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1 Star Reviews

First book I’ve not finished in a while - The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

Circling and Circling - Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Very meta - The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick

Dated and hard to stomach (DNF) - Rivals by Jilly Cooper

I am exhausted. - Bunny by Mona Awad

The book that defeated a certified Completionist. - The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

I Loathed This Book. Hostile Review Follows - The Au Pair Affair by Tessa Bailey

I haven’t finished but still had thoughts - Mutant Cats, Volume 1 by Matthew Medney, Morgan Rosenblum, and Alex Arizmendi

Dirge has one unique style that is going to be a huge hit with the right adult audience. I am sooooooooo not that audience - I Can Count To Ten by Roman Dirge

The Eighth Time’s the Charm - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Tuurton

Espionage is for the Birds - The Peacock and the Sparrow by I.S. Berry

This book itself is also a fiasco, ironically. CBRBINGO – Fiasco - Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops by James Robert Parish

Buns on the run - Fluffle Bunnies V01 Buns Gone Bad by Anna Humphrey; Fluffle Bunnies V02 Big City Buns by Anna Humphrey

This Sh*t Is Bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S - Final Girls by Riley Sager

Really Side-Eyeing The New York Times Over Their Choices - Pastoralia by George Saunders

I cannot even say I appreciate you - Curses by George WylesolI

Rancid Like Week-old Mutton Soup - See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

Main Character as Doorstop - Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman

Too Many Jonathans, or Too Much Jonathan - Purity by Jonathan Franzen

Needless is About Right - The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

I’d Like to Check Out a Different Book, Please - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Who Gets the Last Word? - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

“What I did know was that I had hit upon a truth of womanhood; however blameless a life we led, the passions and the greed of men could bring us to ruin, and there was nothing we could do.” - Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

My Wife as a Dog - Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

I tried to like this book. I just could not. - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

I hate not finishing a book, especially one with such a pretty cover - Fox and I by Catherine Raven

Think Small - Small World by Tabitha King

cloisterf*ck - The Cloisters (2022) by Katy Hays

Bored to Death - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Breezy, Sleazy, Cheesy - Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

“Clean hearts and clean minds, cleanliness at all times! Nothing dirty, nothing bad, always happy, never sad!” - Mister Magic by Kiersten White

Nonsensical, but not in the fun way - Uriah’s Orbit (Aligning Stars Book 2) by S.A. Sommers; The D in 403B (The 400 Block) by Jess Bryant; Topping the Alpha (Trident Security Book 5) by Samantha Cole

I Was Looking for the “Better” Promised in the Title but it Kept Getting Worse - For Better and Worse by Margot Hunt

Daisy Jones & The Six: DNF at 52% - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Too Many Bumps in the Night - The Last Girl Left by A.M. Strong, Sonya Sargent

Ishiguro, I think I WILL let you go… - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Teeny Weeny - Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge

Are Hot Dogs Really Just Psychedelic Sandwiches? - Under The Influence by Eliot Rahal, Stefano Simeone

Might have found my worst of the year with my first of the year - Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Was This A NaNoWriMo Piece? - Persephone by Kitty Thomas

Oh Oh No, It’s Magic - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Review #10: If anybody has recommendations for a good fantasy romance, please let me know, because this ain’t it - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Hi, it’s me, the worst book of the year. - Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

Unsatisfying - Woman, Eating: A Literary Vampire Novel by Claire Kohda

Probably My Least Favorite Book of the Year - Three Tigers, One Mountain by Michael Booth

Just so…..boring - Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky

At least it was free - Jack and Andrew: Hope (A Southern Thing) by Samuel York

Human Tornado - Not Really Buddies (Buddy and Bea) by Jan Carr; Tiny Tornadoes (Buddy and Bea) by Jan Carr

Not a Meal to Remember - Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg

Craybi Craynobi and Crayski Craynobi on a crazy cartoon trip - YAHGZ: The Craynobi Tales by Art Baltazar

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