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4 Star Reviews

How It Happened Here - True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump by Jeffery Toobin

I dreamed a fellow asked me if I wanted a dog and I said yeah, I’d like to have a dog… - If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes

A screaming comes across the sky. It has happened before, but there is nothing to compare it to now. - Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

I’m not 100% sure of everything I read but I loved every second of it - On Earth, We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Keep with the New Fun magic Falcons or Stick with the Plan? - The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso

The Girl on the Boat - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

In-laws, outlaws, common-laws - Moccasin Square Gardens  by Richard van Camp

“Even though all these people were dealing in illicit activities, they each had a moral sense that their particular outlawed product was more just than another.” (CBR12 Bingo) - American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick Bilton

Re-thinking “Asian American”. - Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

Good book. Crap timing - Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

From high up, fifteen thousand feet above, where the aerial photographs are taken, 4121 Wilson Avenue, the address I know best, is a minuscule point, a point of green - The Yellow House by Sarah M Broom

Surprisingly enjoyed this; what a comeback. - The King's Men (All for the Game, #3) by Nora Sakavic

The Heroines We Wanted in Childhood - Cheshire Crossing by Andy Weir & Sarah Anderson

I don’t know what I’m reading but I can’t stop - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

“There are albino peacocks kept in the garden at church. They hide their babies on the roof. When the mother bird escapes onto the street she is occasionally lured back with dog biscuits. One day she didn’t return. In a dream, I stuff her in my backpack. The peacock’s periscope neck peeks out.” - Imaginary Museums by Nicolette Polek

Come for the gorgeous book. Stay for the page-turning mystery. - I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick

Don’t you cry no more - Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

It All Started, as Great Tales Often Do, With a Book. - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow

When Your Sweet Tooth Comes Calling - Midwest Made: Big, Bold Baking from the Heartland by Shauna Sever

The Gangster Way to do Household Work - The Way of the Househusband (vol. 1) by Kousuke Oono

“Mary Sperling, you’re a fool not to marry him!” - Methuseleh's Children by Robert A Heinlein

“Books are Doors and I wanted out” - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix B. Harrow

Atticus was almost home when the state trooper pulled him over. - Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff; Flygirl by Sherri L Smith

Ba dies in the night, prompting them to seek two silver dollars. - How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang

People swallow lies easily provided they are big enough - Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons

Tricked Into a YA Romance - Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Lainie Taylor

The Greatest Library that Never Was - The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

When demi-gods have a plan, the world should tremble - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

You Say You Want a Revolution - Glorious Day by Skye Kilaen

A dream is a wish your heart makes (Cannonball!) - Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

A Ghost in a Green Gown - The Girl in The Green Silk Gown by Seanan McGuire

well, that escalated quickly - The Wallcreeper by Nell Zink

Tales of the Times - Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Crosby; What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Old vs New, Tradition vs Progress, Stagnation vs Movement - Avatar The Last Airbender: The Rift by Gene Luen Yang

“The rumors were fed well and grew fat and solid. They sprouted legs and heads, and they never died.” - The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper

“If I had to get there without friends, I could do it. Had been doing it. I’d never met anyone who brought me somewhere I wanted to stay, looked at me and saw someone I wanted to be for good; anyone who was worth giving up the more I wanted down the line.” - The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #5) by Tana French

“It was just a story about people and rats. And the difficult part of it was deciding who the people were, and who were the rats.” - The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Discworld, #28) by Terry Pratchett

Earth and Fillory just keep getting darker - The Magician King by Lev Grossman

On your marks, get set, Go have one whacky adventure with our less than heroic heroes - Adventure Zone Volume 3 Petals to the Metal by Clint McElroy

Not as fluffy and carefree as the title and cover make it seem - Beach Read by Emily Henry

Wielding Hope Like a Sword - The Immortal City by May Peterson

What’s the Buzz Pea (Bee and Jay)? - Pea, Bee Jay #1: Stuck Together by Brian "Smitty" Smith

“The nameless slave shall wear a silver crown.” - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Two reviews: a CBR12Bingo for Debut and a couple of “old timers” - Lift by Minh Le; Lone Wolf by Sarah Kurpiel 

“And if you say that’s because you lot barged into her home like a herd of mentally deficient sheep, I’m disowning all three of you.” (CBR12 Bingo) - The Duke and I (Bridgertons #1) by Julia Quinn

Jasmine’s Leading Lady Plan - You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria

For a fantasy novel, these characters are a little too real - The Magicians by Lev Grossman

A Road Trip Romance - Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters

cbr12bingo – I Wish - Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

#Red: An Austenian take on the societal and legal niceties of consuming your own kin (plus dragons) - Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton

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