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4 Star Reviews

cbr12bingo – Money! - Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield

There’s always been a rainbow hangin over your head (CBR12Bingo: Violet – Blackout) - Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates

Hyperopic people can’t see well either…. (CBR12Bingo: Yellow – Double Bingo) - Farsighted by Steven Johnson

In the Garden of Eden - Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller

Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto, for helping me escape just when I needed to. (CBR12Bingo: Repeat – friendship) - Ungifted by Gordon Korman

My Mathematical Mind (CBR Bingo: Red – Double bingo) - Fluke by Joseph Mazur

An easy transition to Tarot - Exploring Tarot Using Radiant Rider-Waite by Avia Venefica

No one ever said elves are nice - Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett

Roll for initiative (CBR12Bingo: Happy) - It's all a game by Tristan Donovan

If you dive deep enough, physics borders on the supernatural - Interference by Brad Parks

“I forgive no one, and no one forgives me.” - Human Acts by Han Kang

The President of the United States - Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump by Harry Hurt III

How to wrestle some success from a dress, a snake and a song. - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Revolution - The Black Jacobins by C.L.R. James

“Hard truths can drive people apart. But great art can bring them back together.” - The Editor by Steven Rowley

Psycho Killer…Q’est que ce? - The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

“Every Time Something Doesn’t Happen, It Means Something Else Can” - What If A Fish by Anika Fajardo

Well, when she put it like that, the sitcom caper seemed reasonable. Responsible, even. - Like Lovers Do by Tracey Livesay

“High crimes were probably better suited to a betrothal than a mere courting gift: you couldn’t just start burning things down in hopes the other person found it romantic. You’d want to be sure.” (CBR Bingo) - The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows (Feminine Pursuits #2) by Olivia Waite

The effect Rocco was having on me usually resulted in bad decisions - Here to Stay by Adriana Herrera

cbr12bingo – Cannonballer Says - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

cbr12bingo – Fresh Start - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Dust to Dust - The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

A piece of pop culture history - The Making of Prince of Persia Journals 1985-1993 by Jordan Mechner

Short story review dump (Part V) - The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick; The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick; Human Is? by Philip K. Dick; A Kiss With Teeth by Max Gladstone; Let Those Who Would by Genevieve Valentine; Mirror by Haruki Murakami; Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson; Blood Son by Richard Matheson

The Role of Money in Fairy Tales, but with a sort of Feminist twist - Kakuriyo, vols. 1-2 by Waco Ioca, Midori Yuma, Laruha

The waking dream of Alice Oswald’s sea-poems - Nobody by Alice Oswald

A Nicely Done Mediterranean Cookbook - Mediterranean Every Day by Sheela Prakash

Mystery Times Two - The Montague Twins V01 The Witch’s Hand by Nathan Page

To Grandmother’s Garden We Go - Grandma's Gardens by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton

The Waves of Grief - One Wave at a Time: A Story about Grief and Healing by Holly Thompson

Putting the Kick in Sidekick - Super Sidekicks #1: No Adults Allowed by Gavin Aung Than

These books are my Fillory and Further - The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman

Deep one night he was trimming his nose that would never walk again into sunlight atop living legs… - The Day He Himself Shall Wipe away my Tears by Kenzaburo Oe; Prize Stock by Kenzaburo Oe; Teach Us to Outgrow our Madness by Kenzaburo Oe; Aghwee the Sky Monster by Kenzaburo Oe

No Room for Exceptions - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

I’ll have a cup of tea, a dragon and a great story please and thank you - The Tea Dragon Society Vo1 by Katie O’Neill

Journey To Hell - I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

Books like this are why I love science fiction. #CBRBingo – Fresh Start - Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

“If you don’t like the facts, you ignore them, and if you need facts, dream up some you do like.” - Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens, #1) by H. Beam Piper

Unfortunately a little underwhelmed by this one. - The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman

How It Happened Here - True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump by Jeffery Toobin

I dreamed a fellow asked me if I wanted a dog and I said yeah, I’d like to have a dog… - If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes

A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now. - Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

I’m not 100% sure of everything I read but I loved every second of it - On Earth, We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Keep with the New Fun magic Falcons or Stick with the Plan? - The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso

The Girl on the Boat - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

In-laws, outlaws, common-laws - Moccasin Square Gardens  by Richard van Camp

“Even though all these people were dealing in illicit activities, they each had a moral sense that their particular outlawed product was more just than another.” (CBR12 Bingo) - American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton

Re-thinking “Asian American”. - Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

Good book. Crap timing - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

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    on It’s true, they do do that
    I just read this and the sequel, really enjoyed both!
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    I had such a good time driving down to Nowhere Book Shop to get books for you! It’s so much...
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    on Aaaaarrrrrggghh!
    As I recall, most of the theories that answered all the questions were supernatural and got into Irish mythology. I...
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    It could be fun to track down theories. There’s something supernatural hinted at, though that wouldn’t be satisfying to me...
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