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4 Star Reviews

Don’t judge a movie by its book - The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale

“And sometimes focusing on what you can control is the only way to lessen the pang in your chest when you think about the things you can’t.” - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

My First Polyamorous Romance. It Was Okay. - Beautiful Things by Emily Rath

It’s The End of the World As We Know It - The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

Logan took a sip from his beer as the door pushed open and bad news walked through, sparkling. - Love in the Time of Wildfires by Janine Amesta

“The bigger they are, the harder they fall. And the better the world liked seeing them fall.” - Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

Two More BINGOs – A Blackout Might Actually Happen! - Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher; The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher

Let’s Take a Hammer To It. - Dead Hand Rule by Max Gladstone

Some Days It Does Feel a Bit Impossible - The Impossible Job: The Truly Unbelievable World of Football Referees by William Ralston

Hockey and romance - Bombshells by Sarina Bowen

Gentle Heroine Navigates Catastrophe - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

“For really, dreaming is the well-mannered people’s way of committing suicide.” (“The Dreamers”) - Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen

They are cooler and better than you are, and they will steal your girlfriend. - Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas - Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas

“The search for a scapegoat is the easiest of all hunting expeditions.” - The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

“In the modern world, in short, you are your address.” - The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask

“… the critics who shaped our modern idea of the novel in English so frequently dismissed women writers that the systematic excising has a name. It’s called the Great Forgetting.” - Jane Austen's Bookshelf by Rebecca Romney

A Summerween Romance Audiobook Update - I Haunt it That Way by Isabelle Popp

A court of snarling and mates - A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

The book that reintroduced itself to me via my foot - Feeling Like an ADHD Alien by Pina Varnel,

Always stirring up treble - Crescent Moon Marching (Volume 1) by Hamachi Yamada

What is Success? - Munich by Robert Harris

The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland - The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland

Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan - Down a Dark Hall by Lois Duncan

Thoughtful and Generous - Actually, Nevermind by Taylor Tomlinson

New Haven Demon Hunters - Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo

Grishaverse mass update - Six of Crows #2 Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo; Grishaverse #0.5 The Witch of Duva by Leigh Bardugo; Shadow and Bone #1 Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo; Shadow and Bone #2 Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo; Shadow and Bone #3 Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo; King of Scars #1 King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo; King of Scars #2 Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

The pros and cons of disappearing from the world - The Invisible Roommate by Timothy Janovsky

The Thursday Murder Club is Back!! - The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club #5) by Richard Osman

The bigger picture of witchcraft and wicca - Witchcraft: A Graphic History: Stories of wise women, healers and magic by Lindsay Squire

The “jujitsuffragettes” - The Bodyguard Unit: Edith Garrud, Women's Suffrage, and Jujitsu by Clément Xavier, Lisa Lugrin, Edward Gauvin and Albertine Ralenti

Through the magic of music - The Last Labyrinth by Gwendolyn Womack

A return to form–not the heights of #1, but definitely a strong improvement over outing #2 - Husband Material by Alexis Hall

bring me all the witchy dark academia books, clearly - The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher

All the world’s a stage - Margo’s Got Money Troubles: A Novel by Rufi Thorpe

Sweet YA romance, shame about all the bullying - Trust Fall by Lynn Painter

King of the Pirates or something like that - One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn by Eiichiro Oda

it’s witchy dark academia season bbys - Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo

I think this might be a soft 4, but I’ll let it stand because I’m feeling magnanimous - Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske

For the Children - Looking at the Sky: How Dr. Janusz Korczak Fought for Children's Rights by Amanda West Lewis and Abigail Rajunov

There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve. Either you’re his true love, or you killed him. - The Raven Boys: The Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater; The Dream Thieves: The Graphic Novel by Maggie Stiefvater

Fluffy Bunnies - The Wild Season: The Remarkable True Story of a Rabbit Rescue by Dashka Slater

Final down the rabbit hole with Laura Perez - Ocultos by Laura Pérez and translator Andrea Rosenberg

Book 2 of Laura Perez - Totem by Laura Pérez and Andrea Rosenberg

Book one of Laura Perez - Nocturnos by Laura Perez and Andrea Rosenberg

In the Dark - In the Dark by Loreth Anne White

Pirates and Witches and Austen, oh my! - The League of Gentlewomen Witches: Dangerous Damsels Book 2 by India Holton

This is propaganda to allow dogs to eat roadkill. And one of my comfort reads. - The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews

Very much NOT a romantasy - Monster, Monarch, Maiden by Rae Carson

Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook - Wake in Fright by Kenneth Cook

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