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3 Star Reviews

The Rainmaker - The Rainmaker by John Grisham

“By the time you’re my age, you’ll realize that everything you once thought mattered so much turns out to mean very little.” - The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin

The War of the Worlds - The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Iron John - Iron John by Robert Bly

This book kicked me in the stomach, clubbed me over the head and said, “The end!” - The Storm of Echoes: The Mirror Visitor Book 4 by Christelle Dabos

“I am a pawn in other peoples’ power games” - Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert

The eighth most important thing is telling people this is based on real events - The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall

Housewives, They Are Desperate… - One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose

Just one little squeeze? - Don't Hug the Quokka! by Daniel Errico

What’s up with these picture books and their long titles? - Lola Out Loud: Inspired by the Childhood of Activist Dolores Huerta by Jennifer Torres

Straight from London, it’s: John Constantine! - Constantine: Distorted Illusions by Kami Garcia

The Tin Drum - The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass

A Gendered History - Gender: A World History by Susan Kingsley Kent

Stop buying up all the She-Hulk, people! - She-Hulk #5 by Rainbow Rowell

Got books? I do! -  Zap! Clap! Boom! The Story of a Thunderstorm by Laura Purdie Salas; Queen Elizabeth: Volume 87 (Little People, Big Dreams) by Sanchez Vegara

I really shouldn’t have written this when I was hungry … - Lunch From Home by Joshua David Stein

..they suspended their arguments, united for once in their astonishment at the unusual spectacle of an elephant lumbering across the square. - The Elephant of Belfast by S. Kirk Walsh

A heart removed, returned, and gifted: Maiden, Mother, Crone - The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec

There’s a moment that I thought was going to be a phenomenal ending – and then there was a quarter of the book left - Binti: Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor

Okay! So I stole the image from online, but the review is all mine - Delilah Dirk and the Pillars of Hercules (Delilah Dirk, Volume 3) by Tony Cliff

And the daughter who had no choice but to keep them all out of jail - Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

New Old Food - New Native Kitchen by Chef Freddie Bitsoie, James O. Fraioli

Too Close to Home - Darwin's Children by Greg Bear

Learning About but Don’t Appropriate - Jewish Holidays: A Brief Introductions for Christians by Kerry M. Olitzky

The Importance of Telling Stories - The Tiny Journalist by Naomi Shihab Nye

And Wait. Weren’t We Just Here? - The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

See about the sea - The Ocean Is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Suluk

Other Birds - Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen

Amongst Our Weapons - Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch

Sometimes a reread is not a good thing - Convergence by Sharon Green; Competitions by Sharon Green; Challenges by Sharon Green; Betrayals by Sharon Green; Prophecy by Sharon Green; Intrigues by Sharon Green; Deceptions by Sharon Green; Destiny by Sharon Green

“There’s no such thing as living happily ever after — there’s only living.” - Hunted by Meagan Spooner

Cider Bar Sisters Series Opener - Her Big City Neighbor by Jackie Lau

Weird Timing on This One - Life in the United Kingdom: A Guide for New Residents by Jenny Wales

One MFing Superhero and a (swear) long review - M.O.M.: Mother of Madness, Volume 1 by Emilia Clarke and Marguerite Bennett

Post Office - Post Office by Charles Bukowski

done with this world for now 🙁 - Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

Well, we aren’t calling you truthers… - Family of Liars by E. Lockhart

What if we’re underwhelmed instead? - We are all Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Don’t move into this murderous building - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

The second Dune book isn’t as good as the first - Dune Messiah (Dune #2) by Frank Herbert

Recommended by my BFF who knows I need a lot of action in my romancey novels - A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas

Soldier’s Pay - Soldier's Pay by William Faulkner

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty - You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

A cupcake with its frosting to cake ratio way off - Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett

Work reading thunderdome - Multipliers by Liz Wiseman; Radical Candour by Kim Scott

A Year in the Life - Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

Eating Your Grief - Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Binti’s internal struggle drives another addition in the Binti-universe cut short - Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor

Not for young in age, but young at heart - My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron by Various; The My Little Pony: Friends Forever Volume 2 by Various ; My Little Pony Friends Forever #9 by Various; My Little Pony: Friends Forever Omnibus, Vol. 3. by Various

Not the surefire hit I thought it would be. - Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

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