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3 Star Reviews

Miranda is having the kind of day best spent in bed. - Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

A Better Person Would Write a House Metaphor Here - The Realm of Last Chances by Steve Yarbrough

*fans self* - The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan

Good book, if somewhat unbelievable at times - Little Girl Lost by Carol E Wyer

Don’t Feed Dogs Chocolate, Although That’s Not What The Problem Was - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman

Fatigue is setting in… - The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell

He Had Me Right Up Until the Sasquatch Started Singing - In the Oceans of the Night by Gregory Benford

Peculiar fail saved by Sharon - The Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Rue-ing a mid-series disappointment - Imprudence by Gail Carriger

And from this seed grew a tree of discontent - (R)evolution by PJ Manney

Great expectations brought low - An Honest President by H. Paul Jeffers

For the scientifically inclined cat lady. - Cat Sense by John Bradshaw

Chaotic Dash Through Time to Save England’s History - A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor

Historical Fluffiness from the Forties - China Dolls by Lisa See

Not so much with the chaos. Mostly they just meander. - Lord of Chaos (Wheel of Time, #6) by Robert Jordan

Nowhere that any reasonable person might fix the blame - Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

Ever wonder how your life could’ve been different if you made different choices? - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Spirited away - A wrinkle in time by Madeleine L'Engle

Challenging isn’t always satisfying… - Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

A Film Noir State of Mind - My Life in Black and White by Kim Izzo

The Fool Monty - The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket

The Blandest of Ashes - The Beautiful Ashes by Jeaniene Frost

What Friction? - Friction by Sandra Brown

Why should I care? - The sixth extinction by Elisabeth Kolbert

‘Falling in love is a desolating experience, but not when it is with a countryside.’ - H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

Love in a moving carriage, living it up while you’re feeling down. - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

The Incident at the Barbeque - Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty

The Dutch Used to be Uptight - The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

Where Classic Gets Bitter - My Not So Perfect Life: A Novel by Sophie Kinsella

Should Have Been a Short Story - The Overlook by Michael Connelly

“But here’s the thing: none of us deserve anything. That’s an illusion we all exist under.” - What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan

All’s Fair in Love and Dragonfire - Heart Stone by Elle Katharine White

Watch out boy she’ll chew you up! - Junko Mizuno's Princess Mermaid by Junko Mizuno

Not just for kids - Predator's Gold by Philip Reeve

What happens when Jane Eyre leaps off the pages? - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

A novel about cricket and sexuality in India - Selection Day by Aravind Adiga

Uh oh. - Ms. Marvel, Volume 5: Super Famous by G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyazawa, Adrian Alphona, and Nico Leon

Eh. Room was better. - The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

Folktales Redux - Little Lit: Folktales & Funnies by Art Spiegelman, Francoise Mouly

Topping the list of things I do not miss: Being a teenager. - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Three hundred pages of ‘meh’. - Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno

Shitty ex’s and poorly written poetry - The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

You Really Shouldn’t Share Mascara…That’s My Takeaway From All of This - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

The Nest? More like the Mess! - The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

Not as Bad as 47 Ronin (Keanu Version) But Not Great Either - Wolverine: Old Man Logan Vol. 3: The Last Ronin by Jeff Lemire

I am flabbergasted at the level of hypocrisy — Should I read book 2? - Diana Gabaldon by Outlander

Pawns in the Game - Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley

How many cats DOES it take to qualify as a crazy cat lady? - The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World by Abigail Tucker

“I’m afraid that if I stop writing I’ll stop thinking and start feeling.” - The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

Or Say No, No Is Okay Too - Just Say Yes by Rosalind James

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