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3 Star Reviews

Eventual Character Growth - Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing by Allison Winn Scotch

A Storied Life: The Autobiography of Book – No Money! - Book by John Agard

cbr12bingo – Debut - Boys of Alabama by Genevieve Hudson

Been on my ‘recommended by a Cannonballer’ list for years now… (#Cannonballer Says!) - Confessions by Kanae Minato

Faking consumption to get husband’s attention: Debut - To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters

Temptation and Seduction - In Praise of the Stepmother by Mario Vargas Llosa

The Root of All Evil - Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man by Mary L. Trump, PhD

Your Familiar YA Dystopian Fiction Meets the Flavour of The Handmaid’s Tale - We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

The insuperable gap between east and west that exists in some eyes is perhaps nothing more than an optical illusion. - The Bridge on the River Kwai by Pierre Boulle

Hey, No Arnold! - The Running Man by Stephen King

Never saw the movie, and the book has not inspired me to do so - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Just one last job - The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel

A Sweet Romance - The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

Mennonite #MeToo - Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Lying in bed, I abandoned the facts again and was back in Ambrosia. - Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse

No Surprises - Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler

Maybe through the next door… - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alex E. Harrow

“Somebody always leaves a banana-skin on the scene of a tragedy.” - Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene

Another Fake Relationship M/M Romance - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

More inward and philosophical, less “cave monsters in SPAAAAACE” than I was hoping, but still enjoyable! - Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

You might need a five-step plan to understand this book, but it does have some good nuggets of advice. - The Autoimmune Brain by David S. Younger, MD

cbr12bingo – Reader’s Choice (standing in for Book Club) - Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

“The most important thing for you to do in the meantime is live. It is a very involving job, which takes much concentration and practice.” - The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

The title of the book tells you everything you need with this one. (CBR12 Bingo) - How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe

Too Clever For Its Own Good - The Paragon Hotel by Lindsay Faye

Manipulated Into Caring - The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

Friends to lovers – but not the greatest of reads - My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren

I’m sorry to report that the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo didn’t work for me - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A twisty psychological thriller. #CBRBingo – No Money! - His & Hers by Alice Feeney

Nevertheless - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

“There’s really no point in asking what if? The only question worth asking is: what’s next?” - Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John

The ties that bind us - The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel

Return to the Arena - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Quinn’s best novel in a while - First Comes Scandal by Julia Quinn

I buy violets for Amy. - Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

“It is better to fall off than to freeze.” - The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer

Extremely Readable Romance About People Who Need Therapy - Dear Enemy by Kristen Callihan

Old toys aren’t discarded: They’re re-loved. - Dragon Meets Boy by Michael Slack

No is a complete sentence - The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

The Law School Scam, with a side of beaches - The Rooster Bar by John Grisham

Reading the rainbow for CBR Bingo - Butterflies are Free by Leonard Gershe

A science heavy debunking of contemporary gender essentialism. - Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine

New car, caviar, four-star daydream. (CBR12Bingo: I WISH) - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

Murder in the marshes - Death of an Expert Witness by P.D. James

“The thing is, you can’t just be yourself if whenever people look at you they see something entirely different.” - We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia

What comes next? (The Royal We #2) - The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan

“I don’t want you to keep downplaying the hurt you feel like you’re not even human. You keep it up – all these lies to yourself, to other people, and soon you’re not going to know who you are.” (CBR12 Bingo) - I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi

The room was divided in two by a black railing. - Maigret's First Case by Georges Simenon; Maigret Defends Himself by Georges Simenon

Not a bad cozy mystery - Still Life by Louise Penny

Major Insights: People on the Internet Are Racist, Like Porn, and Lie on Social Media - Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz

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