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4 Star Reviews

Charm City’s Worst - We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption in an American City by Justin Fenton

How we remember the future - Tales From The Loop by Simon Stalenhag

Corregidora – Gayl Jones (1975) - Corregidora by Gayl Jones

The Color Purple – Alice Walker (1982) - The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Wild Cards – George R. R. Martin et al (1986) - Wild Cards by George R. R. Martin et al

My Favorite In The Series So Far - The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indriðason

Second chances with dead bodies, mafia hits and inherited mansions - Second Chances by Chace Verity, Dee Holloway, Leigh Landry, Candace Harper

Let’s Get Back to the Party – Zak Salih (2021) - Let's Get Back to the Party by Zak Salih

“I will not let brutality rule my life.” - The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

Gimme some skin - The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire

You’re not just lucky, you’re brilliant - Not Just Lucky by Jamila Rizvi

Ain’t no mountain high enough - Devoted by Dean Koontz

A small town paranormal romance reminiscent of Northern Exposure - How to Date Your Dragon (Mystic Bayou #1) by Molly Harper

A history of humankind that will enlighten and depress - Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

lovely, stinking, brutal, sunburned, magical, and filthy. - The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

I have many thoughts, for which I’m having trouble finding words - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Whoops baby, workplace romance, and lots of ASL - About That Night by Laura Brown

Financial Instability Really Puts a Damper on Fun - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

No ticket needed - William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad by Don Tate

Third Time is a Charm - A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer

Sure it’s a cliched YA fantasy, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun - Of Wicked Blood by Olivia Wildenstein and Katie Hayoz

If the dino hits the ball with its tail is that a strike or ball? - Fuzzy Baseball V04 Di-No Hitter by John Steven Gurney

Bridges exist to bring people closer together… - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Six Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker

Alcohol is a tricky, tricky, tricky thing and this was difficult to write - Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker

Such a Murakami novel - A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami

I’m Putting Together a Team - It Takes a Thief by Sloane Steele

“Everyone loves a beautiful dead girl.” - Windhall by Ava Barry

An adorably sweet relationship comic collection - In Love & Pajamas by Catana Chetwynd

“you girl and you boy and that’s fine with me, but what’s not fine is you selling yourself short” - Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

In the name of the Pizza Lord. Charge! - Summer Knight by Jim Butcher

I miss traveling and am daydreaming through food. - The Irish Pub Cookbook by Margaret M. Johnson, Leigh Beisch (photographer)

A Beach Read on the Beach - Camino Island by John Grisham

When in Rome… - Romeantically Challenged by Marina Adair

Old Wives Tales Vs. Science - Expect Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom is Wrong, and What You Really Need to Know by Emily Oster

You Can Go Home Again - Anchored Hearts by Priscilla Oliveras

“Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious.” - Bird by Bird - Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

Friends-to-lovers and found family goodness! - Acting Up by Adele Buck

Go Kel Go Kel Go - Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce

“…isn’t it simpler to believe that we are all of us what we assume to be?” - The Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina White

As an aunt of an autistic nephew I’ve used some of the tricks and plan on using others. - Little Victories by Yvon Roy

It’s kind of like if Harry Potter was destined to destroy the world, crossed with the Hunger Games, and Hogwarts was actively trying to kill you - Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

How to tell When You’re Tired - How to Tell When You're Tired by Reg Thierault

The Women’s Room – Marilyn French (1977) - The Women's Room by Marilyn French

Closer to the end, the books get longer - Squire by Tamora Pierce

Reading these books makes me feel very weak - Page by Tamora Pierce

Once again, this time with feeling(s kept hidden) - First Test by Tamora Pierce

She’ll make you see stars WINK WINK - The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Sacred Bodies - The Disabled God: Towards a Liberation Theology of Disability by Dr. Nancy L. Eisland

Water, water every where you look and everything to see - The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire

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