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4 Star Reviews

Frat Boys and Mean Girls, Gilded Age Edition - House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

It’s been two months, and I’m still thinking about this one. - Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

“she allowed people to act in accordance with their own preconceptions” - An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady, #1) by Helene Tursten

A good last book to this pretty good series. - Blood of Dragons (The Rain Wild Chronicles, #4) by Robin Hobb

“Phoenix-like, he flamed against the cloudless sky, looking down upon our miniature school world and all the golden fields of Fairacre.” - Village School by Miss Read

Grab Bag #2 - Yearbook by Seth Rogen; Will by Will Smith and Mark Manson; Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar; End of Watch by Stephen King; Runnin' With the Devil by Noel E. Monk with Joe Layden; The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi; Last Guard Out by Jim Albright

Romance re-read - Copper Beach by Jayne Ann Krentz

The Opposite is Always Present - Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith

The epitome of British stoicism? - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

“Staying vulnerable is a risk we have to take if we want to experience connection.” - The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

Vitality and Mortality - The Everlasting: A Novel by Katy Simpson Smith

Iheard this was a good book - The Iheards by Emily Kilgore

I am getting E.A. Poe vibes here…. - Forever Maps by Michael Lagace

Prairie Dress on top, Miniskirt at the bottom - What's Done in Darkness by Laura McHugh

Did she or didn’t she…? - Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild

The lights of Broadway - A is for Audra: Broadway’s Leading Ladies from A to Z by John Robert Allman

Cozy read for you, brave adventure for our hero - Gustav Is Missing!: A Tale of Friendship and Bravery by Andrea Zuill

Desk Job - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

The Dramatic Story of How Cup Noodle Came to Be - Project X Challengers: Cup Noodle by Tadashi Katoh

Quick Pandemic Lit Rec for Littles - Maxine's Critters Get the Vaccine Jitters by Jan Zauzmer

Exploring the world on the pages of these books - Fabien Cousteau Expeditions Deep Into the Amazon Jungle by Fabien Cousteau; Fabien Cousteau Expeditions Great White Shark Adventure by Fabien Cousteau

Who is by your side? And who are you by? - Berrybrook Middle School V05 Enemies by Svetlana Chmakova

A Great First (Long) Book in a (Long) Series - City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams

An academic slow-burn, very heartwarming, do recommend. - The Place Between by Kit Oliver

No, really I liked this book - Hawai’i Sea Turtle Rescue by Fabien Cousteau

Nature of the Game - Horns by Joe Hill

Everybody: A Book About Freedom - Everybody by Olivia Laing

The Trick is to Keep Breathing - The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway

‘From the first moment he’d seen her picture in the file they’d been given, he’d been curious about this woman.’ - Securing Piper by Susan Stoker

“You can bid your parents farewell without forgiving them. You don’t have to love them.” - A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic by Mariko Kikuchi

“A happy ending is the one that makes you happy” - For You & No One Else by Roni Loren

Another Delightful Middle-Grade Graphic Novel Wins My Heart - Twins by Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright

“Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown” - Paper Towns (2008) by John Green

Hijinks and Goop people - Weird Kid by Greg Van Eekhout

“Everywhere I looked, there was danger:” A Nuanced and Interesting Middle-Grade Novel - Turtle Boy by M. Evan Wolkenstein

The Bodyguard - The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

The Series That Wants to Do It All. With Footnotes - The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons, #1) by Jenn Lyons; The Name of All Things (A Chorus of Dragons, #2) by Jenn Lyons; The Memory of Souls (A Chorus of Dragons, #3) by Jenn Lyons; The House of Always (A Chorus of Dragons, #4) by Jenn Lyons; The Discord of Gods (A Chorus of Dragons, #5) by Jenn Lyons

Babies, You Have to Be Kind - God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon

A Look at Modern Authoritarianism - Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

A Change to the Modesty Blaise Formula - Dragon’s Claw by Peter O’Donnell

This was very good and I hope I never open it again - Good Bones by Maggie Smith

Elvis in Edinburgh - The Black Book by Ian Rankin

The Pack goes to Europe. - Magic Rises (Kate Daniels, #6) by Ilona Andrews

Come for the art, stay for the bigger picture - Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual by Carole Boston Weatherford

Stare into the Void for too long and it might stare back - A Song for the Void by Andrew C. Piazza

What I read when everything is falling apart - Deal With the Devil by Kit Rocha; The Devil You Know by Kit Rocha

“Now, it’s finally time to reveal some secrets.” - Secret History (Mistborn, #3.5) by Brandon Sanderson

Grandmothers are special - Something about Grandma by Tania de Regil

Intelligence not so artificial - Made in Korea by Jeremy Holt

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