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3 Star Reviews

I think I’m swearing off Greek retellings from now on - Ariadna by Jennifer Saint

Read it just so I’d be prepped for the movie. - Eternals by Neil Gaiman

I want to go to fancy two year creative boarding school that buys you all the books you want - Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Not quite The Hating Game but excellent secondary characters - Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne

And As We Age - Killer Content by Olivia Blacke

The healing power of nature - The secret garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

A sweet, but ultimately slightly unconvincing romance – the rest of it was great, though - Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne

Just Okay - Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie

Coffee with a shot of kink - Cup of Joe by Annabeth Albert

This book goes to eleven - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Swampy - The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

A book about overcoming patriarchy that empowers… a man? - Body of Stars by Laura Maylene Walter

The Second Life of Samuel Tyne – Esi Edugyan (2004) - The Second Life of Samuel Tyne by Esi Edugyan

Not actually LGBTQ Grease, but fun nonetheless - Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales

A Video Game with an Unbeatable Hero? - That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime vol 15 by Fuse, Taiki Kawakami, Mitz Vah

Loved Chloe! - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Too Close to Past Trauma to be Enjoyable - Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall

A fun introduction to tarot especially if you want to read for others - Kitchen Table Tarot by Melissa Cynova

A fun read with gods and goddesses right up until the end– groan - The Immortals by Jordanna Max Brodsky

Not a bad introduction to what magic could be in your life - Kitchen Table Magic by Melissa Cynova

Light Fluff is Good Sometimes - My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Vol. 5 by Satoru Yamaguchi, Nami Hidaka

The Evolution of Man (and Machine) - Golem XIV by Stanislaw Lem

“She was beginning to see how quickly something completely normal could suddenly seem sinister, if you chose to see it that way.” - A Better Man by Louise Penny

A Promising Debut with Excellent Sex Toy Rep - Happy Endings by Thien-Kim Lam

Komi is Learning but What about Everyone Else? - Komi Can't Communicate, vol. 11 by Tomohito Oda

“The day you finally start dealing with your past is the day you stop dragging it into the present.” - In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

Trees move slowly. Sometimes books about trees do, also. - The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate by Peter Wohlleben

Single dads enemies-to-lovers-ish romance - Learned Behaviors by Jayce Ellis

The Wheel of Time (Part II) - The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan; The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan

“F**k you this is hilarious.” - Texts from Jane Eyre by Daniel M. Lavery

Terrorists & Novelists – Diane Johnson (1982) - Terrorists & Novelists by Diane Johnson

When you only read a handful of pages, but still like what you read, but it’s okay as it is a book to read like that. - You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton!: Monster Motivations to Move Your Butt and Get You to Do the Thing by Chuck Wendig

Books about fandom, one of my many kryptonites - Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

When life starts because of death - Victor and Nora: A Gotham Love Story by Lauren Myracle

One of many literature romance novels I will read this year - Love at First by Kate Clayborn

Guns, Germs, and Steel – Jared Diamond (1997) - Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Death Becomes Her - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

I can’t fully get on board the Underground Railroad - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

To Bake or Not To Bake - Vegan Cakes and Other Bakes by Jerome Eckmeier, Daniela Lais

Uni-Uni-Uni-corn! - Margaret’s Unicorn by Briony May Smith

R-E-A-D Please! - R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford

Amazon Originals Presents, a mixed bag. - Faraway by Various; Hush by Various; If the South Had won the Civil War by MacKinlay Kantor; Lost Children by Francesca Lia Block; Trafik by Rikki Ducornet

Summer of Night – Dan Simmons (1991) - Summer of Night by Dan Simmons

Cruel and Unusual – Patricia Cornwell (1993) - Cruel and Unusual by Patricia Cornwell

When Kindle Unlimited does you wrong - An Arranged Marriage by Jo Beverly; An Unwilling Bride by Jo Beverly; Christmas Angel by Jo Beverly; Forbidden by Jo Beverly; Dangerous Joy by Jo Beverly

Kindle enthusiasm - Once Is Not Enough by Jaqueline Susann

Herbert’s style gets in the way of a cool story, in Dune #3. - Children of Dune (Dune, #3) by Frank Herbert

This is the perfect murder mystery for a person who is terrible at solving mysteries - Death Plays a Part by Vivian Conroy

Who fears fantasy tropes? - Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

Nursery Rhymes and Shakin’ your Groove thang! - Dinosaur, Dinosaur, Say Good Night by Tiger Tales; Babies Around the World: Dancing by Tamara Barker

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    on It’s true, they do do that
    I just read this and the sequel, really enjoyed both!
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