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4 Star Reviews

Terrible half-baked review of a really good book. - Sleeping Giants (Themis Files, #1) by Sylvain Neuvel

“Because maybe if the gesture is grand enough, and perfect enough, it won’t be unrequited at all and I, Graham William Posner— lanky, pale, glasses, and with a penchant for fantasy worlds— will actually get the girl…” - The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash

In our hour of darkness, Oh Lord, grant me vision - Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson

One Hell of a BBQ - Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

Supernatural murder mystery is a new twist for me! - Don't Turn Around: A dark, thrilling, page-turner of a crime novel (Detective Jennifer Knight Crime Thriller Series Book 1) by Caroline Mitchell

Thanks, CBR book club. I’m glad I read this one. - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

A Quebecois Poirot - Still Life by Louise Penny

Stories Helped Make Me Who I Am - Faith Vol. 1: Hollywood and Vine by Jody Houser, Francis Portella, Marguerite Sauvage, Andrew Dalhouse

Alexander Hamilton had a torrid affair, and he wrote it down RIGHT THERE - It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright

I’m young, scrappy, and hungry - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

YA fiction based on The Magic Orange Tree - The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

Typical Gaiman - American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Does she even go here? - Ms. Marvel Vol. 3: Crushed by G. Willow Wilson, Takeshi Miyagawa

But then there was this robot-bunny… - The Stonekeeper (Amulet #1) by Kazu Kibuishi

I will not equivocate on my opinion, I have always worn it on my sleeve - The Infinite Wait and Other Stories by Julia Wertz

“End of watch is what they call it, but Hodges himself has found it impossible to give up watching.” - End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy #3) by Stephen King

Even without David Tennant, these books get a big thumbs up. - Alias (AKA Jessica Jones) Vol 1-3 by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos, Bill Sienkiewicz

It’s Not Always Golder on the Otherside of Ascot - Snobs by Julian Fellowes

This Kind of Read Like Someone’s Recounting of a Wacky Fever-Dream, and I Honestly Kind of Dig It - John Dies at the End by David Wong

Two paranormal romances, two thumbs up - The Unleashing, The Undoing (Call of Crows #1, 2) by Shelly Laurenston

Coming Late to the Game - Rhythm & Clues by Sue Ann Jaffarian

When The End of the World Comes, I Want to Be in Cincinnati - Eligible-A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld

I accessorize for one and all - Changeless, Blameless, Heartless and Timeless by Gail Carriger

Another Reminder Why I Won’t Climb Everest - Peak by Roland Smith

A Different Take On The End Of The World - On The Edge Of Gone by Corinne Duyvis

This one is for the English majors. - Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen by Mary Norris

Love Must Make Sacrifices in War - Champion by Marie Lu

“Here on Coney Island, we learn to take each other as we are.” - Magruder's Curiosity Cabinet by H.P. Wood

Print the Legend - Summer of '49 by David Halberstam

This is the only version where I don’t want to murder Lydia. - The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick

Didn’t quite live up to the hype, but a good read nonetheless - The Girls by Emma Cline

It is a truth, universally ignored, that servants have lives too. - Longbourn by Jo Baker

I’m a Queen…No I’m a Warrior! Queen! Warrior!…Maybe I Can be Both? - Ice like Fire (Snow like Ashes #2) by Sara Raasch

You can check out any time you like but you can never leave (Cannonball!) - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

All men must die - Sabriel by Garth Nix

And all our joys are but the ghost of a memory. - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

You can’t handle the trials (heh) and tribulations of the 1%. - The Firm by John Grisham

Not quite the art heist book I thought it’d be, but something quieter and wonderful - The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith

“If you loved…” works better in a bookstore - Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

Another Easy Summer Read - The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan

This Lady Seems Crazy But I Like Her - Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton

Millennial Malaise in San Francisco - Private Citizens by Tony Tulathimutte

Not to be confused with that other, other Girl - The Other Harlow Girl by Lynn Messina

I find your lack of Lying Cat disturbing - Saga, Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Shel Silverstein with swear words - Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone by Bo Burnham, Chance Bone (Illustrator)

A Call to the Past - Landline by Rainbow Rowell

The diet revolution is here. And it’s armed. - Dietland by Sarai Walker

I’m breakin’ through, I’m bendin’ spoons, I’m keepin’ flowers in full bloom. - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

20 years late to the party. I’m surprisingly out of place. - The Giver by Lois Lowry

The easiest way is always to work through a suitable man - The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson

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