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4 Star Reviews

A Harry Bosch “cold case” turns red-hot - The Drop by Michael Connelly

If you lived 300 years… - Wild Seed by Octavia Butler

Hard Luck Hank – The Galaxy’s Nicest Thug - Hard Luck Hank: Screw the Galaxy by Steven Campbell

Revisting a teen favorite - The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

A whimsically surreal comic about music and being a freak at school that will appeal to both adults and children alike. - Moonhead and the Music Machine by Andrew Rae

A subtle and introspective novel from the Japanese master, filled with all the Murakami tropes we know and love. - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

A classic thriller about an assassin on the run and the lengths he will go to in order to survive, lovingly reissued with a new introduction by Robert MacFarlane. - Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household

Mean Girls–Really Not So Funny - The Fever by Megan Abbott

A Tragedy of Psychological Proportions - An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser

Worthy successor to “The Cuckoo’s Calling” by JK Rowling (aka Robert Galbraith) - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

A contemporary romance with a quarterback and a girl in a beaver suit - Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

There’s a country house party in the 1920s…what do you think will happen? - The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne

The Genius Files: You Almost Get Killed Thrice - The Genius Files #3: You Only Die Twice by Dan Gutman

Soccer: the Best Sport EVER!!! - Eight World Cups by George Vecsey

Satire that works - How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Forever Young - The Postmortal by Drew Magary

Y’all are gonna get so sick of me gushing about this guy - Embassytown by China Mieville

I’ll save you having to read this review: Just go watch The Lizzie Bennet Diaries on YouTube. I mean it. GO! - The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su & Kate Rorick

Brawny, brawny Highlanders - The Campbell Trilogy by Monica McCarty

Sickened by Julie Gregory - Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood by Julie Gregory

A Story About Chinese Americans (No Concubines!) - The Year She Left Us by Kathryn Ma

A Serial Killer Haunts Post-WWII Italy - The Light in the Ruins by Chris Bohjalian

Unreliable narrators for the win - We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

David Sedaris’s Adventures with Language - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Willa Cather–grand dame of friendship and the Great Plains - My Antonia by Willa Cather

Like most people, he lied best by omission…. - The Liars' CLub: A Memoir by Mary Karr

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The one where the guy isn’t quite as hot as Ranger, but he’ll do - The Chase by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg

“It was a horrible time to be alive” - Longbourn by Jo Baker

The Tourist that isn’t the Depp movie - The Tourist by Olin Steinhauer

Artists + Ghosts = Good Story - The Hundred-Year House: A Novel by Rebecca Makkai

I thrill when I drill a bicuspid…. - To Rise Again At A Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris

A contemporary romance with matchmaking - Match Me If You Can by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Wizard Harry Dresden in fine form in Death Masks - Death Masks by Jim Butcher

Like Some Guy at a Party Got All Jazzed About Mythology and Just Had to Tell You About It - Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology by Cory O'Brien

A contemporary romance dealing with dark pasts and grieving people - Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Reading in the Wild - Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller

Prof. Jane Darlington might have a genius level IQ, but she goes about getting a baby in a truly dumb way - Nobody's Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose - The One & Only by Emily Giffin

Great start to a new series… - Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron

Veronica Mars, I’m watching you - The Thousand Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham

Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - Inkheart (Inkworld #1) by Cornelia Funke

The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno by Ellen Bryson - The Transformation of Bartholomew Fortuno by Ellen Bryson

There is a bad apple in here, but the bunch isn’t quite spoiled. - The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan

Raging Egos would be more accurate - Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind

A smart and amusing look at the close ties between sibling love and rivalry, longlisted for the Man Booker. - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

A road-trip through medieval Europe, seen through the naïve and trusting eyes of a young classically educated friar. - John the Pupil by David Flusfeder

MelBivDevoe’s CBR review #13 - Landline by Rainbow Rowell

MelBivDevoe’s CBR review #12 - Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel by Maria Semple

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