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4 Star Reviews

Party Down - Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

The Ultimate Patsy - Libra by Don DeLillo

Slow at first, but absolutely worth it in the end - Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

To see her is to love her - Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews

Gangster Gangster - Legs by William Kennedy

Deadly Halloween - Trick or Treat by Richie Tankersley Cusick

Solid Entry in Prey Series - Field of Prey by John Sandford

The stunning success of the house could be attributed to the architect… - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Especially when it’s your turn to roll the 20-sided die. - Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm

People - The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Utterly bleak and black is not the sum of realism. All the other colors are real, too. - The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold

More Ash Than Fire, But Still Warm - Ash by Malinda Lo

A saucer of milk…. and keep ’em coming! - Kitten Construction Company: Meet the House Kitten by John Patrick Green

What were you doing at age 15 and 16? - Our House Is on Fire: Greta Thunberg's Call to Save the Planet by Jeanette Winter

“Look at God looking at you…and smiling.” -de Mello - Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life by James Martin

And the writing is anything but - Stiff by Mary Roach

One one-legged dog, one-possessed motorcycle, a witch named Jacks and a girl name Snapdragon - Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

Perfection - The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

Satisfying Follow-Up - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

All the Best People Are Dead - Lord of the Last Heartbeat by May Peterson

Child me would have LOVED this book, adult me thinks it’s pretty great: CBR Bingo – Birthday - Matilda by Roald Dahl

Trees don’t wonder about things. They just grow. - The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls

East and west style and story blended together for one bada$$ read - Monstress Volume 1: Awaking by Marjorie M. Liu

Third Act Weighs Down Short Story - You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles

Taxi! - The Asphalt Warrior by Gary Reilly

Nothing in the verdict helped solve the mystery of the stolen orchids. - The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean

Talking Without Speaking, Hearing Without Listening - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Gotta read ’em all! - Pokemon X•Y Volume 1 by Hidenori Kusaka, Satoshi Yamamoto; Pokemon X•Y Volume 2 by Hidenori Kusaka, Satoshi Yamamoto

“It does not make sense. It cannot exist. It’s impossible.” - The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) by Philip Pullman

I liked it! - A Prince on Paper (Reluctant Royals, #3) by Alyssa Cole

The End…Or a New Beginning - Ark by Veronica Roth

I finally tackle the Temeraire series (four months ago). #CBRBingo – And So It Begins - His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) by Naomi Novik

Has to be said: I have a crush on you - Berrybrook Middle School V03 Crush by Svetlana Chmakova

New character, old story - White Bird by R. J. Palacio

A review for some but not for all - Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Ari Folman

That New Author…Read - Act of Fear by Dennis Lynds/Michael Collins

Falling in love at five or six, although rare, is the same as falling in love at fifty. - G. by John Berger

. I mean everyone else gone and just Tusker and me, peering out into the dark waiting for transport that never turned up. - Staying On by Paul Scott

Bad to the Bone – but Not in a Cool George Thorogood Way, but an Infuriating One. - Bad Blood by John Carreyrou

A merely OK book made much better by the voice cast - Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Would you have stopped? Would it have made a difference? - The Breakdown by B. A. Paris

What if you weren’t sure if your old friend murdered his entire family? - The Dry by Jane Harper

The One Where I continue to catch up on Bingo squares! - I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends by Kelsey Miller; China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

Elementary, My Dear Douglas - Mycroft Holmes by Kareem Abul-Jabbar and Amy Waterhouse

Red Tinted Glasses and Painted on Time - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Huzzah! Bingo! - Well Met by Jen DeLuca

Follow the Path of the Beam - Wizard and Glass by Stephen King

Great Thriller - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

Blackbird swearing in the dead of night - All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Nemeses! Dragons! Science! Symbolism! Sardines! - Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

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