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4 Star Reviews

They had it coming - When the Wolves Are Silent by C.S. Harris

Can’t wait to see how this connects to The Mercy of the Gods - Livesuit by James S.A. Corey

Second chance romance, Harlem Renaissance History and Mental Health - Score by Kennedy Ryan

I have a new hobby - The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

Exploring the Making of Masculinity - Dude You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School by C.J. Pascoe

I had a lot of clever titles for this review but none of them fit. - Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan and Noah Stollman

An odd, not so little, little book or Why even though it is the day before Easter, you should go to the libary - Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp

“You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I’d like to introduce my fists to whoever taught you to stop talking about the things that interest you.” - A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

The Gale - The Gale by Mo Yan, Chengliang Zhu and Ying-Hwa Hu

A physically exhilarating and exhausting experience - My Brilliant Friend: The Graphic Novel  by Chiara Lagani, Mara Cerri, Ann Goldstein, Elena Ferrante

Everybody Wants to Be Le Chat - To Catch a Thief by David Dodge

Of Wasps and Other Incryptids - Butterfly Effects by Seanan McGuire

Slightly predictable for a reader without making the characters seem obtuse - The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig

A Great Graphic Novel for Fans of Cozy Fantasy - Forgive-Me-Not by Mari Costa

Space Archeology and a Mystery - The Ship Who Searched by Anne McCaffrey & Mercedes Lackey

Pretty Woman, if the woman is a penniless single mother rather than a leggy L.A call girl - Dolly All the Time by Annabel Monaghan

For the discerning reader who prefers books that are neither too literary nor too commercial - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

Belonging - Until We Meet Again by Lily Kim Qian

The book that is NSFW and yet somehow I got away with reading it there….. - That Sexy Bea by Owlin

This is really neat to learn about! - Pufflings Fly Free!: A Rescue Tale from Iceland by Colleen Paeff and by Linda Ólafsdóttir

Romancing the journalist - Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane

The Privilege of Time - Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue

“For better or worse” sometimes means being lost at sea for 117 days with each other. - A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst

When Misfits Go Exploring - The Marsh Fellows by Anna-Laura Sullivan

If it first you don’t succeed brush yourself off and try again, try again - The Do-Over by Lynn Painter

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

The Re-Do List by Denise Williams - The Re-Do List by Denise Williams

Lost in the woods - Heartwood by Amity Gaige

Drugs don’t always help - Unshrunk by Laura Delano

Real Americans - Real Americans by Rachel Khong

When Satire Isn’t - Severance by Ling Ma

Damon Salvatore and gladiators - We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark

The Hubris and Entitlement of Alchemists - Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire

Princess Lessons for a Princess Party and thensome - Cursed Princess Club v.5 by Lamb Cat

I’ve honestly lost track how many times I have read one and hope I can repeat it with the other title - The Tree in Me by Corinna Luyken; Hello, Ocean! by Corinna Luyken

I wrote the review ages ago, but left the wording in present tense - This Is How I Say I Love You: Little Bunny’s Bedtime Story Told in English and Chinese by Dayong Gan; The Most Beautiful Painting: Discover the Mystery of Chinese Script (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition) by Yajuan Lu and Jian Li

It’s a love story, baby, just say yes - It's a Love Story by Annabelle Monaghan

“Writing gives you the power to shape your own world when the real one hurts too much” - The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

My Second Tove Jansson and the Newest Murderbot - Platform Decay by Martha Wells; Fair Play by Tove Jansson

“The sun is up, the skies are blue, and murder is in the air.” - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

“You know, Kiley Forge, most people like me.” “I’m not most people.” “Oh, I’m aware.“ - The Scoring Secret by Ainsley Booth

Tl:dr – Cannabis turns anxious, uptight ER doc into anxious hoochie daddy who listens to his patients. - Pot Shot by Laura Piper Lee

a novella I wish were a novel, but then again when don’t I - The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí Clark

“She was a half-wild thing of ink and grass and sea breezes, raised by books and rabbits and fairy lore, and that was all she cared to be.” - The Magician's Daughter by H. G. Parry

“I have everything I ever wanted–and it tastes just as delicious as I always imagined.” - Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

I agree; The Tempest is a horrible play to perform on an ocean voyage. - A Sea Change: A Shadowhunters Novella by Cassandra Clare

“Emotion check: Having someone else support your bad decisions feels kind of good” - Platform Decay: Murderbot Diaries Book 8 by Martha Wells

They go into the woods and do what? - An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr

I guess my reading vibe this year is slanting towards cozy and comforting - The Last Father-Daughter Dance: A Short Story by Lisa Wingate; Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes 1) by Travis Baldree

Amal El-Mohtar Excels at Writing Fairy Tales - Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar

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