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2 Star Reviews

A denominational book of biblical importance that just didn’t grab me. - Patriarchs and Prophets by Ellen G. White

This series is officially the most batshit thing I’ve ever read. - Temple of the Winds (The Sword of Truth, #4) by Terry Goodkind

A mostly forgettable collection about Narnia - The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy by Gregory Bassham, Jerry L. Walls

A Search for Nuance Comes Up Dry - One Year After by William R. Forstchen

Is possibly better than the second one, but can’t really tell because I skim-read it. - Champions of the Force (The Jedi Academy, #3) by Kevin J. Anderson

An incredibly mediocre young adult novel - Looking for Alaska by John Green

If You’re Looking to Reinforce Heteronormative Values, Have I Got A Book for You! - From Clueless to Class Act: Manners for the Modern Woman by Jodi R. R. Smith

Jojo! Noooo! - Honeymoon in Paris by Jojo Moyes

Will Meh. Will Meh. - Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

A Swing and a Miss - Fender Benders by Bill Fitzhugh

All we can do is play our parts and keep each other company - Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg

Jack Be Rapey, Jack Be Quick - Fables Volume 13: The Great Fables Crossover by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Mark Buckingham

If You Throw Away the First 3/4ths, You Might Have an Okay Book Left - Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

A Meh Take on Friendship and Growing Up - The Girls from Corona del Mar by Rufi Thorpe

Open your mouth as wide as you can. I need to shove some pop culture references down your throat. - Armada by Ernest Cline

The Roaring Twenties Were a Snore - Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of the Great Gatsby by Sarah Churchwell

Well. I read this. - Beyond the Veil of Darkness by Esmie Branner

A Slog of a Read - Judaism by Charles Foster Kent & Gustav Karpeles

A Tour I Wasn’t Very Interested In. - A Cook's Tour by Anthony Bourdain

Putting the ME-ME-ME in Meditation - 10% Happier by Dan Harris

Death Be Not Proud, F–ksocks - Secondhand Souls by Christopher Moore

On The Plus Side, My Negative Reaction Won’t Ruin Her Day - E-Cubed by Pam Grout

Twenty-Three Skidoon’t - Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray

Featuring surprisingly few lepers - The Leper Compound by Paula Nangle

A Book About a Jokey Robot - The Martian by Andy Weir

A sadly disappointing mystery by an author I really like. - The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid

I have an unpopular opinion about this one - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

It’s Just Like The Da Vinci Code! That’s Not A Compliment! - Seven Wonders by Ben Mezrich

I’m so disappointed that I’m disappointed by this book. - Half a War (Shattered Sea, #3) by Joe Abercrombie

Generic Rich White Guy Saves The Day Again! - Family Trees by Kerstin March

The Most Desperate Girl Alive - Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

Eh. - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

A well-intentioned mess - Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson

The Best Part of this Pirate Comic was the Aaaaaarrrrrt - Galveston by Johanna Stokes, Todd Herman

Masters Programs Ruin You for Genre Reading - Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

The McVegemite Crapwich - Private Sydney by James Patterson

Well, That Sucked. JOKE GRENADE. - Blood Infernal by James Rollins

A disappointing disconnect for me - Lumberjanes (Vol. 1): Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, and Brooke A. Allen

How poorly made we are, she had thought, how insufficient - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Afraid of Vaccination Since 1901 - POX: An American History by Michael Willrich

Not a very shiny star… - The Stars of Mirtha Trilogy by Nora Roberts

In which I am a glutton for punishment - The Glass Magician (The Paper Magician #2) by Charlie N. Holmberg

I am perhaps simply not fabulous enough - The Fabulous Girls Guide to Decorum by Kim izzo, Ceri Marsh

Out of Bounds - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

An Introduction to Christian Theology that Didn’t Feel Very Introductory - Christian Theology: An Introduction to its Tasks and Traditions by Peter C. Hodgson and Robert H. King

A triple-dip in which I admit my lust for an Austen villain - Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Old Boning Stone - Naked Greed by Stuart Woods

Good Idea, So-So Execution - The Immortals by James Edwin Gunn

Needs more kidnappings. Or plot in general. - She's No Princess by Laura Lee Guhrke

A Bearded Mess is Still a Mess - Truth or Beard by Penny Reid

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