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3 Star Reviews

Not for young in age, but young at heart - My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron by Various; The My Little Pony: Friends Forever Volume 2 by Various ; My Little Pony Friends Forever #9 by Various; My Little Pony: Friends Forever Omnibus, Vol. 3. by Various

Not the surefire hit I thought it would be. - Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

I feel like I should have loved this book. - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

Paul is a Blue Hippo and John is hanging upside down - Paul is Dead by Paola Baron

“Like the Royal Society, but better, because we’re in it.” - The Rake Mistake: Heist Club 1 by Erica Ridley

Plum has more than a green thumb - The Guardian Test (Legends of Lotus Island #1) by Christina Soontornvat

Magic Bleeds - Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews

50 Harbor Street - 50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Learning to Talk - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris; Learning to Talk by Hilary Mantel

Playing Games - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Writing Your Own Happy Ending - Read Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey

Good Job, Pickle - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Could’ve done with a few more notes… - Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

The Beginning of the End Hopefully Doesn’t Go On For Too Long - My Hero Academia: Vigilantes vol. 12 by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court, Kohei Horikoshi

Stories bound together - Boundless by Jillian Tamaki

The illustrations are nice. - Green Arrow: Stranded by Brendan Deneen

My Word - My Word by Gizelle Bryant

The Hunter - The Hunter by Richard Stark

Red Dragon - Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

“I agree there’s no such thing as love at first sight, but attraction? That can happen in an instant.” - Not Betting on Forever by Natasha Moore

A Fairytale Romance - The Scarlet Circus by Jane Yolen

An Unexpected Delight - Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Queen of the Nile - Cleopatra: Her History, Her Myth by Francine Prose

“My mother used to say that once you’ve made a choice, you have to act as though it’s been made forever. But I don’t know if I believe that’s true. Our lives aren’t decided by one choice, but by a series of small decisions that build up to pivotal moments. You can always make a different choice at the next juncture.” - The Ivory Key (The Ivory Key Duology, #1) by Akshaya Raman

Another mediocre You’ve Got Mail retelling. - Read Between the Lines (Ms. Right, #1) by Rachel Lacey

Christmas Shopaholic - Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

perhaps I have (agedout) of these books… - Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones

just the coolest casual story of how I got this book - Twelve Percent Dread by Emily McGovern

A Flash in the Pan - Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

Three Books and a Bingo - To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara; The Swimmers by Julia Otsuka; Nuclear Family by Joseph Han

Excellent world building that felt a little cut short - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor; Binti: Sacred Fire by Nnedi Okorafor

“Which is more mysterious, more inexplicable, dying or/staying alive?” - Earthling: Poems by James Longenbach

Problem play indeed. - Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare

A Wonder of a Woman - Nubia: Real One by L. L. McKinney

‘… and to the women of science whose names we will never know -‘ - The Physicists’ Daughter by Mary Anna Evans

Kraft mac-n-cheese, but there’s some ham & broccoli mixed in - Scythe by Neal Shusterman

“People bury the parts of history they don’t like, pave it over like African cemeteries beneath Manhattan skyscrapers.” - When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

It’s good to be an officer–especially if you’re a POW - The Confidence Men by Margalit Fox

Coming to America - The Next Ship Home by Heather Webb

This is not your Chris Helmsworth’s Thor - Lore of the Havamal by Cat Mihos

Long review for a short, interesting book - I’m a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee de la Cruz

Much said beautifully but too much left unsaid - The Maker of Swans: A Novel by Paraic O’Donnell

The Bobby Gold Stories - The Bobby Gold Stories by Anthony Bourdain

The Moving Finger - The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

Humanity, Ethics, Love – Taking On All the Big Questions - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

In search of found time: a short introduction to Proust - How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton

Have I moved on emotionally from Gail Carriger? - Prudence (The Custard Protocol, #1) by Gail Carriger

“As far from God, as heaven is wide” - The Language of Bees (2009) by Laurie R. King

Naughty Ladies - Lady, Be Wanton by Cerise DeLand; Lady, Behave by Cerise DeLand; Lady, No More by Cerise DeLand

Adventurous Eats for the Hungry Cook - Cook As You Are: Recipes for Real Life, Hungry Cooks and Messy Kitchens by Ruby Tandoh

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  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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