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4 Star Reviews

Why is Rhysand so sexy? Because it’s always Feyre’s choice. - A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

Your Enemies Closer - Known to Evil by Walter Mosley

Get your red hot and garlic and BBQ and oh so much more crickets here - Chirp by Kate Messner

King is once more Hip to the Jive - The Institute by Stephen King

Thrills and Chills - The Woman In The Window by A.J. Finn

A wonderful surprise-an intelligent, articulate science graphic novel - The Dialogues by Clifford V. Johnson

When in doubt, say nothing and move on. - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke

I sometimes think a good deal more than socialism is needed to save this place. - A Ripple from the Storm by Doris Lessing

Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? - A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

See ya later, criminals! - Investigators by John Patrick Green

When Superstition and Murder Meet - The Praying Mantis Bride by Dean Koontz

La Famiglia - Mafia Dynasty by John Davis

Interlude - The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas

Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom. - Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke

Is this put in the YA category because publishers think sexy faeries aren’t serious enough to be in the ‘adult’ fantasy section? - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Belts and Braces, Beloved - Guilded Cage by KJ Charles

To be gorgeous, you must first be seen, but to be seen allows you to be hunted. - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Bring the light - The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley

Non-Fiction Round Up - Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir by Jeannie Vanasco ; A Wild and Precious Life: A Memoir by Edie Windsor, Joshua Lyon ; Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz

Her name is as sweet as she is - Donut the Destroyer by Sarah Graley

I too earned a loaf of Kilmadame’s bread. - The Barefoot Woman by Scholastqieu Mukasonga

One song away from being a super hero - Black Canary: Ignite by Meg Cabot

Maggie Thrash: Girl trying to understand - Lost Soul, Be at Peace by Maggie Thrash

One more romance on the spectrum - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Oh Christmas Tree Oh Christmas Tree, who invented thee? - Tomie dePaola's Christmas Tree Book by Tomie dePaola

Let’s Dance - To Dance: Special Edition by Siena Cherson Siegel

The Ranger, the Fox and a friendship - The Ranger by Nancy Vo

Struggles and Triumphs - If My Body Could Speak by Blythe Baird

A special time of year for everyone - The Tree That’s Meant to Be by Yrval Zommer

If it was not madness, then there was only one other thing it could be. - The Time of the Angels by Iris Murdoch

“Sometimes the world don’t give you what you need, no matter how hard you look. Sometimes it withholds.” - Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

People always think their art is the end of art. - Acastos - Two Platonic Dialogues by Iris Murdoch

All this was in the days when the world was wide, and the island of Tasmania was still the world. - The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

Be the Human Magnet you wish to see in the world - Crash Test Girl: An Unlikely Experiment in Using the Scientific Method to Answer Life's Toughest Questions by Kari Byron

I have had Carry On Wayward Son stuck in my head for days - Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell ; Jackpot by Nic Stone

It’s a classic example of how corporate accounting works. - No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman

A Look at Travelers - Gathering Prey by John Sandford

Look at Flawed Detectives Taking Place in Denmark - The Tenant by Katrine Engberg

“It does hurt. And it doesn’t. Maybe like all beautiful things.” - Plum Rains by Andromeda Romano-Lax

Tales of the Past - Walk A Black Wind by Michael Collins/Dennis Lynds

Like Saturn, the Revolution Devours Its Children - The Glass-Blowers by Daphne du Maurier

But must we always like everyone? - Excellent Women by Barbara Pym

Some Salads Show Up, Some Could Just Stay Home - Show Up for Salad by Terry Hope Romero

Tripping the Light Fantastique - The Long Fall by Walter Mosley

He was a superenthusiast for bleeding. - The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

Not that I have time to think of the poor fellow much. - Travels with my Aunt by Grahame Green

It was way past five o’clock now, the sky told him. - Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke

We agree to disagree (Bingo Blackout!) - Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks

Gentle, spooky fun for sensitive, younger readers - Ghoulia and the Mysterious Visitor: Book #2 by Barbara Cantini

Dear Jane Cabrea, Thank you for a lovely book - The Thank You Letter by Jane Cabrera

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