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3 Star Reviews

It smells like teen spirit - Bounce Back by Misako Rocks!

It is Redwall! - Redwall: The Graphic Novel by Brian Jacques

Not velvet, more like scratchy polyester - Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

wasn’t my jam but could be yours! - A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows

Joe Kurtz and Liebestod - Hardcase by Dan Simmons; Hard Freeze by Dan Simmons; Hard as Nails by Dan Simmons; Lovedeath by Dan Simmons

The Palladium Wars 2 and 3 - Ballistic by Marko Kloos; Citadel by Marko Kloos

“No one ever believes me when I tell them my uncle Earl owns a museum.” - The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

“[Books] made the nights stretch out, they made thoughts unfurl, out from the small pool of light cast by my bedside lamp, into the night and out over the prairie…” - Epilogue by Will Boast

That’s a nice tree - Deborah’s Tree by Jane Yolen

A good time, but not my favorite of Hibbert’s books. - That Kind of Guy (Ravenswood, #3) by Talia Hibbert

Everybody wants to rule the world - When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney

A standard domestic thriller with a premise that doesn’t really deliver. - The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

The Dinner - The Dinner by Herman Koch

You know, it is okay to say fat - Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado

Whiteout - Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton

Very Sweet Book - Is It Just Me? by Miranda Hart

My, my, that was messy… - I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

The Good With the Bad - Making a Scene by Constance Wu

Nightmares, just in time for Halloween - The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

“The frontier regulars did the job.” - Fort Davis by Robert Wooster

Take Me. I Am a Scientist. I Also Lift Things - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Mindy and change - Paws: Mindy Makes Some Space by Nathan Fairbairn

Gwendy 2 – 2 Gwendy 2 Featherous – and also Gwendy 3 - Gwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar; Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King; Richard Chizmar

Title Says It All - Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer

Pod Stalking - If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier

Stuff happens without much action and I am confused - The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

It’s Writing By Numbers but at Least the Painting is Good - The Outsider by Alex Finlay

Not For Me, But Maybe Helpful for Others - The Anxiety Sisters’ Survival Guide: How You Can Become More Hopeful, Connected and Happy by Abbe Greenberg and Maggie Saracheck

I’m impatient… - Chainsaw Man, Vol. 12 by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Riddle Master - Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia McKillip; Heir of Sea and Air by Patricia McKillip; Harpist in the Wind by Patricia McKillip

Maigret Roundup - Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon; The Misty Harbour by Georges Simenon; The Liberty Bar by Georges Simenon; Maigret by Georges Simenon

“Autism is a fundamentally different way of being, and a fundamentally useful way of being.” - Keep Clear: My Adventures with Asperger's by Tom Cutler

“…if you’re gonna fail anyway, you might as well fail as your true self.” - Improve: How I Discovered Improv and Conquered Social Anxiety by Alex Graudins

“Can I still listen to BTS if I’m a lesbian?” - Ti kniver i hjertet (Ten knives in the heart) by Nora Dåsnes

What’s in a name? - Spear by Nicola Griffith

You will buy these booooks! - If You Meet a Skelton by Rebecca Evans; The Perfect Sushi by Emily Satoko Seo

I Hate Sara Linton, Part Infinity - Genesis by Karin Slaughter

Don’t say, “Bite me” to this family - What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo

When Fiona woke up on the wrong side of the world - Stung (volume one) by Bethany Wiggins

Name. Time. Hell. - The Hellbound Volume one by Yeon San-Ho

When the stakes are high the outcomes are ironically less fraught - Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

A tea based magic system in an ancient Chinese inspired setting, yes please. (Bingo #2!!) - A Magic Steeped in Poison: The Book of Tea vol. 1 by Judy I. Lin

“I’m finally in the sunshine:” A Good Look At Escaping an Abusive Mother - My Mother, Munchausen's and Me by Helen Naylor

If you think your flat is haunted by a murderous ghost, why would you try to summon said ghost? - Svarte-Mathilda by Tor Arve Røssland

“One of the most important things you can do is learn to do is prioritize:” Good Advice for Any Age - Camp by Kayla Miller; Crunch by Kayla Miller

I wish this one was better! - A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Next in Death Review (Books #21 through #25) - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb; Memory in Death by J.D. Robb; Born in Death by J.D. Robb; Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb; Creation in Death by J.D. Robb

Irony for Breakfast after Your Run - Rise & Run: Recipes, Rituals, and Runs to Fuel Your Day by Shalane Flanagan, Elyse Kopecky

Strong Writing and an Interesting World Meet the Bad Gender Politics of 60s/70s SF/F Yet Again - Nightwings by Robert Silverberg

New York S—Y - Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman

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