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3 Star Reviews

When you didn’t hate the book, but can’t think of the title: a meh-ish review. - Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

“No matter how catastrophic the rumor, people will always adjust and find it dull in hindsight. Or they forget about it altogether…” - These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas

Not as good as the hockey books - Coming in From the Cold by Sarina Bowen

Falling in love in/with Istanbul - The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

Cold Case, Serial Style - The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke

Fun, Quick, Cheap Indie Sci-Fi! With space robots! - The Wolf Itself (The Kestrel Chronicles Book 1) by Mikel Evans

Probably not the best review to read if you’re on the fence about these books…. - Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Not entirely my cuppa tea, but YMMV, Roundup - Stealing Jason Wilde, Everywhere & Every Way, Wicked Intentions by Dee Ernst, Jennifer Probst, Elizabeth Hoyt

Dean Koontz, I just can’t quit you - What the Night Knows (What The Night Knows #1) by Dean Koontz

I mean, he *says* he’s not - I Am Not A Serial Killer (John Cleaver #1) by Dan Wells

So my favorite story was the one with the warlord… - One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak

Court is in Session - The Verdict by Nick Stone

A new to me author I will warily keep my eye on - A Duchess in Name by Amanda Weaver

Four reviews for the price of one! - Reluctant Bride Collection: To Catch a Spinster, To Tame a Lady, To Wed the Widow, To Tempt the Saint by Megan Bryce

Peach Pie is a little too Saccharine for my Tastes - Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruits by Jaye Robin Brown

20th Century Orphan Girls - Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

Mystery of the Book Smell - The Masquerading Magician by Gigi Pandian

Broken steampunk promise - Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

I think many of us would like to visit this library - The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman

Cute but mysterious lady cop with a hidden past. Sure I’ll bite. - A Grave Talent by Laurie R King

Four Christmas Romance Novellas, No Gifts - You Had Me at Christmas by Karina Bliss, Stephanie Doyle, Jennifer Lohmann, and Molly O'Keefe

Convenient Exoticism and a Wedding Night Without Central Heating - Someone to Love by Mary Balogh

I’m Super Emotional All the Time Because Someone is Cursing Me. Yeah, That’s It. - The Curse Workers Series, Books 1-3 by Holly Black

Beautiful writing; bleak material - Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

Okay, sure. Girl, Train, Murder. Fine. - The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins

Just your standard A.J. Jacobs book. - Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs

Napoleonic France with MAGIC - The Guns of Empire by Django Wexler

A Final Trip to Green Gables - The Blythes Are Quoted by L.M. Montgomery

“This was when I learned one of the biggest secrets of being a woman, which is that much of the time, we don’t feel like we’re women at all.” - You'll Grow out of It by Jessi Klein

A little pretentious, a lot bizarre - The Last Days of New Paris by China Mieville

How to waste an unbelievably cool premise in execution. - Everfair by Nisi Shawl

We Were Alright - We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Not the Goonies, Not by a Long-shot - The Clasp by Sloane Crosley

Julie Anne Long tries her hand at a contemporary romance. She should stick with her historicals… - Hot in Hellcat Canyon by Julie Anne Long

A Long Trip in a Zepplin - The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter

In which I am confused about how I feel - Beard Science by Penny Reid

A marked improvement on the first one - Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Beginning of a Historical YA series - A Spy in the House (The Agency #1) by Y.S. Lee

BBC Radio to the Rescue - The Hobbit: or There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien

Practical Tactical Brilliance - Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell

Seriously Cinematic Comic Strips - Filmish: A Graphic Journey Through Film by Edward Ross

“Dependably good” doesn’t sound like high enough praise, but it’s meant to be - Faithful Place by Tana French

Not a fact to be found - Dave Barry's Bad Habits: A 100% Fact-Free Book by Dave Barry

Not much “there”, there. - The Dark Unwinding, A Spark Unseen by Sharon Cameron

I remember Ta-Nehisi Coates from the NPR show Tell Me More - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A disappointing middle book, built around some really neat stuff. - The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #2) by Cixin Liu

Light is the smiling blue-eyed daughter of a family of ruffians - Girl in the Dark: A Memoir of a Life Without Light by Anna Lyndsey

You make infidelity sound like a hole in the sidewalk. - Attachments: A Novel by Rainbow Rowell

Death and Mayhem (Or, This Book Title Does Not Rhyme) - Singapore Noir by Cheryl Lu-LIen Tan

There is No More Status Quo, But the Sun Comes Up and the World Still Spins - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

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    Ok, I haven't head of this coming out yet. I have to say when C. L. Polk is good, they...
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    I'm usually not one to read books aimed at young kids, but you've got me curious now
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    Yessss!
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    on Magic, Heists, Revenge
    This sounds so, so good. Looking forward to reading it when it comes out.
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