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3 Star Reviews

Barbara did whatever she set her mind to do - Because Barbara: Barbara Cooney Paints Her World by Sarah MacKenzie

Let the Right One In - The Outsider by Stephen King

A lot is going on in this book - Only the Guilty Survive by Kate Robards

“But the hubris of excess has mortal consequences.” - Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang

It’s not a walk in the woods - At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson

An extraordinary friendship (cannonball!) - The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien by John Hendrix

Kind of a Miserable Home, Actually - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Style over substance but not in a bad way - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

Escapist Fun - The Expats by Chris Pavone

“What would happen if we spoke the truth?” - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

I finally read Fourth Wing (Bingo blackout, just before the deadline!) - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Still looking for the comedy - That's Debatable by Jen Doll

Filled my Earth Day square! (Double bingo) - The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Fine But Not What I Was Hoping For - Women Without Kids by Ruby Warrington

My love/hate relationship with surprises and how it lead me to finding a book to recommend - Dear Duck, Please Come! by Sarah MacKenzie

Dogs slobber! They smell! They POOP! And they bark! - Dog Trouble by Kristin Varner

Finding home - Brownstone by Samuel Teer and Marina Julia

Taverns have ale flowing, wenches are wenching and pirates pirating. - Sea of Thieves by Jeremy Whitley; Sea of Thieves: Origins Volume One by Jeremy Whitley; Sea of Thieves: Origins: Champion of Souls by Jeremy Whitley

“For that brief period when everything ugly is covered under the sparkle of something so new, the world almost feels like it’s living up to its potential.” - The Project by Courtney Summers

Don’t Bring Helen! (Or Please Do) - The Expectant Detectives by Kat Ailes

“With the mystery genre booming in print and on screen at present, I have had no problem satisfying my cravings for crime.” - Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers by Marta McDowell

Romance in NYC - Best Men by Sidney Karger

No one is born knowing how friends work. You figure it out as you go along. - Icarus by K. Ancrum

Twist and Shout - The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware

“All I’ve ever tried to do is the right thing. If that’s so very different from how things have been done before, then what’s done before was wrong.” - To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

Hello Darkness My Old Friend - The Lock-Up by John Banville; Alles Wat er Was by Hanna Bervoets

A little history–with many asides and jokes - Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell

The Other Side of Huckleberry Finn - James by Percival Everett

One pill makes you larger / And one pill makes you small / And the ones that mother gives you / Don’t do anything at all - Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson

When Clever Isn’t Quite Enough - Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

So much promise, yet so bland - The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

“Bourgeois fistula! Bourgeois fistula!” the rest of the dolphins chimed in unison. - Starter Villain by John Scalzi

The sneakers don’t make the girl - Nansi Graphic Novel Volume 1 Way Off Track by Carl Brundtland

When I was you and you were me - Operation: Cover-Up (Volume 1) by Tate Godwin

“We work together. I give you a soft, stable place to recharge. You energize and embolden me.” - Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks

Creepy Girl Stan Club - The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab

From India to Israel - The Blue Butterfly of Cochin by Ariana Mizrahi & Siona Benjamin (Illustrator)

Leif’s green thumb and big heart - Leif's Gift by Michael Wang

Careful what you wish for - The Knitting Witch: A Spellbinding Tale of Magic and Mischief by Norma Kassirer

Rule Britannia - Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell

Start of the cooking theme and a Jem Milton connection - Voyage de Gourmet by Paul Tobinm; Hunger Heart V01 by Jem Milton

B***h Barbecues Bad Guys - Broken Luna (Broken Trilogy Book 1) by Paulina Vasquez

Camp, love, broken friendships - Paper Planes by Jennie Wood

If ducks can solve mysteries maybe fairies are real? - Detective Duck V02 The Case of the Missing Tadpole by Henry Winkler; Fairy Door Diaries: Eliza and the Flower Fairies by Megan McDonald

Presenting: Awkward and Amusing truths - The Secret Lives of Candy Hearts by Tommy Siegel

A field trip for the ages - Lost In The Future V01: The Storm by Damian

Feelings Wo-o-o feelings - Max and the Purple Worry by Kitty Black; Sometimes When I'm Jealous by Deborah Serani

Sitcoms opening people’s minds and hearts - Hi Honey, I'm Homo! by Matt Baume

Surprisingly modern for stories written over 30 years ago. - Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki

“I want – I want – I want – was all that she could think about – but just what this real want was she did not know.” - Carson McCullers: A Life by Mary V. Dearborn

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