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4 Star Reviews

Ghostly turn - The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen

Ever seen a Zombie snail? Hairy anglerfish? Or an Exploding ant? - The World’s Most (Marvelous) Ridiculous Animals by Philip Bunting

“This war was a choice.” - Wake of War by Zac Topping

Messy, grief-filled story - The Minus-One Club by Kekla Magoon

What happens in Vegas might not stay in Vegas - Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai

A Lot Of Little Necessary Reminders - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

Old Magic in Not Too Old Times Past - The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

Fantastic Jewish mythology middle grade! - The Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros

“Not to be devastated by my mistake, but instead to be motivated. He spoke to me with the quality one often encounters in truly wise people—forgiveness.” - Spare by Prince Harry

Humans are the real monsters - A Soul to Heal by Opal Reyne

So much for pacing myself - A Kiss for Midwinter by Courtney Milan

“You rescue me. I rescue you. That’s how this works.” - Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Calling on Dragons- In Which the Re-Read Continues to Be Lovely. - Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede

Earthside- The comforting Apocalypse continues! - Earthside by Dennis E. Taylor

Give Me All the Septuagenarians Solving Murders Books, NOW!! - The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

Sad, informative, and moving - Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

Fathers and Children - The Duchess War by Courtney Milan

A really good fantasy debut, with one glaring flaw. - The Justice of Kings (Empire of the Wolf, #1) by Richard Swan

“When you catch someone lying about a murdered girl, you go ask them why” - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Review #1: When I Cease to Understand This Book - When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut

Be Like Sam - Black Beach: A Community, an Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day by Shaunna and John Stith

Exploring self and style - Alone in Space: A Collection by Tillie Walden

Both light, dark, funny, silly, goofy, inspirational and a few things in between poetry for all ages - Lila Duray: A Collection of Delightfully Delectable Poems by Emily Morrison; What Color Is Goodness? by Emily Morrison

“We can both hate and love in the same breath and still not want to change a single day of how we live.” - The Sins That Find Us by E.M. Lindsey

“My suffering was washed away along with my tears. But somewhere mother’s tears remain in stasis, jelled.” - A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio

“When you get older, you may never have anyone sing to you personally again, but go all over the world and I bet you can’t find one baby that has never been sung to.” - The Good Times Are Killing Me by Lynda Barry

Spain and Not Plain - The Queen of the South by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Lots of Facts I Never Realized I Wanted to Know - Why is This a Question? Everything about the origins & oddities of language you never thought to ask by Paul Anthony Jones

Good, Old-Fashioned Excitement - Radio Girls by Sarah-Jane Stratford

A Japanese puzzle mystery I actually managed to figure out! - Newcomer (Kyoichiro Kaga, #2) by Keigo Higashino

“Frosting isn’t a good medium for lengthy dissertations on fate.”- Wayward Children Book 3 - Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

Eliza Has Monsters - Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

I liked this weird little gremlin book. - The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay

“This is the year where if you are not careful, you could stand to lose it all. There will be one pregnancy, one funeral, and one marriage. A complete turn around the sun by the next Lunar year. But you must fix your relationship with everyone. And I mean everyone in your family. Starting with your daughters.” - The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh

Continuing The Story - The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman

This book is begging to be a TV show, or graphic novel - Mr. & Mrs. Witch by Gwenda Bond

A book about butts! - Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke

Nefarious forces, scheming plots, and a water demon - The Queen’s Favorite Witch V02 The Lost King by Benjamin Dickson

A Civil Rights Icon - My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King

An elephant never forgets. Until she does - Never Forget Eleanor by Jason June

Cinema Tarantino - Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

Stories Matter - The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

It’s rather a lot to tell. But I suppose I should start with the parrot. - A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

A story of finding yourself - The Long Run by James Acker

“Desire was not passion and passion was not love.” - The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A lovely little book. - Lucky Caller by Emma Mills

What Would Marie Curie Do? - Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

Maybe Tentacle Porn isn’t all that bad… - An Inheritance of Monsters by Cate Corvin

The Title is Slightly Too Accurate - Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk

Make your own meat and cheese without involving animals - Fake Meat Real Food for Vegan Appetites by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

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