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4 Star Reviews

Redeemable trust fund kids - The Nest by Cynthia d'Aprix Sweeney

Find yourself in the rhythm and the ride - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

A Horse of a Different Color - Fiction is Folks – How to Create Unforgettable Characters by Robert Newton Peck

A very good graphic novel about a very difficult topic - Ubesvart anrop (Unanswered Call) by Nora Dåsnes

I read the first book in this series back in 2012 - A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner; Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner; Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner

Magical realism at its most wonderful - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

A good ending! But still not as good as the first one. - Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow, #3) by Rainbow Rowell

History is written by the victors - The Histories by Herodotus

My daughter requests that I sing these books to her now. I can never remember the melody I invented the last time – but they always work in song form. - Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson; The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson; The Giant Jumperee by Julia Donaldson; The Smeds and the Smoos by Julia Donaldson

“What’s magic, eh? Just wavin’ a stick an’ sayin’ a few wee magical words. An’ what’s so clever aboot that, eh? But lookin’ at things, really lookin’ at ’em, and then workin’ ’em oout, now, that’s a real skill.” - The Wee Free Men (Discworld, #30) by Terry Pratchett

A wondrously weird book. #CBRBINGO – Free! - Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Priest meets hot underaged shepherd girl - The Heretic of Soana by Gerhart Hauptmann

“He can’t change his past but he means to change his future. He also intends to have his payday. He earned it.” - Billy Summers by Stephen King

Race, Zombies and US History - Dread Nation by Justina Ireland; Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

The boredom, the rush, the despair, the fear and the hope - Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze

Sold 9 million copies in two years, and was adapted into one of the best movies ever made. It holds up pretty well. - The Godfather by Mario Puzo

“Baby, we’re the monsters that go bump in the night. You don’t have to be apologizing to us.” - Her Wolf in the Wild by Rien Gray

But You Can’t Take the Neighborhood Out of You - Gravesend by William Boyle

“Is your brother really such a surly bastard, they ask. Of course not; inside, he’s a teddy bear, say I . . . and then he opens his mouth.” - Battle Royal (Palace Insiders, #1) by Lucy Parker

A funny book about racism — get the audio if you can! - You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar

Gao’s debut is messy, but yet, it is wonderfully so! - Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao

The Wolf’s Hour – Robert McCammon (1989) - The Wofl's Hour by Robert McCammon

Welcome to the Creep Factor - Hide and Don’t Seek: And Other Very Scary Stories by Anica Mrose Rissi

“We don’t live in a series of plot points. We should be thankful for that. We should realize how lucky we are.” #CBRBINGO – Home - How Lucky by Will Leitch

“And so I made the decision to change. It might seem like change was impossible, given my nature and my age, but I understood exactly what there was to lose. It was chemistry all over again. The point wasn’t whether or not I liked it. The point was it had to be done.” - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

We Thought We Knew Ye - Endless Night by Agatha Christie

“There is the world that should be and the world that is. We live in one and must create the other.” - Turn Coat (Dresden Files #11) by Jim Butcher

“Just because you know you should, doesn’t mean that you can, stop.” - Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

Spooky times at school - Toilet-bound Hanako-kun vol.9 by Aidalro

The son and the rain and the appleseed - Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

Wedding belle - Once Upon a Wedding by Nancy Millar

“Being a parent makes you feel like a blanket that’s always too small.” - Björnstad (Beartown) by Fredrick Backman

CBR Bingo- What does home mean? - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire; Down among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

Who’s the Crazy One Here? - Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson

“What do ladies wear beneath their riding trousers?” “I would think an infamous rake would already know.” “I was never infamous. In fact, I’m fairly standard as far as rakes go.” - A Cold-Hearted Rake (The Ravenels #1) by Lisa Kleypas

“Don’t you think it’s possible that this could be good? That maybe this won’t lead to disaster after all? What if we find out that we fit together, like your grandparents and their hands?” (Bingo #8) - Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon

An Adventure to Envy - Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000 mile Adventure by Monisha Rajesh

The Nothing Man: A worthy entry into the emerging meta-true crime genre - The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard

“Wouldn’t it be dreadful if some day in our own world, at home, men start going wild inside, like the animals here, and still look like men, so that you’d never know which were which.” - Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia, #4) by C.S. Lewis

Things are not always what they seem (Double Bingo) - The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

So is the devil a bad guy or not? Do I even care? - Slewfoot by Brom

If you like reading about cults, you’ll love Fog Island - Fog Island by Mariette Lindstein

Formula Still Works - Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

“Truth is a human right.” - Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis

A Whale Would Not Be the Strangest Thing in the Endless Universe – It Gets Stranger - The Dreaming, Volume 1: Pathways and Emanations by Simon Spurrier; The Dreaming, Volume 2: Empty Shells by Simon Spurrier ; The Dreaming, Volume. 3: One Magic Movement by Simon Spurrier

For the night is dark, and full of terrors - Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

Magic takes a backseat to marvelous worldbuilding - Daja's Book by Tamora Pierce

That Didn’t Really Happen. - Saga Vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Yes, I Would Like to Move to This Village, Thank You - Little Snow Landscape by Robert Walser

I like these books. Will you try them? - Ninja Boy’s Secret by Tina Schneider; Time is a Flower by Julie Morstad

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