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3 Star Reviews

Journey to heal - Numb to This: Memoir of a Mass Shooting by Kindra Neely

A good book for the right reader - Travel Light by Naomi Mitchinson

“Me, I don’t have a name. I lost it in battle, like the knight who lost his shield.” - The Coin: A Novel by Yasmin Zaher

Old Fashioned Folk Tale Vibes - Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George

A whole nation that never learned, “don’t bargain with the fae” - The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

Catching up with the Ravenels - Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas; Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

A reminder of the importance of a good editor - Greatest Short Stories by Women - Grapevine Collectible by Virginia Woolf et. al

“Courage isn’t knowing everything will be fine. It’s knowing everything might not be, and doing what needs to be done anyway, because someone has to.” - Sleep No More (Ocotber Daye #17) by Seanan McGuire

When the skeptic becomes borderline unlikable - I’ll Be Waiting by Kelley Armstrong

“I seem to have a calling for chaos, and it finds me even when I don’t go looking.” - Be The Serpent (October Daye #16) by Seanan McGuire

N is for Not - Not Too Sweet by Jessica Seinfeld

“It is a writer’s greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of his books. It goes back to authors being terrible people who delight in the suffering of others. Plus, we get a kickback from the caffeine industry…” - Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians Book Six by Brandon Sanderson & Janci Patterson, illustrations by Hayley Lazo

Light Mystery, Solid Ending - The Unfinished Clue by Georgette Heyer

A cozy fantasy - The Baker and the Bard: A Cozy Fantasy Adventure by Fern Haught

“Good Morning with roses and jasmine,” - A Good Morning for Giddo by Dahlia Constantine and Irene Latham

Choosing your life partner based on her footwear might not be a good idea - Revolting Rhymes: Cinderella by Roald Dahl

Buck some stereotypes and be you - My Guncle and Me by Jonathan Merritt

Misfortunes is an understatement - The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang  by Stan Yan 

Discover the Moonlight Zoo - The Midnight Zoo by Maudie Powell-Tuck

One December night - The Birds of Christmas by Olivia Armstrong

They adorably find you when you need them - Adorable Empire: A Graphic Novel by Laura Terry

Davis lecturing and marching. - Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis by Daria Peoples

To those of us who get the hiccups - A Cure for the Hiccups by Jennifer E. Smith

The screenwriters writing the rom-com are a rom-com - The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

Funny and Well-Written, but Left Me Wanting - The Usual Desire to Kill by Camilla Barnes

Shepherds Watch over Their Flocks. And Angels Watch over Shepherds - The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: Time Traveller’s Wife from Wish.com? - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham - Forget Me Not by Stacy Willingham

“I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.” - Fifteen Wild Decembers: A Novel by Karen Powell

Coming Soon to a Theater Near You - Caught Stealing by Charlie Huston

A Series of TED Talks, Occasionally Interrupted by Dinosaurs - Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Well, at least Lesbian Vampires are Better than an Invisible French Woman - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

For Fans of VH1’s Behind the Music - The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner

I feel the title should have been Malibu *Burning* - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A swing and a miss from Scalzi - When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

Gothic mystery novel at it’s most just finest - The Only One Left by Riley Sager

More Small Town Intrigue - The Body in the Kitchen Garden by Paula Sutton

Talk to an adult, Harry! - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, narrated by Stephen Fry

“Fine,” Grandpa said. “You fetch your evil Librarian mother from the jail. I’ll go warm up the giant penguin!” - The Dark Talent: Alcrataz vs. The Evil Librarians Book Five by Brandon Sanderson

Beware the Chocolate Mouse! - Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

(Chappell voice) Battle For Manhattan - Battle For Manhattan by Bruce Bliven, Jr.

Solid, but I Wanted More - A Language of Dragons by S. F. Williamson

I miss publicly funded library systems that cover entire regions ❤️ NYPL - Where You're Planted by Melanie Sweeney

The title was the coolest thing about this book - The Shadow of What Was Lost by James Islington

“Shay had always had one of those faces meant for smiling. Not every face was meant for smiling but Shay’s was one of them.” - In a Jam by Kate Canterbary

Cool drink of love - Zamzam for Everyone: Sharing Water at Hajj by Razeena Omar Gutta

Sea Fever by Ann Cleeves - Sea Fever by Ann Cleeves

let sociopaths stay sociopathic, I beg of you! - Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild

reworked fanfiction strikes again, with middling results - The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy by Brigitte Knightley

“Now you understand not every story shares the whole truth.” - The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez

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