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3 Star Reviews

If Hercule Poirot is on your train you know someone is about to die - The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie-esque seaside mystery - Murder at the Brightwell by Ashley Weaver

How others see you and how you see yourself can be very different - Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli; Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Not to my taste. - Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land by N. Scott Momaday

When the demon doctor met the demon-slayer - Pleasure Unbound (Demonica #1) by Larissa Ione

A supernatural Romancing the Stone - Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole

Wished I’d read this back when I first put it on my TBR! - Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce

Horrorwood - What Remains of Me by Alison Gaylin

Build back better - Better than Before by Gretchen Rubin

Inoffensive early entry from Liane Moriarty - The Hypnotist’s Love Story by Liane Moriarty

Solid entry in the Tempe Brennan series - Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs

A Swedish Forrest Gump - The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

The eyes of a doe and the balls of a samurai. - The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

Baby’s first tie-in Star Trek novel. - Imzadi by Peter David

Get the scooper, ’cause I got the scoop on a robo-dog and its girl - D-39: A Robodog’s Journey by Irene Latham

Getting your kitten on - Sue & Tai-chan volume one by Kanata Konami

Fun way to learn history - Magical History Tour V07 Gandhi by Fabrice Erre

Three books that I wanted to show y’all - Where Is the Mississippi River? by Dina Anastasio; The Littlest Yak in The Littlest Yak by Lu Fraser; Smurf Tales #3: The Crow in Smurfy Grove and other stories by Peyo

“‘The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new respectability to uninformed opinion.’ Veteran reporter John Lawton, 68, speaking to the American Association of Broadcast Journalists in 1995.” #CBRBINGO – Machinery - Airframe by Michael Crichton

“Haven’t you noticed, American? I AM trouble.” (Double Bingo) - Bombshell by Sarah Maclean

An ARC I really should have reviewed back in August, when the book came out - Bidding for the Bachelor by Jackie Lau

Home Is Where You Make It - The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela

Abstract reading - Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick

Endless Halloween Not-So-Much-Fun - The Halloween Moon by Joseph Fink

“In the clear and steady gleam of electric lights, superstition turns to foolishness; in the crucible of the combustion engine, false beliefs are burned away.” (Bingos #9 & 10) - Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite by Zoraida Cordova & Natalie Parker (editors)

Why is it impossible to be both kind and smart for the lead character?! - My Next Life as a Villainess: All Roads Lead to Doom! (light novel volume 7) by Satorou Yamaguchi, Nami Hidaka

Only mildly witchin’ - The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston

The tail wagging the dog - Hoax by Brian Stelter

An Affair you won’t remember - The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

But how we are remembered is less important than what we do now. - Lore by Alexandra Bracken

Where the Lemon-Trees Blossom - Nights of Rain and Stars by Maeve Binchy

There Wil Be Blood. There Will Also Be Wedding Cake. - When Sorrows Came by Seanan McGuire

An okay romance. - The Dating Playbook (The Boyfriend Project, #2) by Farrah Rochon

Hiding In Sight - The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda

A boring introduction to a series with a lot of potential - Magic Steps by Tamora Pierce

I miss going on vacations - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Brave New World. Meh. - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

A fun novella, but a bit lacking in the romance development - Hot as Hades by Alisha Rai

When “Crank it up” doesn’t mean the music - Crank by Ellen Hopkins

In case you were wondering, Christopher Marlowe is a little shit, according to this author. - Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2) by Deborah Harkness

Hell’s Angels – Hunter S Thompson (1966) - Hell's Angels by Hunter S Thompson

More Bertie, Please - Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith

Cool cover, meh book - Luminous by Mara Rutherford

A good young adult book that I probably read too late in life. - Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan

The Black Lizard Book of Pulps – Otto Penzler (2007) - The Black Lizard Book of Pulps by Otto Penzler; The Third Murderer by Carroll John Daly

Not a Whimsical Portal Fantasy, But a Corporate Retail Portal Fantasy - Finna by Nino Cipri

Who Wears the Black Hat could be a Good Mystery to Solve - Jack Flash and the Faerie Case Files, volume 3 by Yu Godai, Mako Oikawa, Kore Yamazaki

I was pretty excited for this one but ultimately felt like it fell a bit flat - My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa

Two 3* sci-fi novels - I'm Waiting for You and Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim, Sophie Bowman (Translator), Sung Ryu (Translator); The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Is there any genre that Moreno-Garcia can’t tackle? - Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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