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4 Star Reviews

100% You - You Are 25% Banana by Susie Brooks

A little rain - Island Storm by Brian Floca

“If he thought he could make her doubt her decision with a staring contest, he’d never been in a middle school classroom.” - Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb

I think y’all are nuts! - The Last of the Giants: An Ultra Running Graphic Novel by Doug Mayer

Will Trade Katana for Wedding Kimono (But Must You?) - The Golden Naginata: The Second of the Tomoe Gozen Saga by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

“What good is passion without trust?” - Murder By Memory (Dorothy Gentleman, #1) by Olivia Waite

I should have just posted “I like this book. Read it.” And put all the images instead of more text. - All Are Welcome: A Cat's Café Collection by Gwen Tarpley

Unfinished Business - How the Dead Speak (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan #11) by Val McDermid

I really got into Leila Boukarim books! - Mariam’s Dream: The Story of Mariam Al-Shaar and Her Food Truck of Hope by Leila Boukarim

The Pursuit of Justice - All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

From a Hawk Tuah Boy Again - The Change by K. A. Applegate

“…and then I leave the door open, so I’ll be ready when the luck happens.” - Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

Debt of Honour - The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carré

“The first time you share tea, you are a stranger. The second time you share tea, you are an honored guest. The third time you share tea, you become family.” - Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

A Woman, her sword, and her honor. What else do you need? - The Disfavored Hero: Book One of the Tomoe Gozen Saga by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

A wise man once said, “Any story, no matter how good, will sound really, really dumb when you shorten it to a few sentences.” - The Knights of Crystallia: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians by Brandon Sanderson

Model Home by Rivers Solomon - Model Home by Rivers Solomon

Crime syndicates, clairvoyants and angelic figures - The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

Not “believe” but “acknowledge.” - The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator’s Search for the Unexplained by Stanley Milford, Jr.

“It’s a shame we don’t have all the time in the world.” He continues before that statement can sting. “But we’ll make do with what we have.” - Sweet Obsession by Katee Robert

Happy endings are for grown-ups too - Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill

“It’s okay to love your darkness and still love yourself. It doesn’t make you a bad person. It makes you a whole one.” - Scythe & Sparrow by Brynne Weaver

The Science of Love - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood; Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood; Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

How the legend might have started with books before lattes - Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

The Haymitch behind the Capitol’s narrative - Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

1001 Easy Uses For Parasols - The Deeds of the Disturber: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense by Elizabeth Peters

At Least It’s Not Mushrooms This Time - What Feasts At Night: Sworn Soldier #2 by T. Kingfisher

“Pray For the Dead, Fight Like Hell For the Living” - Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor by Kim Kelly

Half a soul is better than none - Half A Soul: A Regency Faerie Tale by Olivia Atwater

You can have what you want, as long as you ask for it - My Best Friend’s Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner

This One’s A Thriller - The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben MacIntyre

Meet the Met - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

“To click, to tumble, to descend.” - Breathing Machines: A Memoir of Computers by Leigh Alexander

More than Okay, Boomer - Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King

Welcome to the Machine - The Machine: A Hot Team, a Legendary Season, and a Heart-stopping World Series: The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds by Joe Posnanski

Turns out that preserved lemons are pretty darn tasty - Big Vegan Flavor by Nisha Vora

Sparks in the Wind - Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins

“The middle had always been left undetermined, to be woven and shaped by us.” - The Measure by Nikki Erlick

He’s a Cat. He’s a Man. He’s Cat Man. - Cat Man by Parari

A very sweet adventure story, gorgeously packaged - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

“We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting” - Triangle: The Fire that Changed America by David von Drehle

Entertaining but a Little Too Confusing - The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

Featuring A Gold-Toothed, Tattooed, Mystery-Solving Nun - Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy

Amigos - Friends Helping Friends by Patrick Hoffman

Greek Gods, Deadly Trials, and a Reluctant Champion - The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen

A Fresh Take on Magic, Mystery, and Love - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Decent Twists and Turns - The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda

Losing Oneself in Art - Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama by Yayoi Kusama

Well, that escalated…. - Havoc by Christopher Bollen

The Horror of History - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

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