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3 Star Reviews

Rhino Ranch – Larry McMurtry (2009) - Rhino Ranch by Larry McMurtry

monologuing at the mouth of madness - The House on Vesper Sands by Paraic O'Donnell

Death takes a holiday - Mort: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett

I’ve upped my nerd cred. - Star Wars: A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller

Where the art and epilogue are the most interesting but there’s also a “Zebracorn Lovebeam!” - Lumberjanes True Colors by Lilah Sturges, Polterlink

A good entry point, but less good continuation - The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

I still miss you, Space Mom - The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

The Non-Academic Version of this Book Could Be Great - Post-Growth Living: For an Alternative Hedonism by Kate Soper

There are serious criticisms about this book, and your mileage may vary – but I found it worthwhile, if not necessarily convincing - How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi

Doing It For the Death Style Points - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Messy…And Then There’s a Stalker - Forgiven by Garrett Leigh

Sleepy? Who Me? - Let’s Get Sleepy! by Tony Cliff

A little for me and a little for you - A Little Space for Me by Jennifer Gray Olson

Fun but ultimately forgettable - Kingsbane (Empirium #2) by Claire Legrand

The cook and the case of the missing children - Murder in the East End by Jennifer Ashley

It might be a bad sign when your imaginary friends are mad at you…. - The Crankypants Tea Party by Barbara Bottner

It’s money management advice that thinks it might be something else - Spenditude by Paul Gordon & Janine Robertson

The Book That Didn’t (The Duke Who Didn’t, Courtney Milan) - The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan

Rambling but charming cozy - Manna From Hades by Carola Dunn

Family Friendly Cautionary Tale - Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

The classic to end all classics, or is it? - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Cell – Stephen King (2006) - Cell by Stephen King

*Insert Always Sunny Duster Comments Here* - Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Remind me that once I was free, once I was cool, once I was me - The Secret Place by Tana French

It’s like “Oklahoma!” But for Texas - Simon the Fiddler: A Novel by Paulette Jiles

A Few Things Get Lost in Translation from Podcast to Book - Sawbones: the Horrifying, Hilarious Road to Modern Medicine by Dr. Sydnee McElroy, Justin McElroy

50 Shades of 9/11 - Small Town by Lawrence Block

A rather Gothic mystery - The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber

CANNONBALL!!! - Balck Widow, Volume 1: The Finely Woven Thread by Nathan Edmondson

Wonder Woman, Cheetah, and Dr. Cyborg Walk Into a Bar… - Wonder Woman, Volume 4: Godwatch by Greg Rucka

Ares + Aphrodite = PROBLEMS - Wonder Woman, Volume 3: The Truth by Greg Rucka

When You Think You’re Identity is All a Lie, Or the Gods are Playing a Trick on You - Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies by Greg Rucka

Genghis Khan: A guy from a long time ago who was very important. I know some things about him now! - Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

Wonder Woman Fights Modern Day Ills - Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson

News from back then - Strange Victoriana: Tales of the Curious, the Weird and the Uncanny from Our Victorian Ancestors by Jan Bondeson

Didn’t super like this one, but also didn’t give it a fair shake. - The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) by R.F. Kuang

The reviews I forgot to post, part 4! - Here Comes the Night by Rob Jones

The reviews I forgot to post, part 2! - Unplugged and Unpopular by Mat Heagerty, Tintin Pantoja, and Mika Amante

Re-read a Year in Provence instead - Hotel Pastis by Peter Mayle

I guess I just don’t get the “narrative in verse” sensibility. - SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson

The King who brought back partying - A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration by Jenny Uglow

Best read with tissues handy - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

“You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become?” - Hogfather (Discworld #20) by Terry Pratchett

The Justice Bits are the Best - Defy or Defend by Gail Carriger

“A good man is made through a lifetime of work. Great men are made by their monsters.” - The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold

Hubris is the name of the game. - Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

Leopard lovers - Mine to Possess (Psy-Changeling #4) by Nalini Singh; Hostage to Pleasure (Psy-Changeling #5) by Nalini Singh

Star Scouts! Star Scouts! They’re the best! (Yeah baby!) - Star Scouts V03 The Invasion of the Scuttlebots by Mike Lawrence

Blood in the streets - Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury

Sadly, one of my biggest disappointments of the year - Gul book (Yellow Book) by Zeshan Shakar

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