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4 Star Reviews

Clearly I just need…different Greek myth retellings - Neon Gods by Katee Robert

OMG I just got it, she’s stuck on the Q train like the QUEER train is that it??? - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Happy Pride from Malaysia! - Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

A lighthearted and humorous historical romance - One Thing Leads to a Lover by Susanna Craig

When your vice becomes a virtue - A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee

Cannonballing with Agatha. - 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #7) by Agatha Christie

If Get Out and Midsommer Had a Book Baby - I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

Saying goodbye to a favorite poet - The Historians by Eavan Boland

A tale of two stories - No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

The Alchemy Side Might Be Interesting - The Ancient Magus Bride: Wizard's Blue vol. 2 by Makoto Sanda, Isuo Tsukumo, Kore Yamazaki

Reconstruction Reimagined - The Conductors by Nicole Glover

I liked this one - A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny

Mean Girls, But Like, REALLY Mean Girls - The Lies You Told by Harriet Tyce

“Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice” - A Room with a View by E. M. Forster

“This did not mean that laws and rules were not helpful, or that explanations should not be sought, but rather that there should be no fear in changing them as needed, for nothing in the universe held still.” - The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4) by Becky Chambers

Poly romance… in spaaaaace! - Local Star by Aimee Ogden

A fairytale picaresque - Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt

Can’t wait for the filmed version of A Good Marriage - A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight

The Banks Are Bad - Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction by David Enrich

2021 Army Professional Development #1 - Kill Chain: Drones and The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins by Andrew Cockburn

“We shared cracks in complementary places.” - Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales

The Virginal Adventures of Elinor the Stoic and Marianne the Fickle. - Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

What women do and always have done - The Hare by Melanie Finn

Being informed is so much better than not being informed. - What Fresh Hell is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You by Heather Corinna

“Are you always a smartass?’ Nope. Sometimes I’m asleep.” - Blood Rites (Dresden Files #6) by Jim Butcher

An excellent book but not my cup of tea - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Being a mother seems difficult… - Little Disasters by Sarah Vaughn

“The world feels safer somehow if we share our pain. It becomes more manageable. And by sharing our pain, we inspire others to share theirs. We are so much less alone if learn to wear our imperfections proudly, like tarnished jewelry that still shines just as brightly.” - Broken (in the best possible way) by Jenny Lawson

“This is not a heroic age.” - The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

Weaving three historic times through a castle - The Women of Chateau Lafayette by STEPHANIE DRAY

“Sometimes, there’s a story we tell ourselves. And sometimes a story is told about us.” - Cyclopedia Exotica by Aminder Dhaliwal

Fun with the Fire Force - Fire Force, Vol. 20 by Atsushi Ohkubo

Disarming and Charming - Fence: Disarmed by Sarah Rees Brennan

“I’d rather trust you than love you.” - A New Foundation by Rochelle Alers

They Have Everything At… - The Mall by Megan McCafferty

We the President: Behind the scenes and then some - We the People and the President: An Infographic Look at the American Presidency by PJ Creek and Jamie Creek

One hell of a party….and the history that made it - The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker

Love a good domestic thriller - When I Was You by Amber Garza

What inspires you? - Rosie the Riveter: The Legacy of an American Icon by Sarah Dvojack; Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen

That magical unicorn, a successful prequel! (From someone who’s never read the other books.) - Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1) by Alice Hoffman

The Tortoise and the Hare – Elizabeth Jenkins (1954) - The Tortoise and the Hare by Elizabeth Jenkins

Lucky Indeed - How Lucky by Will Leitch

Grandpa, Gong Gong or Bompa, whatever you call them, they are all still Grandfathers! - Grandpa Grumps by Katrina Moore; My Day With Gong Gong by Sennah Yee

Coping with this book via Pros and Cons. - A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4) by Sarah J. Maas

Year of Penny? EXCUSE ME, LIFE of Penny! - The Wreckage of My Presence by Casey Wilson

a perfect blast of nostalgia from the paranormal past…until the last 30 pages blows it all up - We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

Using Interpersonal Drama to Dial Up the Heat in this Mystery - The Guest List by Lucy Foley

A Life, Well, Lived - Stoner by John Williams

Which matters more, her past or her present? - The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston

a sweet and familiar coming-of-age story that sidestepped my biggest worries - Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

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