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4 Star Reviews

Breaking up is hard to do - Change of Plans by Sarah Dessen

Ravens are Nerds - The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

A Strong Second Act - Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway by Michael Riedel

“I didn’t need any help getting angry, I was great at that on my own.” - Platform Decay by Martha Wells

“Despite her past experiences with murders, she had not yet learned that the most inescapable force in the world is irony.” - The Rushworth Family Plot: A Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery (#4) by Claudia Gray

“You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn’t depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.” - The Mysterious Benedict Society: 10th Anniversary Edition by Trenton Lee Stewart; illustrated by Carson Ellis

“Like the old Shadowhunter motto says, “Shadowhunters: That Evil Demon Stuff Is What We Are Here For.” But in Latin, probably.” - Secrets of Blackthorn Hall: An Illustrated Shadowhunter Novel by Cassandra Clare; ilustrated by Cassandra Jean

“For a quart of ale is a dish for a king”- William Shakespeare - Sleight of Hand: An Alewives of Colmar Mystery (#2) by Elizabeth R. Andersen

“The beginning of a novel is like a first date.” - Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

MI-5 with monsters! - The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

Sure, But Who’s Really the Animal? - Animal by Lisa Taddeo

“Just because a lady shared a deep, smoldering kiss with a gentleman didn’t mean that gentleman need be privy to all that lady’s business.” - Rules for Ruin by Mimi Matthews

“When someone describes a man as harmless, he ends up being a villain.” - Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

I’m in the future, where you are too - Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

French Colonial India You Say? - Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi

Hooked From the Start - Where No Shadow Stays by Sara Hashem

Sometimes, a book cover promises cats and lies. This book, on the other hand, delivers in spades. SO many cats, guys. - Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett

Shenanigans for Grown-Ups - The Break by Marian Keyes

And Zander knew the world wasn’t fair. Because little miss perfect Penny Becker was still right here. And worse, she was…beautiful. - Honey Bee Mine by Sarah T. Dubbs

Retelling of an Epic Hindu Poem - Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

There are Never Enough Modern Retellings of Pride and Prejudice - Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

Quiet your tongue, and listen with your heart. - Struck Speechless by Tati Richardson

Exciting historical fiction for the kids - The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam for layfolks - The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by James Martin

What will people think of us 100 years from now? - What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

Her name! Was Victoria!! Sandwich!!! - The Jam Sandwich Detectives by Clare Thompson

What if Cinderella was a handsome Jewish man and the prince was a determined and beautiful heiress? - Marry Me by Midnight by Felicia Grossman

Could Not Stop Reading It - Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Lots of cat pictures and cat things - Cat by Leila Jarbouai, Hannah Shaw, Phaidon

Big Trouble in Little Canada - The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie

Slow burn chills - The Haunted Blizzard by Aviaq Johnston and Athena Gubbe

“To The Lighthouse” for the Climate Change Generation - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

I’m not tough enough for the Canadian oil sands - Ducks by Kate Beaton

When Lovecraft… Spills the Tea? - The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross

Lovely Relationship Between Grandmother and Granddaughter - The Summer Book by Tove Jannson, translated by Thomas Teal

Magical Historical Fiction - The Antidote by Karen Russel

It’s kinda your mothers Cinderella - Cinderella: (Original Brothers Grimm Version) by Brothers Grimm, Bernadette Watts

Pulp Fiction - And Dream of Evil by Tedd Thomey

Read a little poetry - Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship    by Irene Latham, Charles Waters, Sean Qualls and Selina Alko

Reverso Poems - Echo Echo: Reverso Poems About Greek Myths by Marilyn Singer and Josée Masse; Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems by Marilyn Singer and Josée Masse

Haiku for is for the birds - Whoo-Ku Haiku: A Great Horned Owl Story by Maria Gianferrari and Jonathan D. Voss

Poems and animals, poetry galore. Read the first and you’ll want more - If Pets Wrote Poems: A Parody Collection by Susan Johnston Taylor and Sandie Sonke

“How is a brussels sprout concentrated?” “Well, it’s basically a really intense cabbage.” - While You Were Seething by Charlotte Stein

Interesting Concept, Would Have Loved Even More - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Your Confederate Sympathies May Vary - The Outlaw Hearts by Rebecca Brandewyne

Current events done fun - Space Chasers V01 by Leland Melvin, Joe Caramagna, and Alison Acton

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth - Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

“For as long as the axe has been in our hands, we have used it to kill.” - Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder by Rachel McCarthy James

“Bardun Jacques would’ve reshaped the landscape around him using the sheer force of profanity, which, Aelis reasoned, might actually have been an eighth College in his hands.” - The Warden (The Warden #1) by Daniel M. Ford

But We Dream Different Dreams - The Last Boleyn by Karen Harper

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