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4 Star Reviews

Expansion of Serpent Lore - Mad Ship by Robin Hobb

Quoth the raven, “This book quotes me far too much” - Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

“In my place will grow a feral rose, soft red petals hiding sharp white teeth” - Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab

A doozy of a book! - You Weren't Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White

This book hits a little too close to home - Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

To tell the truth, the whole truth - Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria by Muhammad Najem

To Tuck or Not to Tuck or how to Survive BeerGate - Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer by Dylan Mulvaney

When You See the TV Glow - Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante

“Life was very different when you walked through it.” - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

“In fact it’s the very reason I root for us to survive – because we are so stupid about each other.” - Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Sweeter and lighter than I was expecting - If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura

Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball - Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

Love Islands - Not Like Before by Lily Seabrooke and Jacqueline Ramsden

the lower limit does not exist of how few new pages of Murderbot I will read and tell myself I’m satisfied - Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells

I recommend BINGO and this book - The Last Time We Spoke: A Story of Loss by Jesse Mechanic

Very is very good at all things…. except math - Very Bad at Math by Hope Larson

“I did not come this far to only come this far.” CBRBINGO – ‘I’ - The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

An Urban Fantasy Featuring Slavic Folklore - When Among Crows by Veronica Roth

“We all carry our special homes with us – in our backpacks and pockets, and in our hearts.” - My Home Is in My Backpack by Eugenia Perella

Strong Succession vibes in Maclean’s new contemporary - These Summer Storms by Sarah Maclean

There is a great difference between fearing death, which you don’t seem to, and not wanting to die. - Debts of Fire by Intisar Khanani

“Its so easy, isn’t it, to decide the people you’re fighting aren’t really human.” - Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Plot Twist - Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

Let’s Not Ship Toxic Men - Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

Whisper Sweet Nothings About Chopin All Day Long - The Unforgivable and Other Writings by Cristina Campo

“If there was one thing she had learned on this trip, it was that leadership was more than titles and giving orders. It was an act of becoming something greater than what one had been before; it was doing things for others, things that they could not do themselves. It was a burden, true, but it refined as much as it hurt.” - White Sand Omnibus by Brandon Sanderson

Inside the mind of madness - The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

“I was getting tired of being in an endless succession of things called “the fight of a lifetime.” Just once, I’d like to have the fight of a Tuesday afternoon.” - One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire

Can I Get Some Cooling Fairies? - A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic: Adenashire, Book One by J. Penner

He’s Grumpy. He’s a Ghost. - The Grumpy Ghost Upstairs by Mamiko Shiotani

This Is Where We Die by Cindy R.X. He - This Is Where We Die by Cindy R.X. He

You can’t solve every problem by throwing money at it - Along Came Amor by Alexis Daria

A Sweet, Rivals to Lovers Sapphic Romance - Outdrawn by Deanna Grey

One day of space travel - Orbital by Samantha Harvey

A short, weird Japanese novella - The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada

The Lake Escape by Jamie Day - The Lake Escape by Jamie Day

Must Confess, Arty People Are Not My Tribe. - Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley

“Toby, please stop punching Etienne in the head. It’s not helping.” - Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire

“He also has only nine months to live, although he doesn’t know it yet.” - The Life of Chuck by Stephen King

We all know it’s bad for us - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

When in Doubt, Lie Your Tongue Off - Dangerous Obsession by Natasha Peters

La Parisienne - The Ladies' Paradise by Émile Zola; Nana by Émile Zola

“Baba will realize what he’s missing, and he’ll come home so we can be a normal, happy family again.” - How To Draw A Secret by Cindy Chang

Swimming, Stanford, and sex - Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

“Join a commune!” they said. - The Gulf by Adam de Souza

A lost world - The Horizon Volume Two by Jh and Abigail Blackman; The Horizon Volume Three by Jh and Abigail Blackman

Being a samurai isn’t easy - The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Poaching in Yellowstone National Park - The Last Ranger by Peter Heller

“resting is a more important craft than writing” - Nerve: Unlearning Workshop Ableism to Develop Your Disabled Writing Practice by Sarah Fawn Montgomery

Para siempre. Para sempre. - When Javi Dumped Mari by Mia Sosa

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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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