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3 Star Reviews

This cabinet is more than a family antique heirloom - The Cabinet by Jordan Hart, David Ebeltof, and Chiara Raimondi

Brother where art thou? - Bringing Back Kay-Kay by Dev Kothari

In the middle of the night… and the beginning and even the end…. - The Mixed-Up Owl by Marzena Sowa and Joanna Lorho

The Male Loneliness Epidemic - The Magicians by Lev Grossman

It was easier to read once I had the mental image of Robert Pattinson as Mickey in my head - Mickey7 by Edward Ashton

‘The Idea Is, Even if I Do Explode, I’m Only Going to Be a Risk to Sheep’ - Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch

hot take this utterly infuriating book that almost makes me want to join Phyllis Schlafly - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

Paranormal Activity but Passive-Aggressive - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St James

My first encounter with the source material - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Creating seasons where none exist (Groundhog Day part II) - On the Calculation of Volume II by Solvej Balle

Can You Ever Go Home Again? (And Should You?) - You Belong Here by Megan Miranda

hot take the vibe was good, but the magic system (or witchcraft, or what have you) suffered from some floppiness that ruins the tension - Weyward by Emilia Hart

Girl in a Band: A Memoir - Girl in a Band: A Memoir by Kim Gordon

When your abandoned lighthouse is not so abandoned after all - The Ghost of Wreckers Cove by Angelica Del Campo, Christian Argiz and Liniers

Are theses snafus? I guess? - Snafu: The Definitive Guide to History’s Greatest Screwups by Ed Helms

The written car wreck - In the End We All Die: A Graphic Novel by Tobias Aeschbacher

B is for Bingo and Batcat - Batcat V03 Cooking Contest! by Meggie Ramm.

Another Man’s Poison (George & Molly Palmer-Jones #5) by Ann Cleeves - Another Man's Poison by Ann Cleeves

Starts strong, fizzles in the middle - The Odds of Getting Even by Amanda Sellet

Culture has many forms - The Runaway Pancake by Tiny Fisscher; Sleep Here, Wake There by Caio Zero

Adopt from the Shelter for Slightly Magical Pets. It’s magically mischievous - Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home by A.R. Capetta

Okay… I am reading volume 2… - Grand Slam Romance Volume 1 by Ollie Hicks, Emma Oosterhous

The Children of Eve by John Connolly - The Children of Eve by John Connolly

A Theory of Dreaming - A Theory of Dreaming by Ava Reid

Meet the Met - All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley

“I once thought opportunities were ever arising, but now, older, I realize how thinly the door to destiny opens, how quickly it shuts.” - Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed

Fuck your Southern “honor” - The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson

meandering thoughts about grandiose concepts does not an award winner make, please - Orbital by Samantha Harvey

And you thought your Nanny was a strict monster! - The Sleepover: A Graphic Novel by Michael Regina

Ground Control to Major Tom - Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Interesting elements but a little disappointing - Inspector Imanishi Investigates by Seicho Matsumoto

I think I prefer her contemporaries - Manic Pixie Dream Earl by Jenny Holiday

Reindeer Games - How to Slay at Christmas by Sarah Bonner

“There’s a difference between someone loving you and agreeing with every single thing you do.” - It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

Prime Minister by day, detective by night - Felix Grey and the Descendent by Mario Theodorou

“I hate caring about stuff. But apparently once you start, you can’t just stop.” - Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

Magic in the Tea and Maybe Something Else - The Elegant Courtly Life of the Tea Witch vol. 1 by Ameko Kaeruda, Yorifuji

A Hallmark Movie with Talking Plants and Flying Cats - The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

Lee Miller’s War - Lee Miller: A Life by Carolyn Burke

A Perfectly Cromulent Book - Stupid TV, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed Television - and America - Forever by Allan Siegel

“Death was pain and sickness, and terror of the long, blind, last step.” - Paragon Walk (A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel, #3) by Anne Perry

“The cynical would say there was only one reason a high-profile specialist finally took up the cause. On June 7, 1925, the first male employee of the United States Radium Corporation died.” - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore

There lived a fox - Fox and the Mystery Letter by Alex G. Griffiths

Book 3 of Venin, Love, and Dragons - Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Strong start, weird finish - Guard Your Daughters by Diana Tutton

Back to the beginning - The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett; The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett

Poptimism - Hit Girls: Britney, Taylor, Beyoncé, and the Women Who Built Pop's Shiniest Decade by Nora Princiotti

All About Norma Desmond - Close-Up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, and the Dark American Dream by Sam Staggs

Not Enough Bite - Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu

Runner’s high - Elevation by Stephen King

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