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4 Star Reviews

A Lady, the last Airbender and the best Earthbender ever go to a picnic - Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Rift (Avatar: The Last Airbender, #3) by Gene Luen Yang

Are you a Fred? - The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn

ScoobyDoo for grown ups but not quite enough - Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega

Somehow, both Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton - Henry Clay: America's Greatest Statesman by Harlow Giles Unger

All in the Family - Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay

One body holds a universe - Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

“It’s because I’m tired of being branded a terrorist; tired that a human life lost in my country is no loss at all.” - Our Women on the Ground: : Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir

Big Summer is a Big Departure - Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

Forbidden love, found family, and fulfilled dreams - The Champion’s Desire by Marie Lipscomb

Two books, one review and lots of love - Extraordinary Albert by Bonnie Grubman; The Boy in the Orange Cape by Adam Ciccio

Took the subway, changed his life - Our Subway Baby by Peter Mercurio

So You Think You Can Teach? - Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

Atmospheric, dark, and lovely - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

On Writers and Writing – Margaret Atwood (2002) - On Writers and Writing by Margaret Atwood

Landlocked – Doris Lessing (1966) - Landlocked by Doris Lessing

Passage – Lois McMaster Bujold (2008) - Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold

I suppose expecting an answer about your kidnapper’s prior experience is just silly - Neon Gods by Katee Robert

A Tale of Ralph and Carls in the Imperial Radish - Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

Light and fluffy cozy mystery about a senior citizen CIA agent saving hippies from the Bulgarian secret police in 1971 - The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

A Cannonball Book Exchange treat courtesy of narfna - All Systems Red by Martha Wells

My Time with the Kings – Kathryn Johnson (2016) - My Time with the Kings by Kathryn Johnson

A nice little gem in the waste reduction arena - Waste Not by Erin Rhoads

Surprised by an oldie - And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The trajectory of choices - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

‘Cause I’m right here, right here, right here at home - The Searcher by Tana French

Yet another side series but this one works - My Hero Academia Team Up Missions vol 1 by Yoko Akiyama

I am hoping that you have misjudged yourself. - On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

Harry Potter is a Herione and Wonder Woman is a Hero - The Heroine's Journey by Gail Carriger

In the 17th century, birds were appreciated for their beauty, and also their tastiness - Pasta for Nightingales: A 17th-Century Handbook of Bird-Care and Folklore by Giovanni Pietro Olina

Fairy Tales of Carnal Desires - The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

The Adventure of the Myopic Solicitor - Arthur & George by Julian Barnes

When Nothing Else Matters - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

Dresden’s very long list of things to do and the best quote, “Home is where you embrace the present and plan the future.  It’s where the books are.” - Peace Talks by Jim Butcher

Living breathing mythology - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Bayou Bengals - Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke

When June comes, this will be a great beach read - The Loud House Summer Special by The Loud House Creative Team

Good thing I’m not allergic to books, but if I was, I’d still read this! - Allergic: A Graphic Novel by Megan Wagner Lloyd

A con artist, a curse and a costumed vigilante - The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick

My poor confused nerves, both cerebral and sensing - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

A story about stories - The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry

“Those Words You Want to Say Right Now? Don’t Say Them.” - City of Thieves by David Benioff

The Bingo Palace – Louise Erdrich (1994) - The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich

Arguably – Christopher Hitchens (2011) - Arguably by Christopher Hitchens

Practicing What You Preach - Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

“Everything that happened next was only possible because my mother was absent. It wasn’t that she left the house much, it was that a part of her had abandoned her body and now resisted coming back.” - How to Order the Universe by María José Ferrada

“We want somebody to rescue us from other people. From talking to them, I mean, or from the burden of giving a damn about what they say. We don’t want to be polite and stifle our farts, now, do we? We want to let ’em rip and we want to be with someone who won’t care if we do, who will love us regardless and fart right back besides.” - Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #8) by Kevin Hearne

How they get you. - The Project by Courtney Summers

Fantasy newbie thinks the 2nd LOTR is great - The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings #2) by J.R.R. Tolkien

Emmie is a Gem of a girl - Invisible Emmie by Terri Libenson

Make sure you know what the ingredients in your bread are - Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale

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