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3 Star Reviews

Should I call this wholesome? Yeah. Yeah, I’m gonna call this wholesome. - The Resort (Room for 3 Book 1) by Ana Ashley

CBR15 Bingo: Edibles - Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

Fertilities - The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

Team seal or team penguin? - Seals are Jerks! by Jared Chapman

This isn’t too Sirius - Maple’s Theory of Fun by Kate McMillan

Wha’ happen? - A Fire Endless (Elements of Cadence, #2) by Rebecca Ross

Nostalgia Baking but for Whom? - Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis

WHen zombies may not be just zombies and the body and soul connection is not what anyone seems to think - Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

monsters and miracles in Mexico - The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

What were the choices? She had a bed-making intruder, she’d done it on autopilot, or the place was haunted. With bed-making ghosts. - Inheritance by Nora Roberts

Another one of those moments when Ruby had to choose whether to go crazy or just deal. A close call this time. - Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

Number One Fan- Huh. Didn’t blow me away, but I’m still thinking about that ending. - Number One Fan by Meg Elison

Don’t assume you know by the cover - The Ramadan Drummer by Sahtinay Abaza; Arthi’s Bomma by Mamta Nainy

‘since the play has gone down well, give us a clap/ and send us away with applause’ - Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard

A boy and his sister have a fight - Terrible Horses by Raymond Antrobus

Couple of warriors - Warrior Princess: The Story of Khutulun  by Sally Deng; Brand-New Bubbe by Sarah Aronson

Not deprived but satisfied - The Real Food Dietitians: the Real Food Table: 100 Easy & Delicious Mostly Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, and Dairy-Free Recipes for Every Day: a Cookbook by Jessica Beacom and Stacie Hassing

Rated C for Cute - Kitty Sweet Tooth Makes a Movie by Abby Denson

Prunella: A very nice skeleton, ah, girl, ah skeleton …. individual -  Prunella and the Cursed Skull Ring by Matthew Loux

Breezy, Fun Romance With a Side of Book Nerdery - The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest

“Traps upon traps. And riddles upon riddles” - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Yo Ho Ho and Treasure - Danger in the Deep Sea (2) (OceanX Adventures) by Kate B. Jerome

Old friendships and older bones - Madame Badobedah and the Old Bones by Sophie Dahl

Can You Detect a Lie? - Tremors in the Blood by Amit Katwala

“READER, I RAN the f*** away.” - A Deadly Education (Scholomance #1) by Naomi Novik

Duncan Kincaid Has Bad Judgement When It Comes to Women - Leave the Grave Green by Deborah Crombie

A Character Study Wrapped in a Mystery - All Shall Be Well by Deborah Crombie

Murder Does Not Take a Vacation - A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie

Actual value versus the perception of value - The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington

Don’t Become the Story - The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett

Through the Desert - Frontera by Julio Anta, Jacoby Salcedo

Dash and Davis star in Reno Rendezvous! - It Happened One Fight by Maureen Lee Lenker

Picture book round up part… I’ve lost count - The Mighty Pollinators by Helen Frost; Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day by Jolene Gutierrez; Steve Irwin by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegar

Feeling fear - Why Are We Afraid? by Fran Pintadera

It Was Fine - Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

I’m a proud Odd Duck myself - Monti and Leo: A Newcomer in Pocketville by Sylvie Kantorovitz; Odd Duck by Sara Varon and Cecil Castellucci.

You weren’t a son, but you are everything you ought to be. - Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls

I have been a character and I have been a narrator, but now I don’t know what I am. - Or What You Will by Jo Walton

I like to eat, read books, and read books about eating - Bring Back the Babka! by Marilyn Wolpin; Rising by Sidura Ludwig

To Market to find a present for Mama Cat - Market Day (I Like to Read Comics) by Miranda Harmon

Octopus’ Garden - The Den That Octopus Built by Randi Sonenshine; Before the Seed: How Pollen Moves by Susannah Buhrman-Deever

When it hits home - Flooded by Mariajo Ilustrajo

Scientific artist; artistic scientist - Something About the Sky by Rachel Carson 

A Curious Collection - Liberation Day by George Saunders

Which Witch is the worst Witch? - Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things (Courtney Crumrin, #1) by Ted Naifeh

Junior High but with magic and glitter - Kira and the (Maybe) Space Princess: (A Graphic Novel) (Magic Girls) by Megan Brennan

The Limits of a Good Metaphor - King of Immortal Tithe by Ben Alderson

There is Such a Thing as Having TOO MUCH of a Type! - Lord of Eternal Night by Ben Alderson

Summer Blahs - Wings Once Cursed & Bound by Piper J. Drake

Come for the Denver airport conspiracy theories. Stay for the lizard-people meet-cute. - White Trash Warlock (The Adam Binder Novels Book 1) by David R. Slayton

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