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4 Star Reviews

Ignore the terrible puns — it’s really pretty good - Up to This Pointe by Jennifer Longo

“I needed to see more from my movies than the extremely tragic black woman, or the magic helpless Negro, or the many black men in dresses.” - The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

“We’re all weird and damaged in our own way. You’re not the only one.” - Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

From Ada Lovelace to Marie Curie to Joan Jett - Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen

“If your world does not include enough access to different people, and their world does not include enough access to you, you are speaking from ignorance.” - The Daily Show: An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests by Chris Smith, Jon Stewart

Hard to compete with a plagues, tbh - It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright

If you’ve seen the comic, you know what this book is - What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

“Wherever you go, you take yourself with you.” - The Graveyard Book (full cast audio) by Neil Gaiman

We are stardust, we are golden - Big Bang: The most important scientific discovery of all time and why you need to know about it by Simon Singh

“No one is truly honest.” - Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Good enough to make me want more, and wonder why I waited so long - Headlong Flight by Dayton Ward

“Keep in mind though, I’m a PEZ dispenser and I’m in the abnormal Psychology textbook. Who says you can’t have it all?” - Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

Olives Are a Despotic Fruit - The Wrong Dead Guy by Richard Kadrey

Gunpowder, gelatin. Dynamite with a laser beam. - Rat Queens vol 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe

Wrapping up My Carrie Fisher Binge - The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

Not the sequel to The Chocolate War - An Ice-Cream War by William Boyd

Cannonballing with a book that was formative and remains shockingly relevant - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

I miss Mister Rogers. And we need his kind of love so desperately. - The World According to Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers

A delightful set of magical fairytales. - The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

Lots of fabulous beasties to be found here! - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling

A fictionalized Henry James. - The Master by Colm Tóibín

Fun Gothic hilarity - The Romance of the Forest by Ann Radcliffe

Grim Reaper Times Three - Born with the Dead by Robert Silverberg

I Wanted You to Love Me Like You Used to Do - Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Weird Things Were Always Happening in Waco - Star Dust by Emma Barry, Genevieve Turner

Lose Yourself. Bring Sunscreen. - I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes

Saga’s Back! Tell a friend! - Saga, Volume 7 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Nick Offerman is a magnificent human man. - Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman

Hero of Ages? Enrique Iglesias is SHOOK - The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson

Welcoming the A List to the D List - Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z Index by Kathy Griffin

“Amon Goeth and Oskar Schindler, they both had power. One used it to kill, the other to save lives. Their example shows that everyone has a choice.” - My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past by Jennifer Teege (Author), Nikola Sellmair (Author), Carolin Sommer (Translator)

Final check on the Rainbow Rowell list - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

I want to be a cool kid too! - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

Believe it. - The Unbelievable Gwenpool Vol. 1: Believe It by Christopher Hastings, Danilo Beyruth, and Gurihiru

This is the House. Come on in. - Death in the City of Light: A Serial Killer in Nazi Occupied Paries by David King

More Stories from an Interesting Woman - Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher

The original vampire-ess - Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Some days I don’t know if I am wrong or right - Magic for Nothing by Seanan McGuire

“Change happens through understanding.” - Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings

Ignorance Is Not an Option - What Does It Mean To Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy by Robin DiAngelo

“Some women get erased a little at a time, some all at once. Some reappear. Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear.” - Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

I just really wanted to give this kid a hug - Rapture Practice: A True Story About Growing Up Gay in an Evangelical Family by Aaron Hartzler

A life lived beyond expectations. - A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

“Sometimes you just have to put on lip gloss and pretend to be psyched.” - Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling

Thoughts on Lord of Scoundrels - Lord of Scoundrels (Scoundrels #3) by Loretta Chase, Kate Reading (narrator)

“The sun, stars, ocean, trees, everything, I gave it all up for you.” - I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

This book was so weird/cool/strange/confusing/fascinating - Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

The Best Wierd Celebrity Best Friend - You're Never Wierd on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day

What Makes a Hero a Hero - Wonder Woman, Volume One by Greg Rucka, J.G. Jones, Drew Johnson

Star Dust Is Golden - Star Dust by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner

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