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4 Star Reviews

The Unvanquished - The Unvanquished by William Faulkner

Frenchman’s Creek - Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier

“Books contain everything worth knowing, except what ultimately matters.” - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Say Yes to the Corn Stock - To The Last Bite by Alexis deBoschnek

“Her death hit in waves. Not a flood, but water lapping steadily at her ankles. You could drown in two inches of water. Maybe grief was the same.” - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

How a victim is made a villain - Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson

Death in Paradise - Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

A teenage wizard girl and her somewhat sentient cookie and sourdough do big stuff - A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

Murder at the Opera and maybe a few other places too - The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison

Ari’s Back - Winterkill by Ragnar Jónasson

Doomsday with a Smile. - The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack

“The things my brother and I don’t say could pave over the Atlantic Ocean.” - Seven For a Secret (Timothy Wilde, #2) by Lyndsay Faye

“A caste system endures because it is often justified as divine will, originating from sacred text or the presumed laws of nature, reinforced throughout the culture and passed down through the generations.” - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabelle Wilkerson

Contemporary Eros and Psyche – the hitman and the influencer - Electric Idol by Katee Robert

A romance featuring a long-lost boyhood sweetheart, a cat named Satan, Victorian pornography, and a climactic kick in the balls. - Unfit to Print by K.J. Charles

If in his eyes you are not the target, then you can be sure you are the weapon. - The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

“I could not prevent what was done to me, nor can I change what people made of me. But I know what I am and have decided to continue being what I am.” - Dragon Keeper (The Rain Wild Chronicles, #1) by Robin Hobb

A ridiculous farce with a core of sweetness. - Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall

History and drama on Mount Everest - The Third Pole by Mark Synnott

A juicy gossipy fiction about old Hollywood - Scandal in Babylon by Barbara Hambly

The Trouble with Peace is discontent, greed, and ambition - The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie

“Now he carried the past with him rather than being carried on the back of the brute that was his history.” - The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley

The House of Morgan - The House of Morgan by Ron Chernow

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

Secret-laden family reunions: My favorite genre! - The Arsonist's City by Hala Alyan

And the people bowed and prayed - Neon Gods by Katee Robert; Electric Idol by Katee Robert

True life is often much more interesting than fiction - The Bastard Brigade: The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb by Sam Kean

Genius? A$$? Or Both? - Hawking by Jim Ottaviani

Grumpy Sunshine Literary Summer - Beach Read by Emily Henry

You’ve heard of some, but come for the ones that kicked a$$ a little more quietly - Stand Up! 10 Might Women Who Made a Change by Brittney Cooper

“When you go, please drag me down with you into the darkness.” - Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

Just read the G-D book, okay? - The Blacker the Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas

Maybe it is or isn’t art, but the woman behind it made an impact - Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker Harvey

Of Lice and Men - The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

Who wants to get drunk together and talk about the Bricklayer? - The Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft

P.S. I Hate You - P.S. I Hate You by Sophie Ranald

House of Cards - House of Cards by Stephen King

Why Are We Okay With Just Two Days Off? - Overtime: Why We Need a Shorter Working Week by Will Stronge & Kyle Lewis

So maybe we shouldn’t go exploring abandoned Swedish mining towns! - The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

Two people with a hero complex off to save the school - The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

Early this morning when you knocked upon my door … - Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

A Good Starter Cookbook for Diabetics - Betty Crocker Simply Delicious Diabetes Cookbook by Betty Crocker

OK, I did like this book - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Happy or Wealthy, But Not Both - Heiresses: The Lives of the Million Dollar Babies by Laura Thompson

“I’m as God wants, No more, no less” - From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke

A Great Daredevil Story, Unfortunately Out of Print - Daredevil by Mark Waid Omnibus #1 by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, Chris Samnee, Marcos Martin, Javier Rodriguez

“I used to think that revenge was about defending one’s honor, but it turns out that honor is just spite dressed up for Sunday.” - The Queer Principles of Kit Webb (#1) by Cat Sebastian

Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three: The Prisoner - The Prisoner by Stephen King

Delightful Look at Ethics - How to be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

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