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4 Star Reviews

A violent, sad, but very satisfying ending (Triple Bingo) - Locke & Key, vol 6: Alpha & Omega by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

Another super-addictive teen mystery (#Youths!) - Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus

Back to the Beginning - Grifter's Game by Lawrence Block

Colorado Boulevard - Ticket to Hollywood by Gary Reilly

This does not mean they don’t exist. - To be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

City is a Pity; Half of Y’all Won’t Make It - Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block

And Old Favorite Still Resonates - Acceptable Risk by Robin Cook

One dwells in lonely places. The fever called living. - In A Strange City by Laura Lippman

The name I can never spell right on the first try - The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Not what I was expecting - No Ivy League by Hazel Newlevant

What’s your book about? Stuff. - Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik

Neat. - A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs by Ben Garrod

I learned something when I didn’t expect to! - Dare to Disappoint by Özge Samanci

Superheroes are human, too - Dear Justice League by Michael Northrop

Iranian immigrant experience, part 2 - The Stationery Shop: Novel by Marjan Kamali

As if you weren’t going to read this. - Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson

One of the Untold stories of World War Two - Under the Broken Sky by Markio Nagai

Where the Gin is Cold - Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins

Went on Cathy Lamb Reading Spree - My Very Best Friend by Cathy Lamb

Almost Perfect Collection of Short Stories - Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman

A Kinsey Installment Looking at Family - M is for Malice by Sue Grafton

A mystery, a thriller, and two collections - The Sentence is Death (Hawthorne #2) by Anthony Horowitz; I'll Never Tell by Catherine McKenzie ; Full Throttle by Joe Hill ; Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Came for the cover art; stayed for the story - Wilder Girls by Rory Power

“No. There aren’t that many shows with SecUnits, and they’re either villains or the villain’s minions.” - Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Non-Fiction Round Up - Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist by Franchesca Ramsey ; Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark; Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

Wake up with a squeak! - Squeak! by Laura McGee Kvasnosky 

Kissing book round up - Roomies by Christina Lauren; American Royals by Katharine McGee; Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren; Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Just in time for the 120th anniversary of the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” - Sing a Song: How “Lift Every Voice and Sing: Inspired Generations by Kelly Starling Lyons

It was magic, until it suddenly wasn’t: CBR Bingo – Pajiba - Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Her big Filipino Christian Egyptian Muslim Life: And isn’t it grand? - I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib

“Heartbreak is a loss. Divorce is a piece of paper.” - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

A great book about two things I am terrible at: money and math. #CBRBingo – True Story - Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis

Also this has the funniest use of PowerPoint I have ever seen. #CBRBingo – Rainbow Flag - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

“Here was life, gently reminding her that she could care again. That her grief was allowed, but so was her joy.” - Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan

Knives Out - A Stab in the Dark by Lawrence Block

No books were harmed, this time - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. - She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey

Publisher review says: “Perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo” and I agree. - Almost American Girl: An Illustrated Memoir by Robin Ha

Be she Rachel or Catherine, one girl learns to survive and be free while all the while, in hiding - Catherine’s War by Julia Billet

Cult Fandom - Falling Angel by William Hjortsberg

He swam back into himself. - The Topeka School by Ben Lerner

He was mourned on every continent. - Schindler's List (Ark) by Thomas Kenneally

Pretty Easy to Figure out Guilty Party & Flow Needed Improved - A Mind to Murder by P.D. James

Dreams, They Will Come and They Will Go - The Brass Rainbow by Dennis Lynds/Michael Collins

You can hate the heroine; don’t hate the novel - Atonement by Ian McEwan

Toby Daye and the selkies - The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire

Finding Home(s) - Monsieur Mediocre: One American Learns the High Art of Being Everyday French by John von Sothen

They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate. - Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Has the bones of “Beauty and the Beast” but more sexy and with faeries. CBR Bingo – Cannonballer Says - A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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