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4 Star Reviews

Get Down and boogie with your bad-cello-self - Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma by Joanna Ho

What would you do to change your past - The future of another timeline by Annalee Newitz

Imaginary Homelands – Salman Rushdie (1991) - IMaginary Homelands by Salman Rushdie

One bada$$ Girl! - Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky

we’re probably in MPDG territory but I think it might pass on a technicality - The Single's Table by Sara Desai

I don’t think I could possibly wait for all of these to be published in print - Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

America’s First Superhero - Zorro's Shadow by Stephen J. C. Andes

“Now the only thing I ask is that they respect the loneliness to come” - Beauty Salon by Mario Bellatin

Gucci? Man… - The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed by Sara Gay Forden

Don’t Talk to Me about Literary - Invisible Blood by Maxim Jakubowski

Go talk your weird love to the wind - Thirty Talks Weird Love by Alessandra Narvaez Varela

Hiding in plain sight. - Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood and Greg Dawson

Red or Dead - The Pledge by Kathleen Kent

“It’s not because–they don’t want me. They want someone who’s going to cast death spells on their enemies. And if I gave them that, I wouldn’t be me anymore, so I might as well not go live with a bag of dicks.” - The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

The HP fandom has evolved in such lovely ways since I’ve been involved - Grounds for Divorce by Tepre

be prepared to be hungry and sad all the time - Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

THIS is what representation is all about! 10/10 😀 - She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

Two back to back Beauty and the Beast-esque historical romances - The Duke and the Lady in Red by Lorraine Heath; Ravished by Amanda Quick

Lady Charlotte Holmes continues to be delightful - Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas

Wow am I glad I picked this up again after abandoning it! - This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone

As always, I’ll read all the non-fiction if it’s about science 🤓 - Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach

Life is a Carnival - Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham

Surprising - Yearbook by Seth Rogen

Wankers vs Berks, and Other Things I Totally Did Not Know - Carpe Diem: Put a Little Latin in Your Life by Harry Mount

“Boomerang arrow, Kate — It comes back to you in the end. Boomerang. Respect it.” - Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction, David Aja (artist), Annie Wu (illustrator), Chris Eliopolous (letterer); Hawkeye, Volume 2: Little Hits by Matt Fraction, David Aja (Artist), Francesco Francavilla (Art & Color), Steve Lieber (Artist), Jesse Hamm (Artist), Matt Hollingsworth (Color Artist), Chris Eliopoulos (Letterer)

A unique, YA additional to the sparse male friendship genre - Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

Late recommendation for Halloween if you’re looking for a sparkly romance - The Ex-Hex by Erin Sterling, Rachel Hawkins

Little book, big story - The Golden Hour by Niki Smith

Maybe everyone had magic and they were all just keeping it a secret from each other. - And They Lived Happily Ever After by Therese Beharrie

Find your way to this book come April 2022 - Mapmakers and the Lost Magic (A Graphic Novel) by Cameron Chittock

Cannonball Read After Dark: Surprise! - Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 7 by Rachel Kramer Bussel

A Decent School Ghost Story continued - Toilet-bound Hanako-kun vol.10 by Aidalro

Murderbot does the tv detective partner thing - Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

The Territorial Lecherous Moth and The Dangerous Marshmallow - Proper Scoundrels by Allie Therin

A Much Better Holiday Romance Than Love, Actually - Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday

Fun new graphic novel series - Wingbearer by Marjorie M. Liu

Burn it all down, and start over. Again. - Extasia by Claire Legrand

What is work really and why are we still doing so much of it? - Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time by James Suzman

Sword of Destiny – Andzrej Sapkowski - Sword of Destiny by Andzrej Sapkowski

“I have learned that sometimes the simplest things are the hardest things to say. That sometimes there is no word for what you feel, no word in any language.” - Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

A Romance All About Expectations - The Life Revamp by Kris Ripper

Jersey? Sure. - The Barbed-Wire Kiss by Wallace Stroby

“Do you have sadness in your heart for the world that can never be & sensible shoes? You’ve got weltschmerz.” * - Roxy by Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman

“Reagan already felt hard enough. She didn’t need any accessories. She didn’t need to telegraph it out to the world.” - If the Fates Allow by Rainbow Rowell

Badda$$ princess part She-Ra, part Barbie Princess and part Hermione Granger. - Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale

Get to know Echo before her series streams on Disney+ - Daredevil: Parts of a Hole by David Mack, Joe Quesada, Jimmy Palmiotti

The Wheel of Time: Book 13 (review IX): I’m honestly too tired to string three thoughts together. This is my speed round review! - Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

“You can. Stop fighting the tide, Nella. Once you stop fighting—once you let this wave wash over you—you’ll see. It’ll wash over you so quickly, you won’t even feel it.” - The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

Not a human to be seen in this weird but good other world fantasy from the creator of Murderbot. - The Cloud Roads (The Books of the Raksura, #1) by Martha Wells

Paula Hawkins third novel is her best one yet. - A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins

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