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4 Star Reviews

What really happens in the jury room? - The Holdout by Graham Moore

In Memory of Maida Heatter from Whom I Learned a Lot - Chocolate is Forever: Classic Cakes, Cookies, Pastries, Pies, Puddings, Candies, Confections, and More by Maida Heatter, David Lebovitz; Cookies Are Magic: Classic Cookies, Brownies, Bars, and More by Maida Heatter, Deb Perelman

She’s just a girl. Let her go. - Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao

Let’s talk about this - Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

YA Dark Tower – Try to change my mind - The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub

The Wrestler - Bucket Nut by Liza Cody

Romance and Social Justice - American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera; American Love Story by Adriana Herrera

Cindy’s Passion and probably the shortest title I will ever read - Cub by Cynthia L. Copeland

“The shiniest cloaks and most coveted daggers” - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

This Box Contains One Genuine Pet Rock - Swing It, Sunny by Jennifer L. Holm

The sky was almost black, but the snow shone a bright blue in the moonlight. - Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson

Try not to be too crabby that this does not come out until August - Crabapple Trouble by Kaeti VanDorn

They paved paradise But she paved the way - Joni: The Lyrical Life of Joni Mitchell by Selina Alko

When You Make a Deal with a Nixie, remember to find out if your wife is pregnant. - The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories by Kel McDonald

“You be the captain, I’ll be no one - Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

When the city’s fate rests in the hands of enemies: Parts 2 & 3 - The Nameless City V02 The Stone Heart by Faith Erin Hicks; The Nameless City V03 The Divided Earth by Faith Erin Hicks

Ready For Her Close-Up - North of Montana by April Smith

George Fisher was still lying awake, thinking of the accident which he had seen on 121st Street. - The People and Unpublished Stories by Bernard Malamud

Welcome to the Treaty Stay at Gertrude Hunt - Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews

Fake dating, friends to lovers and a hilarious game of pictionary - A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau

Little demons everywhere - Unsung Heroine by Sarah Kuhn

Mess In Texas - The Dime by Kathleen Kent

Vacation Reading - All I Did Was Shoot My Man by Walter Mosley; Scythe by Neal Shusterman; The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka; The Big Blowdown by George Pelecanos; Pickup At Union Station by Gary Reilly

Say Goodbye to Hollywood - The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by Sam Wasson

Great introduction to author Brandon Sanderson - Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

Freakshow Freakonomics - WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird by Peter Leeson

If only I had read this when it came out. - The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

Short story review dump (Part III) - Mono no aware by Ken Liu; The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu; The Hofzinser Club by Michael Chabon; The Baboon War by Nnedi Okorafor; Childfinder by Octavia E. Butler; The Five-Forty-Eight by John Cheever

Kingdom Hearts: Don’t Chase the Dream - Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance by Tomoco Kanemaki

Another very good romance – this time with leads over 40 and positive fat representation! - Teach Me by Olivia Dade

No one’s life is perfect - So Lucky by Dawn O'Porter

What were you doing on December 28, 1986? - One Day by Gene Weingarten

The End is Near-ish - Blood of Elves: A Novel of the Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

Comprehensive, confusing world-building - The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

When you take a couple city folks and try and put them in the country - Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley

When the city’s fate rests in the hands of enemies - The Nameless City (Book One) by Faith Erin Hicks

“It is visceral, it is personal, it is gleeful, and it is triumphant” - Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel M. Lavery

Something missing in Lundy and her Market - In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire

When the poet laureate comes to town - In Mad Love and War by Joy Harjo

From where he is standing across the street, Justyce can see her: Melo Taylor, ex-girlfriend, slumped over beside her Benz on the damp concrete of the FarmFresh parking lot. - Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Making me feel glad to feel the wind on my face - Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane

How Do You Keep It Going? - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

Come for the Historical Lady Police Offer, Stay for the Cozy Mystery - An Orphan of Hell's Kitchen by Liz Freeland

This book hijacked my TBR, no regrets - Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince - vol. 1 by V.E. Schwab (author), Andrea Olimpieri (artist)

Stakes Get Higher and the Empire Gets More Evil - A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

Oversugared for Valentine’s Day - Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

Catherine Let the Days Flow By Like Water - The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

Union Men - The Porkchoppers by Ross Thomas

The Dead aren’t the only ones walking - Daybreak by Brian Ralph

Whenever Yefim Semyonovich Rakhlin was asked what his next book would be about, he lowered his eyes, smiled, and replied, “I always write about decent people.” - The Fur Hat by Vladimir Voinovich

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