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4 Star Reviews

Midwestern Horror Show - Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

So here it is, at last, a confrontation with reality. - Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A rare find for me: a good short story collection - The Ancient Magus' Bride The Golden Yarn by Kore Yamazaki et al

Folies á Deux - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

Where is the British consulate?! - The James Thurber Audio Collection by James Thurber

That Was Bananas - American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton

And after all, one does not die of it.” “Die of what?” I asked swiftly. “Of being afraid. - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

What would you do to protect your child? - All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker

Wonderful Look at Magic in Germany - The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch

Based on the cover, you’d think this was about three friends. It’s really not, at all. - Lilac Girls: A Novel by Martha Hall Kelly

I’m never drinking out of a hotel minibar glass again - Heads in Beds by Jacob Tomsky

When history is high school - The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin

The Ties That Bind - Blood's A Rover by James Ellroy

Why sing ONE song when you can sing four? - The Blue Songbird by  Vern Kousky; Bird Watch by Christie Matheson ; Bird Builds a Nest: A First Science Storybook by Martin Jenkins; Warbler Wave by April Pulley Sayre

Don’t hide your light under a bushel, darling. - Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

Great from beginning to end. - The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy, #3) by Katherine Arden

The British might deliberately give a man breakfast before shooting him. The Egyptians would intend not to and then forget to warn the kitchen. - Something to Answer For by PH Newby

Florida Woman! (and friends) - Florida by Lauren Groff; The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson

“This life can turn a good girl bad” - The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein

Bark once for yes, wag twice for no - The Dog Diaries: Ginger by Kate Klimo

“As it turned out, a pissed-off drag queen with a grappling hook was a force to be reckoned with.” - Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim - The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene

If he can stay on track - Track #01: Ghost by Jason Reynolds

The people here ARE decent. - Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi

If You Go Down In The Woods Today You’re Sure of a Big Surprise… - Still Life by Louise Penny

A Window to the Past - The Civil War Journal of Pvt. Heyward Emmell, Ambulance & Infantry Corps by Heyward Emmell

In our country for all her greatness there is one thing she cannot do and that is translate a person wholly out of one class into another. - Rites of Passage by William Golding

A surprisingly educational celebrity autobiography - Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Somehow I’ve become the girl who reads a lot of Space books - Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger

“One song is sometimes all it takes. I’ve got one song.” - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Eastern Promises - The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell

The Library Book – A love letter to libraries - The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Small Misunderstandings and Major Desillusions - Broken Harbour by Tana French

Murder Mysteries: Hercule Poirot > Miss Marple - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie; Nemesis by Agatha Christie

What We Leave Behind - How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper

Standing Outside a Broken Phonebooth… - Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley

Party in 17 years - Cicada by Shaun Tan

An Engaging Autobiography - Becoming by Michelle Obama

“Mr. Cupples came out of his reverie. “I think,” he said, “I will have milk and soda-water.” “Speak lower!” urged Trent. “The head-waiter has a weak heart, and he might hear you.” - Trent's Last Case by EC Bentley

Trouble in FantasyLand - Get in Trouble: Stories by Kelly Link

My dear Mark - Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar

Dancing About Architecture is Still Hard - We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

When the weather outside is frightful, Louise Penny is delightful - Dead Cold / A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

“Even things that needed you could hurt you in the taking.” - Riven by Roan Parrish

Cowboys Like Us… - The Final Country by James Crumley

Winston Churchill was a real one - Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard

Rich People Problems Comes with Backstory - Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

Have you ever been turned down by a girl who afterwards married and then been introduced to her husband? - My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

Not All Press is Good Press - The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich Böll

Clubhouse Chemistry is Overrated - Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley's Swingin' A's by Jason Turbow

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