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4 Star Reviews

This Prison Where I Live - The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes

Fun discovering new authors - Heroes and Villains by Lewis Shiner

Big themes in a fun read - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Gorgeous graphic novel with a dragon, a maiden, a warrior, and kites. - The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen (author), Rebecca Guay (art)

Charming - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Drama in the courtroom and beyond - Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

A different voice in romance - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

In a Jungle - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Grimm but not Carter - The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns

A novel published in serial form and it shows - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

But no no no, she did not want to be found. - Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat

I am Money. Money Mississippi. - Gathering of Waters by Bernice L McFadden

Pretty Poems from a Local Artist - Nature's Secrecy: Collected Poems by Amiyo Basu

“I have an increasingly powerful need for books, which throw a glimmer of light into my darkness.” - The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir by Maude Julien

Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Catholic edition - Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry

I like to be in America! O.K. by me in America! Everything free in America!For a small fee in America! - American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by Edited by America Ferrera

Like watching a documentary with your eyes closed - Harry Potter: A History of Magic by The British Library, JK Rowling

National Poetry Month- what doesn’t kill you still hurts - Our Lady of the Ruins by Traci Brimhall

The End is Nigh… But So Is My Quarterly Deadline - Severance by Ling Ma

Neither can drive. - Trust Excerise by Susan Choi

Doo doo, doo doo doo doo! - Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

Finish your z-packs! - Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine by William Rosen

The Marsh Girl - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Heartbreaking because it’s based on so many girls - Factory Girl by Josanne La Valley

I want to live in this man’s mind… - The View From The Cheap Seats: Selected Non-Fiction by Neil Gaiman

I bet Lydia Kang is a lot of fun at parties - A Beautiful Poison by Lydia Kang

“My adoption was hard, and complicated, but it was not a tragedy” - All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung

“The best estimate of flu deaths in 1918–1919 is between 50 million and 100 million worldwide” - Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 by Albert Marrin

In search of a map — and an identity - Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller ; Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller

Will this be a review of this book or a review of my Episcopalian conversion? Stay tuned. - Jesus Was An Episcopalian (And You Can Be One Too!) by Rev. Chris Yaw

Fresh Fantasy - How Long Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

A Cup o’ Trivia for Dorks - A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

Everyone was on their best behaviour. - The Soul of Kindness by Elizabeth Taylor; In a Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor

The Hunt is On - The Huntress by Kate Quinn

If Only It Could Magically Make Me Want to Clean - Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess by Rachel Hoffman

Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the aliens bite - Good Night Solar System by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper; Good Night Astronaut by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper

If I was a pen, this review would be my canvas - If I Was the Sunshine by Julie Foglilano

Loving the IAD Series Reread - No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole

They can’t all be gems, some of them are just costume jewelry - Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson

…You’re There For Me Too - I'll Be There for You: The One About Friends by Kelsey Miller

Being the Man of the House - Keeping the Night Watch by Hope Anita Smith

Go Sports Ball! - Home Run, Touchdown, Basket, Goal!: Sports Poems for Little Athletes  by  Leo Landry

Oh moon, oh stars, You heal the languor of the souls and minds… - Seven Shakespeares, Volume 1 by Harold Sakuishi

Three might be company, but four is one too many - Just Jamie by Terri Libenson

“All tyranny is abominable.” - Zorro by Isabel Allende

The Accidental Peacekeepers of the Post-apocalyptic World - Beyond Series Bundle 1 by Kit Rocha

But he just did other things to upset me… - Queenie by Candace Carty-Williams

Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives. - Emma by Jane Austen

Four-Girl sees the other side of The Boxer Rebellion - Boxer & Saints V02 Saints by Gene Luen Yang

Join Thomas on his adventure in a book . . . inside a book . . . inside a book - The Book in the Book in the Book  by Julien Baer

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