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5 Star Reviews

Three Great Manga Short Story Collections - All My Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga; Don't Say Any More, Darling by Fumi Yoshinaga; Sneeze by Naoki Urasawa

Wallace Stegner (1) - Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

Almost specifically tailored to my interests - Funny Guy by Emma Barry

“What if it’s enough to just be…Us.” - A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

Milan Kundera (1) - The Joke by Milan Kundera

Big Finish! - The Toll: Arc of a Scythe Book 3 by Neal Shusterman

Anne Lamott (1) - Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott

Walter Benjamin (1) - Illuminations: Essays and Reflections by Walter Benjamin

“Books are Doors and I wanted out.” - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

“Before I learned civility / I used to scream ferociously” - Sawkill Girls (2018) by Claire Legrand

Jane Austen (1) - Persuasion by Jane Austen

“A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it.” - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story. - The Overstory by Richard Powers

A Poignant Blend of Myth and Survival - Dear Medusa by Olivia A Cole

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I had such a good time with it. - Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke

Walking through the apocalypse - Rain by Joe Hill

The boldly feminist historical romance you need - The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham; Portrait of a Duchess by Scarlett Peckham

J. Anthony Lukas (1) - Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Familes by J. Anthony Lukas

I’m dying. I’m dead. Murdered by the puppy cannon! - The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

There he was, minding his own business, thinking he was as good as everyone else, never realizing he was committing the crime of being Fat. - A Work in Progress. by Jarrett Lerner

“I don’t know why I’m telling you this.” - Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse

Tears and Trauma - I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

It’s biblical! - Thunderhead: Arc of a Scythe Book 2 by Neal Shusterman

Too Much and Never Enough - The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan

There’s a New Young Magician in Town - Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston; Amari and the Great Game by B. B. Alston

“He was wrong, somehow, and he wanted to be all right, but it was almost as if there was some secret nobody would tell him, so he was always going to be stuck outside.” - Sons from Afar (Tillerman Cycle #6) by Cynthia Voigt

Faeries, Beasts, and a Whole New World - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

Gore Vidal (4) - Burr by Gore Vidal

“I keep trying to make sober, evidence-based statements. And you try to make me jump you like a cat.” - The Art of Losing by Ruby Lang

Gore Vidal (1-3) - United States: State of the Art by Gore Vidal; United States: State of the Union by Gore Vidal; United States: State of Being by Gore Vidal

His hand looked like the rest of him, large and stern and competent. - Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller

If you can’t join ‘em, beat ‘em! - The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan

The book that made me realise: my husband is a philosopher. - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

The Genealogy of Southern Cooking - The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty

You put a spell on me - Back in a Spell by Lana Harper

The Serial Killer Book I’ve Been Waiting For - Notes On An Execution by Danya Kukafka

“Robert Isaksson from the next village over was a reindeer killer.” - Stolen: A Novel by Ann-Helen Laestadius, trans. Rachel Willson-Broyles

William Tecumsah Sherman (1) - The Memoirs of William T Sherman Volume 1 by William T Sherman; The Memoirs of William T Sherman Volume 2 by William T Sherman

“It’s not like I grow up to be some great war hero or any all-important savior but thanks to my parents at least I get to grow old. Not everyone does.” - Saga (Volume 9) by Brian K Vaughan

“If we were all a little more selfish with our own lives instead of being in such a hurry to defend everything to the death the universe would be a much less scary place” - Saga (Volume 8) by Brian K Vaughan

feed me with your kiss - The Widowmaker by Hannah Morrissey

Pest? A Matter of Perception - Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire

“Stranger, whoever you are, open this to learn what will amaze you.” - CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by ANTHONY DOERR

It’s not a bad decision to be happy. - Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly

“Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild” - Every Gift a Curse (2023) by Caroline O'Donoghue

Review #2: 1203 Pages of Awesome - The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson

Maybe that’s how you fool other empaths, like, “hey baby, you just be your high-strung self and let me handle all that scary danger,” but respectfully, Agent Dead Man, I’m pretty sure you are the scary danger. - Liar City by Allie Therin

She’s Been Through It - Finding Me by Viola Davis

I’ve been on all sides of this story - So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship by Sophie Lambda

“Was it possible that the best bit of him was shining forth, and surfacing?” - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

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