is Afoot - Drink Deep by Chloe Neill

Okay Second Book in Miss Fisher’s Murder Series - Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood

Dammit, Brashares! - Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood #5) by Ann Brashares

“Life is rarely about what happened; it’s mostly about what we think happened.” - Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman

Book-culiarities: The book is fine, but I turned this review into a survey on bookly habits. - Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman

It’s probably not normal to say this book reminds you of your childhood - Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin

Finding arguments of no avail - Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte

How much wood would a druid chuck if a druid could chuck wood? - Staked by Kevin Hearne

“I am not all human women… you are what all women fear in this world” - The Devourers by Indra Das

Divorced, beheaded and died; divorced, beheaded, survived - The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir

Easy money - The grownup by Gillian Flynn

Half the World – not half as interesting as the 1st book in series - Half the World: Shattered Sea book 2 by Joe Abercrombie

They Could Break the Ice by Talking About What He Liked in Bed??? - Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand

The Macaroni and Cheese of Fantasy Books - Darkness of the Light by Peter David

Write your own ending - Out by Natsuo Kirino

Elementary, my dear Cannonballers. - A Study in Scarlet (Part 1 of Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection) by Arthur Conan Doyle, narrated by Stephen Fry

Well that was….. different…. - The Devourers by Indra Das

A good conclusion to a fun trilogy - Every Move by Ellie Marney

But Where Could She Have Gone? - Missing Wives, Missing Lives by J.J. Slate

Cannonball! - It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell

“She knew whose love she doubted. It wasn’t her parents’ and it wasn’t her friends: It was her own. ” - Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood #4) by Ann Brashares

“When you feel someone else’s pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you know you really loved them.” - Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood #3) by Ann Brashares

“But then she hadn’t just learned to love this summer – she had also learned how to need.” - The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood #2) by Ann Brashares

Never expected so many doppelgängers to be roaming the same city, but alright - Kill me again by Rachel Abbott

Good for Gilmore Girls Fans - Talking as Fast as I Can by Lauren Graham

I miss when I cared deeply about this series - Feversong (Fever #8) by Karen Marie Moning

Sludging Toward Bethlehem - The Widow's Children by Paula Fox

A Cliffhanger Ending I Wasn’t Expecting - Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill

A sci fi master’s earlier work - I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

The Mad (Angry) Buddha in the Attic - Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

A much-hyped middle-grade book that wasn’t my cuppa, but still worth the read. - Wonder by R.J. Palacio

An inspiring story, but not what I expected - I Love Idi Amin by Bishop Festo Kivengere

A new to me and unusual science fiction saga. - Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold

In his moccasins - Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

The story of my life doesn’t exist. - The Lover by Marguerite Duras

Would you stay if she promised to you heaven? - The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett

Kleypas is getting demoted - Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas

Accurately Titled - Almost Interesting by David Spade

Fluff is a great name for a cat. - I'm Just a Person by Tig Notaro

“You also have a reputation as an assassin.” she said. “Mmmm. It’a a wonder I have time to eat breakfast with all I do.” - Between the Devil and the Duke by Kelly Bowen

I Came For the Dystopia, I Left With the Misogyny - 1984 by George Orwell

There was no sign of sympathy or surprise - Revenge by Yoko Ogawa

This is not a story-teller’s story - The Spark by Edith Wharton

It’s all about the Detectives - The Trespasser by Tana French

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