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4 Star Reviews

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

“We are all migrants through time” - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

I see now what everyone meant about latter Pratchett. - Jingo (Discworld, #21) by Terry Pratchett

A Study in A Study of Scarlet - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

Have you been looking for a comedic horror novel that takes place in an alternate dimension and features a foul-mouthed crab? Look no further! - The Hike by Drew Magary

Before the Killer Tomatoes Attacked - The Turn by Kim Harrison

Do You Think There’s Such a Thing as a Perfect Day? - All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

“Year ten of Watson v. West starts now.” - The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson

A Warlock That Needs to go Straight (but isn’t) - Rag and Bone by KJ Charles

“It’s just make-believe for rich people” - The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

Faking It - Faking It by Jennifer Crusie

Another Student Recommendation - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Final Countdown - The Found and the Lost by Ursula K Le Guin

Double-crossing demons is dangerous - Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison

Over there, inside the Smoke, pain was joy and anger peace. Violence was love. - Smoke by Dan Vyleta

Make Wakanda Great Again! - Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 2 by Ta-Nehisi Coates

To Devour or Not to Devour, That is the Question - The Devourers by Indira Das

Chasing serial killers in Cincinnati - The Good, the Bad and the Undead by Kim Harrison

The Plot Thickens - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

Girl Detective and Cranky Cat for Hire - Murder Offstage and The Tomb of the Honey Bee (Posie Parker Mysteries 1 & 2) by L.B. Hathaway

Sometimes you just need a little lightness - The Weight of It All by N.R. Walker

A Primer for Public Citizenship - On Tyranny: Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

I read this book, too - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Beware an adolescent dragon with Thoughts about Injustice - Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik

The Interestings, maybe not so Interesting, but still compelling - The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer

Tonight, at The Pit, everyone’s identity is revealed - Power Play (Action Figures #6) by Michael Bailey

“Being exceptional isn’t revolutionary, it’s lonely. It separates you from your community. - Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

“There is no formula when it comes to gender and sexuality.” - Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

If Your Heels Are Nimble and Light - Babylon's Ashes by James S.A. Corey

When Shall We Live if Not Now? - The Sundial by Shirley Jackson

Good. Long, but good. - White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg

“That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! Not for me.” - Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Miranda and Caliban – what came before the tempest - Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey

This Will Be Our Year, Took a Long Time to Come - Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler

Great Follow-up to Wait for the Rain - Bridges: A Daphne White Novel by Maria Murnane

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. - The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

It’s a Hard Knock Life - The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

The Last Hellion Takes a Wife - The Viscount and the Vixen by Lorraine Heath

Up to some of his old tricks - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Poor Hot Dog - Afterlife with Archie: Escape from Riverdale by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

I like Turtles. - The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara

“Alice remembered who she was before. She just couldn’t recall what had happened to that girl to make her this girl.” - Alice by Christina Henry

Pie to Pi but a Little Underbaked - How to Bake Pi by Eugenia Chang

“‘Because you are a girl’ is never a reason for anything. Ever.” - Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves.” - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

I Didn’t Expect the Bible to Feature so Prominently - Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

Funny, she doesn’t look Hainish – The Found and the Lost part 2 - The Found and the Lost by Ursula K Le Guin

“Love is the bridge that spans the world above and below, and keeps the wheel of life turning.” - Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

“In conclusion, women are just awful, and periods prove it.” - Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage and Manners by Therese Oneill

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