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4 Star Reviews

There Will be a Reckoning. - The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

The proof has been in the pudding for a long time. - Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Blyth

Rules to this but for now call me Joan Jet-Pack! - Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

An interesting take on Elric - Elric Vol. 1: The Ruby Throne by Michael Moorcock

An open letter to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse - Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse

“It is at the moments when the doors open, when things flow between the worlds, that stories happen.” - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

“I am tired of twisting myself into painful shapes for mere scraps of respect or consideration. Tired of bending this way and that in search of approval that will only ever be half granted.” - The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (Feminine Pursuits #1) by Olivia Waite

A Different Type - When The Thrill Is Gone by Walter Mosley

Simply a Beautiful Memoir - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Knock knock - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

Blow me a story - The Boy and the Wild Blue Girl by Keith Negley

The economy of art - The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art by Don Thompson

Hop along Teetu - The Bold, Brave Bunny by Beth Ferry

A cabbage adventure - Snail Crossing by Corey R. Tabor

She blinded us all with science (and water from a rocket) - Libby Loves Science by Kimberly Dertin

In a few months you too can love Poppy - A Way with Wild Things by Larissa Theule

Monsters on the Ice - The Terror by Dan Simmons

The Shield - The Force by Don Winslow

“We are all of us ill prepared for what is to come” - No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

“Not that an asteroid crashing into our planet is a good thing, but it does put everything else into perspective.” - The World Ends in April by McAnulty, Stacy

Here Come the Witcher Reviews! - The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

Intense happiness - Felicity by Mary Oliver

The fridged women speak. - The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente

Attention all people who love Jane Austen, I have a good book for you. - Jane Austen: The Secret Radical by Helena Kelly

Out of print, but my (and yours too) library should have a copy of this - Peanut by Ayun Halliday

Space Opera Done Fantastic - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Out of Print, but should not be forgotten - Refresh, Refresh by Danica Novgorodoff

I’m as bad as the fool: filling up greedily, wanting more, loving it but not feeling satisfied - Redemption in Indigo by Karen Lord

“The estranged is striving for reunion.” - Love, Power, and Justice: Ontological Analyses and Ethical Applications by Paul Tillich

Jerry Barlow eased the ’67 Sportster to the edge of the sand road and shut off the motor. - Tiny Love by Larry Brown

The house, like the party, was subsiding. - Saving Agnes by Rachel Cusk

Scouts in Spaaaaace!!!!!!! - The Star Scouts by Mike Lawrence; Star Scouts: The League of Lasers by Mike Lawrence

Two Stories, Rethought - Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld; Thor Vol 1: The Goddess of Thunder by Jason Aaron

Make it work - The Natty Professor by Tim Gunn

Two books, one review - The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman; The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 2 by P. Craig Russell

Squad Ghouls - Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel

“And then I had my greatest stroke of genius since that ham sandwich with pickles that time.” - Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear

Leggo your eggo - Decisive by Chip Heath, Dan Heath

“Our lack of power and our oppression are one and the same…” - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Station Eleven, but in One Place - The Last by Hanna Jameson

Brooklyn, Brooklyn Take Me In - The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster

Short story review dump (Part I) - The Lottery by Shirley Jackson; Barn Burning by Haruki Murakami; Mastiff by Joyce Carol Oates; A Village After Dark by Kazuo Ishiguro; King of the Elves by Philip K Dick; The Second Bakery Attack by Haruki Murakami

If you’re patient it’s not a bad read. - Dracula by Bram Stoker

Break it down, get it done. - Get Your Sh*t Together by Sarah Knight

We Are So Much More Than The Work We Do - A Cowboy to Remember by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Pretending you’re OK when you aren’t isn’t strength - Lethal White by Robert Galbraith

eating vegetables: the essay collection - Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino

“So Much for King Kong” - Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas by Jim Ottaviani

Get a New Line of Work? - Bitter Falls (Stillhouse Lake Book #4) by Rachel Caine

Might try something a bit cheerier for my next book… - She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

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