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4 Star Reviews

Took the subway, changed his life - Our Subway Baby by Peter Mercurio

So You Think You Can Teach? - Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

Atmospheric, dark, and lovely - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

On Writers and Writing – Margaret Atwood (2002) - On Writers and Writing by Margaret Atwood

Landlocked – Doris Lessing (1966) - Landlocked by Doris Lessing

Passage – Lois McMaster Bujold (2008) - Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold

I suppose expecting an answer about your kidnapper’s prior experience is just silly - Neon Gods by Katee Robert

A Tale of Ralph and Carls in the Imperial Radish - Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

Light and fluffy cozy mystery about a senior citizen CIA agent saving hippies from the Bulgarian secret police in 1971 - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

A Cannonball Book Exchange treat courtesy of narfna - All Systems Red by Martha Wells

My Time with the Kings – Kathryn Johnson (2016) - My Time with the Kings by Kathryn Johnson

A nice little gem in the waste reduction arena - Waste Not by Erin Rhoads

Surprised by an oldie - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The trajectory of choices - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

‘Cause I’m right here, right here, right here at home - The Searcher by Tana French

Yet another side series but this one works - My Hero Academia Team Up Missions vol 1 by Yoko Akiyama

I am hoping that you have misjudged yourself. - On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

Harry Potter is a Herione and Wonder Woman is a Hero - The Heroine's Journey by Gail Carriger

In the 17th century, birds were appreciated for their beauty, and also their tastiness - Pasta for Nightingales: A 17th-Century Handbook of Bird-Care and Folklore by Giovanni Pietro Olina

Fairy Tales of Carnal Desires - The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

The Adventure of the Myopic Solicitor - Arthur & George by Julian Barnes

When Nothing Else Matters - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

Dresden’s very long list of things to do and the best quote, “Home is where you embrace the present and plan the future.  It’s where the books are.” - Peace Talks by Jim Butcher

Living breathing mythology - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Bayou Bengals - Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke

When June comes, this will be a great beach read - The Loud House Summer Special by The Loud House Creative Team

Good thing I’m not allergic to books, but if I was, I’d still read this! - Allergic: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd

A con artist, a curse and a costumed vigilante - The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick

My poor confused nerves, both cerebral and sensing - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

A story about stories - The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry

“Those Words You Want to Say Right Now? Don’t Say Them.” - City of Thieves by David Benioff

The Bingo Palace – Louise Erdrich (1994) - The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich

Arguably – Christopher Hitchens (2011) - Arguably by Christopher Hitchens

Practicing What You Preach - Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

“Everything that happened next was only possible because my mother was absent. It wasn’t that she left the house much, it was that a part of her had abandoned her body and now resisted coming back.” - How to Order the Universe by María José Ferrada

“We want somebody to rescue us from other people. From talking to them, I mean, or from the burden of giving a damn about what they say. We don’t want to be polite and stifle our farts, now, do we? We want to let ’em rip and we want to be with someone who won’t care if we do, who will love us regardless and fart right back besides.” - Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #8) by Kevin Hearne

How they get you. - The Project by Courtney Summers

Fantasy newbie thinks the 2nd LOTR is great - The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings #2) by J.R.R. Tolkien

Emmie is a Gem of a girl - Invisible Emmie by Terri Libenson

Make sure you know what the ingredients in your bread are - Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale

Manga and Me - Asadora! V01 by Naoki Urasawa

Dying of Whiteness – Jonathan Metzl (2019) - Dying of Whiteness by Jonathan Metzl

The Midnight Library: Surprisingly uplifting - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Not an actual Guidebook - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

I Wonder Indeed - And Sometimes I Wonder About You by Walter Mosley

Electric Nightmares - The Electric State by Simon Stalenhag

Space Opera - Dune by Frank Hebert

Feminist Think Pieces - Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay; Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

Literary Lessons in Dystopic World - Bungo Stray Dogs vol 16 by Kafka Asagiri, Sango Harukagawa

Paladins, Clay Men and Bears, Oh My! - Paladin's Strength (The Saint of Steel Book 2) by T. Kingfisher

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