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4 Star Reviews

An ant and adventures - Ant Story by Jay Hosler

Hook, Line and Thinker - All Fours by Miranda July

“Katarina Shaw was in the building, and she had come to win.” - The Favorites by Layne Fargo

Seriously? That’s It? - A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

The Other Empresses - The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugénie of France, Power and Glamour in the Struggle for Europe by Nancy Goldstone

“Did I ever imagine how things were going to turn out? No, thank God. Why thank God? Had it been that bad? No, of course not. Only quite, quite different. Just as well one didn’t know in advance.” - Change Lobsters and Dance by Lilli Palmer

Not your Grandma’s Brazil. Your Great-Great-Grandma’s, Maybe. - Dom Casmurro by Machado De Assis

“The human factor is three-quarters of any expedition.” - Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton

Not what Schrödinger had in mind, but I’ll take it - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Beautiful, Emotional, and Sadly Still Relevant - If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

I probably rewrote this review a billion times before I thought I was done, then realized I needed more, so just read this book okay?  - You Can Never Die: A Graphic Memoir by Harry Bliss

All our yesterdays - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

While looks easy, there is a lot packed it and not all of it is nice, but worth the read - Fitting Indian by Jyoti Chand and Tara Anand

Just a piece of the puzzle - Issunboshi: A Graphic Novel by Ryan Long

“Have you not shaken a kingdom to its foundations, found a door to a distant otherland, overthrown a queen? Hand you the right storybook, and you are capable of anything.” - Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

Don’t Criticize What You Can’t Understand - Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan and the Night That Split the Sixties by Elijah Wald

In the year 3,000… - Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 by L. Ron Hubbard

The Women Come and Go - Insidious Intent (Tony Hill&Carol Jordan #10) by Val McDermid

“If Thunderclan is to survive, we must have new warriors” — Great Graphic Novel Adaptation of the Classic Series! - Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter

“Thirty years ago, I lay in the room of a woman, conceived in a sexual act of rape, being carried during the prenatal period by an unwilling and rebellious mother, finally bursting from the womb only to be tormented in a family whose members I despised or pitied, and brought into association with people whom I never should have chosen.” - My First Thirty Years by Gertrude Beasley

“I’m fine with being a half kid, but now I don’t even know which half I’m supposed to be.” - The Squad by Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao

You Cannot See the Face of God - Pavil's Mask by Jérémy Perrodeau

Yeah, I’d read it again - Continental Drifter by Kathy MacLeod

He Is Your Father - Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right by Walter Mosley

I’m Still Not Clear on How Different Wit and Skill Are - Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

Weird Black Girls by Elwin Cotman - Weird Black Girls by Elwin Cotman

“Women can be heroes.” - The Women by Kristin Hannah

Who knew far….ah feelings were so expressive - Feelings Are Like Farts by Tara Wosiski and Toshiki Nakamura

She’s an inspiration - Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medin

Grecia the toucan Can! - Building a Beak: How a Toucan's Rescue Inspired the World by Becca McMurdie

I keep telling myself, “I do not like horror…..” - Hide: The Graphic Novel by Kiersten White and Scott Peterson.

She climbed and protected so we all could enjoy - Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains by Anita Yasuda and Yuko Shimizu

“You should tell her, the knight interjects, that is basically the entire point of math. Explaining stuff everyone already knows.” - The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson

Book 2: Villains be villainous. - Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb

“All of a sudden, I became half-human!” — Human/Cat Boy Romance Manga - A Lovestruck Cat Wants to be Petted by Nira Kaneyuki

I wondered briefly how I might compose a paper on the subject—disappearing islands are a motif in the folklore of many countries. - Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

Justice, rage, vengeance - They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

Lining up History - Lady of the Lines: How Maria Reiche Saved the Nazca Lines by Sweeping the Desert by Michaela Maccoll and Elisa Chavarri

Ok! Ok! I have a dirty mind so this wasn’t what I thought of when they said “Taking a missionary position.” - Dendo: One Year and One Half in Tokyo by Brittany Long Olsen

The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien - The Chow Maniac by Vivien Chien

Well, this one made me cry. - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

Finally a way to get rid of the so-called Spice Coke - Saved By Cake: Over 80 Ways to Bake Yourself Happy by Marian Keyes

Carl and Donut’s Guide to Dungeon Crawling as Reality TV - Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

A Lonely Coming-of-Age Story - Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb

For Sale, Short Stories, Fairly Used - The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King

“The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.” - Vanishing Treasures by Katherine Rundell

Summer Lovin - Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

“Never be afraid to be honest and stand up for what is right…. Just remember to balance your courage with wisdom.” - Stella by Starlight by Sharon M Draper

One of those books I hated everything about it, but DANG! is it a fun trip! - The Girl Who Flew Away by Lee Dean

“You’re a creep. And to be honest, you kinda like being a creep…Don’t you?” — Phantom of the Opera YA Graphic Novel Romance Retelling! - Please Be My Star by Victoria Grace Elliott

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