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4 Star Reviews

Slime-y Politics - That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime vol 21 (manga) by Fuse, Taiki Kawakami

Alternative facts by your mother can make you one heck of a writer - There is No Shrimp … And Other Lies My Mother Told Me (UFO Catcher Ken Presents) by Kenny Loui

Should you happen to find yourself at Pike Place Market with money to spend… - Pasta for All Seasons by Michela Tartaglia

He suggests love is the answer, she thinks extortion is a safer bet. - Marry Me by Midnight by Felicia Grossman

“You are telling me that before you can be sure of your affections, you must be sure of yourself.” - The Art of Theft (Lady Sherlock, #4) by Sherry Thomas

A low-stakes 1970s queer love story. - Daniel Cabot Puts Down Roots (The Cabots, #3) by Cat Sebastian

CBR15 Bingo: Asia/Oceania - The Dragon and the Pearl by Jeannie Lin

My Kind of Western - Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

Watch This Space - The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

“I may of use to you yet, my dear dragon” - Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

I Want to go Outside - Wool by Hugh Howey

Adulting from books - A little course in Crochet by DK

Good old fashioned pop culture salutes - Villains' Vignettes Volume 1 by Drew Hayes

The darker side of science - The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean

Sebastian huffed. “You make it sound like a crime.” “Yes, darling,” Wesley said, slow and patronizing. “Because it is.” - Once a Rogue by Allie Therin

CBR15 Bingo: Adulthood - Happy Place by Emily Henry

When a firebird crashes into your life - Atana V01: Atana and the Firebird by Vivian Zhou

Hello The Wilderness - The Wilderness by Steve McCarthy

Languages for the power - My Mother's Tongues: A Weaving of Languages by Uma Menon

It was always aliens who had built the pyramids. Nobody could conceive of any Indigenous group erecting anything more complex than a hut. - Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Of butterflies and spirits - A Blanket of Butterflies (The Spirit of Denendeh Volume One) by Richard Van Camp; As I Enfold You in Petals (The Spirit of Denendeh, Volume 2). by Richard Van Camp

Stay curious my friend - We, the Curious Ones by Marion Dane Bauer

Clever and Funny - How to be Champion by Sarah Millican

If Casey rode a bicycle - Major Taylor: World Cycling Champion. by Charles R. Smith

“We think that it is better not to be sentient. Imagine how hard that would be, to actually have to think about things all the time.” - Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

“You wish you had a do-over?” she asks. “Tell me, what would you do if you had another chance?” - Four Weddings to Fall in Love by Jackie Lau

CBR15 Bingo: Strange Worlds - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Love Triumphant and a bit with a dog - The Anti-Hero by Sara Cate

Snuggle up with Godzilla and friends - Love from Godzilla by Olivia Luchini

To Catch A Killer…but make it funny - Killing Me by Michelle Gagnon

Nice illustrations and wisdom to help calm the mind - Big Panda and Tiny Dragon by James Norbury

I’m not gonna lie. I came for the “monsters.” - Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovations at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

It’s Her, Fern Brady - Strong Female Character by Fern Brady

…what terrified him even more was that he trusted her. And he didn’t know what that meant about himself. - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Here’s an interesting moment in any friendship. That time when one person has revealed something essential about themselves and the other must decide if they can accept it. - Lone Women by Victor Lavalle

We’re not separated from the world by our own edges. - Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Back then we prayed to the gods and went on killing sprees. Now we have Zoloft. - Fit for the Gods: Greek Mythology Reimagined by Jenn Northington and S. Zainab Williams

“She will find the hornet’s nest and set it on fire. When the angry hornets fly out, she’ll poke them with her sword.” - Magic Tides and Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews

Why you get that 4 AM caterwaul - Cat Dads: Your Guide to Feline Fatherhood by Alison Davies

A soap bird and four seeds - Dounia and the Magic Seeds by Marya Zarif

Music and trash - The Girl Who Heard the Music: How One Pianist and 85,000 Bottles and Cans Brought New Hope to an Island by Mahani Teave and Marni Fogelson

Yuta and Kyota found a loophole - Why I Adopted My Husband: The true story of a gay couple seeking legal recognition in Japan by Yuta Yagi

A Witch’s Guide to Standing Up to Your Toxic Family: CBR 15 Bingo – Adulthood - A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley

“The further you get from home, the weirder things get.” - The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained by Colin Dickey

Lots of Good Stuff in these books - Colorful Mondays: A Bookmobile Spreads Hope in Honduras by Nelson Rodriguez; Fiona the Fruit Bat by Dan Riskin; What's Inside a Bird's Nest?: And Other Questions about Nature & Life Cycles by Rachel Ignotofsky

Standing up for the community - Pride and Persistence: Stories of Queer Activism (Do You Know My Name?)  by Mary Fairhurst Breen 

I am The Best! At what, not sure yet….. - Getting Dizzy by Shea Fontana

The Flame of the Heart - Flamer by Mike Curato

“Bones is what they are now.” - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Fingers Crossed This Time I Get the Look Right - The Vegan Cake Bible by Sara Kidd

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