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4 Star Reviews

A side story that stands on its own - The Ancient Magus Bride: Jack the Flash and the Faerie Case Files vol. 2 by Yu Godai, Mako Oikawa, Kore Yamazaki

I’ve got the music in me! - Soul Music: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett

Four Weddings and Three More Weddings - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

It’s not easy being a woman in a man’s world - Lady Killer, Volume 1 by Joëlle Jones and Jamie S. Rich; Lady Killer, Volume 2 by Joëlle Jones and Michelle Madsen

Victorian family saga that would make a good soap opera - A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett

Long, yes; lovely, yes - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The last Food War is more about the people than the food, and it turned out well - Food Wars! vo. 36 by Yuto Tsukuda, Shun Saeki, Yuki Marisaki

A Book Written For Me - The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

And everything is rocking out of control/When we hit Japan - The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell

Careful what you wish for… - Wishes and Wellingtons by Julie Berry

An Alien Fake Dating/Pursued by a Bounty Hunter Romance - Love Code by Ann Aguirre

A Trip Down the Green Mile - The Green Mile by Stephen King

Let’s eat the best - Every Night is Pizza Night by Kenji Lopez-Alt

Not as fluffy as the tv show but still a fun ride - Cocaine Blue by Kerry Greenwood

Here Birdie, birdie bird! - How to Find a Bird by Jennifer Ward

The Secret History - We Keep The Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper

All My Friends are Going to be Strangers – Larry McMurtry (1972) - All My Friends are Going to be Strangers by Larry McMurtry

Only reason this book is not a 5 is because I was looking for something different with the illustrations - The Dark Matter of Mona Starr by Laura Lee Gulledge

Nat your friend, but you probably want her to be - Forget Me Nat (Nat Enough V02) by Maria Scrivan

Weird and wonderful - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Back in Ilona Andrews’ Atlanta, this time with a new protagonist - Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews

A Future Worth Living For - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Blackwell, a town where all the girls are witches - Grimoire Noir by Vera Greentea

Modern Jo with a classic feel - Jo: A Graphic Novel by Kathleen Gros

Beguilement – Lois McMaster Bujold (2006) - Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold

A pandemic is no time to read about an epidemic - Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky

Soldiers in “Hello Kitty” panties are still soldiers. - Women In The Military: From Drill Sergeants to Fighter Pilots by Connie Goldsmith

The thrilling tale of Peter Nimble - Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier

If Spike is reading, I’m listening - Fool Moon: The Dresden Files, Book 2 by Jim Butcher

A Tale of Two Sisters - The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

“It was in my nature to absorb large volumes of information during times of distress, like I could master the distress through intellectual dominance.” - Mr Salary by Sally Rooney

Two women, one plane crash. - The Last Flight by Julie Clark

Dangerous Games - Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin

If you like David Mitchell, you’ll probably like it. - The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

Real urban cowboys - The Compton Cowboys by Walter Thompson-Hernandez

Willingly In the Valley Still Means You’re Underground - Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener

Doomed to be a hero - An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire

Oh, what a tangle! - The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

“…it’s a wonderful afterlife.” - Reaper Man: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett

Mercenary librarians with hearts of gold - Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha

“On her First Holy Communion, Majella could remember sitting in the chapel for a long time, with Jesus stuck to the roof of her mouth, and her trying to peel him off with her tongue. Somehow she knew picking him off with her finger was all wrong.” - Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen

That is the hardest I have ever had to work to read fiction - House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

The Gentleman Gangster - Handsome Johnny: The Life and Death of Johnny Rosselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin by Lee Server

YA love letter to romance - Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Having and Being Had – Eula Biss (2020) - Having and Being Had by Eula Biss

Earning Pink - The Knockout by Sajni Patel

Posh Historical English Boys In Love - Maurice by E. M. Forster

Finding fresh eyes for stories in Meander, Spiral, Explode - Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison

Do your favourites hold up on re-reads? - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

This Year’s Girl - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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