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4 Star Reviews

Almost as if part of him enjoyed telling her this. - The Good House by Tananarive Due

The grimmest of grim - The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang

Apologies to whoever sat next to me while I read this - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

When It Feels Like It’s Getting Late, I Will Reveal You - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

“I’m worth twelve of you, Malfoy.” - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling

“…a duty, out of sheer cussedness, not to disappear completely, simply to ease the conscience of the rest.” - Girl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey

Real Life Nightmare Material - Pandora's Lab by Paul A. Offit, MD

Look, country house parties are nothing but trouble - The Austen Playbook (London Celebrities #4) by Lucy Parker

“Your relationship is a great adventure. Treat it as such.” - Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Doug Abrams, Rachel Carlton Abrams

He ain’t heavy he’s my brother - Charlie & Mouse Even Better by Laurel Snyder; Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder

How dull it would have been to be happy! - Fires by Marguerite Yourcenar

And hey lived hoppily ever after - Easter Surprise by Jennifer and John Churchman

Much more than just a memoir - I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé by Michael Arceneaux

A meta murder mystery - The Word Is Murder (Hawthorne #1) by Anthony Horowitz

A Lady Unlike Any Other - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

I don’t think Ann Leckie has it in her to write a book that isn’t weird as hell. - The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

The John Masterson Trilogy or A Prepper’s Dream - One Second After by William R. Forstchen; One Year After by William R. Forstchen; The Final Day by William R. Forstchen

Bowie and Sylive say it best: Just Dance - Just Dance by Patricia MacLachlan

When life gives you hurdles, lead with your knee - Lu Track #4 by Jason Reynolds

Dearly beloved - Something Very Sad Happened: A Toddler’s Guide to Understanding Death by Bonnie Zucker; I Miss You: a First Look at Death (First Look at Books) by Pat Thomas

Eat the Rich - Murder at the Savoy by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö

“He was riding a tiger. He might as well enjoy it.” - Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1) by K.J. Charles

My first cozy mystery. - A Quiet Life in the Country (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries, #1) by T E Kinsey

Once upon a time I didn’t think I could write short stories. - How Long Til Black Future Month? by NK Jemisin

A graphic memoir about pregnancy, but worth reading even if you don’t want to ever be pregnant. - Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley

Jane Murder - Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

Don’t leave me hanging - York: The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby

The Impatient Ones - The Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach

Feminism in Text Book Form - Our Bodies, Ourselves by Boston Women's Health Book Collective

When you’re awkward, even for a naked mole rat - Sweety by Andrea Zuill

Dystopia Now - When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

How Not To Colonize A Planet - Proxima by Stephen Baxter

Don’t investigate creepy things if you’re not prepared to deal with what you find - The Anomaly by Michael Rutger

After thirty minutes of struggle, he gave up. - The Lady Killer by Masako Towada

Ghosts everywhere. Even the living were only ghosts in the making. - The Ghost Road by Pat Barker

And fancy seeing you here, Nikolai said. - Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li

The idea of being stranded on these lonely hills in the dark appalled me. - Ice by Anna Kavan

I looked that up one day in February, the day I went out to see where Abraham Lincoln’s son Willie was buried. - Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis

Did Not Heart as Much as The Hate U Give - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

What’s Not to Love? - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Angry Space Jellyfish - Binti by nnedi Okorafor

This is a book about a teenage girl planning her suicide. It’s a tough book to read so beware. - My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga

The System Is So Different Here, But It’s Still Broken - The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken by Anonymous

Little Bao’s Big Adventure takes some messy turns - Boxers & Saints #01 by Gene Luen Yang

A Love Letter to the Women Forgotten After Deemed No Longer Useful, Tucked Inside a Love-Hate Letter to a Hometown - The Melting Queen by Bruce Cinnamon

A pretty good second book; I hope she has an easier time with #3! - 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne

If you’re not following this gal on Twitter do so now! - Dandy by Ame Dyckman

Where Brooklyn At. - Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem

We are small but mighty and that’s alrighty! - The Little Guys by Vera Brosgol

When the days call for a story about a family of mice - Brambly Hedge The Secret Staircase by Jill Barklem

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