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3 Star Reviews

This was a disappointment - The Gods Time Forgot by Kelsie Sheridan Gonzales

The girl, the mother, the countess and the parrot - The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo

Fun to be had and fears to overcome - Ruby's School Walk (Bilingual Portuguese & English) (Barefoot Bilinguals) by Kathryn White

Dung Dung! Holmes is on the case…. sort of - Paw & Order Vol. 1: The Grilled Cheese Caper by Jason Platt

Uni Uni Unicorns and cupcakes and friendship and balloons and magic and fun - Unicornia V02: A Magical Birthday by Ana Punset

Diving In Too Deep - Submersed: Wonder, Obsession, and Murder in the World of Amateur Submarines by Matthew Gavin Frank

Love the family history, hate the ableism - Spilling the Tea by Brenda Jackson

A Flavia de Luce word jumble: puppets, weed, a 1950s pregnancy test, and pigeon droppings that save lives - The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley

Orris and Timble are back for round 2 - Orris and Timble: Lost and Found: (A Sweet and Funny Early Chapter Book About Friendship, Trust, and Finding Your Way) by Kate DiCamillo

I was kind of lost, too - Superman: Lost by Christopher Priest

Yo-Yo means: Come back - Pedro's Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys by Rob Peñas

My comfort read - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Season 10, Vol. 2 by Jeremy Whitley

If Stacy McAnulty is involved, you have a winner - Our Solar System! A Stellar Neighborhood by Stacy McAnulty

Just because it is spring, doesn’t mean you can’t read a book about winter things - Brown Girl in the Snow by Yolanda T. Marshall and Marianne Ferrer

‘Before my wife turned vegetarian, I’d always thought of her as completely unremarkable in every way’ - The Vegetarian by Han Kang

Better than the Last Book - Dark Tower III: The Wastelands by Stephen King

Four books for the price of one review (and a lunch break filled with books) - The Peacock Who Howled with Jackals  by Nahid Kazemi; You Can't Tame a Tiger by Stephanie Ellen Sy; RJ and the Ticking Clock by Ian Duncan; Who Needs the Dark?: The Many Ways Living Things Depend on Darkness by Laura Alary

Finding Home - As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

Honey I Shrunk the Sleepover and found a magical artifact - Forsynthia V02: The Shrink Ray Sleepover by Rachel DiNunzio

My review became longer than the books combined! - Baby Play (Bilingual Portuguese & English) (Barefoot Bilinguals) by Skye Silver; Our World: England by Sumana Seeboruth; Barefoot Baby-Proof: Baby's First Words by Christiane Engel; Feelings & Firsts: Won’t Go! by Sumana Seeboruth; Feelings & Firsts: Not Tired! by Sumana Seeboruth

Cat-puccinos and more - At the Rescue Cat Café by Anna Humphrey

Cool, but bizarre. But you know, cool. - Little Moments in a Big Universe by Todd Stewart

Bodies Are Political, and So Is What We Put on Them - Dressed for Freedom: The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox

Grumpy/Sunshine In Space With Some Miscommunication - Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik

I want to be where the people aren’t - Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

I’m Too Old, Too Sick, And Too Cynical For This - Secret Agent Girl: A Murder A-Go-Go Mystery by Rosemary Martin

Based on a Japanese folktale - The Beckoning Cat by Koko Nishizuka and Rosanne Litzinger

Raise the curtain - Upstaged by Robin Easter

I’d like to see the “cozy” come back to this mystery series - What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley

Brains are food, not friends. - Zombie and Brain Are Friends by Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic

Their voices - Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology by Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas and LLC Ashwin Writing

Roaming pack of dogs and her own worn out memories to keep her company - Land of Mirrors by María Medem,

This crow is so smart I wonder if he went to caw-llege? - Science Comics: Crows: Genius Birds by Kyla Vanderklugt

The Eighties Man - The Chalk Man by CJ Tudor

Two different stories pretending to be one novel - The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff

This book went to the dogs - Smithy and Me by Darcy Day Zoells

Holy Mother Yeerking Shirt balls! - The Andalite Chronicles by K. A. Applegate

Where is an editor when you need one? - Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson

Did you know you have a cock in your sweater? - Ruffled Feathers: an Omegaverse Romcom by Grace McGinty

Suffers from classic sophomore novel syndrome - The Sirens by Emilia Hart

Collecting inspirational thoughts - Inspiring Quotes from Children's Classics: For Growing Up by Hannah Barnaby

GPS means: Great popsicle skunk. Or Global positioning system. It could be either - Survival Scout V02 Tsunami by Maxwell Eaton III; Survival Scout V03 Lost at Sea by Maxwell Eaton III; Survival Scout V01 Lost in the Mountains. by Maxwell Eaton III

Presenting Hesse and Karas awesome collaboration - Night Job by Karen Hesse

Princesses, pirates and sisters - Story Spinners: A Sisterly Tale of Danger, a Princess, and Her Crew of Lady Pirates by Cassandra Federman

“Because I don’t like it when people try to crush something good in the world. There’s too little of it as it is. Too much horrible stuff that people could hate instead. Why don’t they just hate that instead?” - My Big Fat Fake Marriage by Charlotte Stein

A Sprint to the Finish - Run by Ann Patchett

Of Birds and Trees - The Warbler by Sarah Beth Durst

“Take these [melted] wings” - Sweet Obsession by Katee Robert

Feeling a bit lactose intolerant after this one - When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

And in conclusion maybe we skip some bits and pretend we knew all along - Noragami vol 27 by Adachitoka

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