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4 Star Reviews

Last Bingo, # 8: More Rowell - Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

I’m thrown into this weird position. - I Love Dick by Chris Kraus

Final Bingo Post – Bingos 9 and 10 with Karina Longworth - Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood by Karina Longworth

Reading to dogs is fun! - Trick or Treat, Little Critter by Mercer Mayer

Look at all the ways this letter says something - Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

My Pen is Dry, The Door is Open, and Something is Waiting - Melmoth: A Novel by Sarah Perry

This Book is Just Mad & I Enjoyed Every Moment - The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall

3 Heads are Definitely Better Than 2 - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

It was a fun trip! - Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer

“You give away nice like it doesn’t cost you anything” - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

A fitting amuse bouche to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ (in it’s various incarnations) - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Practical Advice For Changing the World - How to Resist: Turn Protest to Power by Matthew Bolton

I came into the Grishaverse backwards - Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

A Stronger Installment in the Me Before You Series - Still Me by Jojo Moyes

All That Razz - Night of the Toads by Michael Collins/Dennis Lynds

When you have a ghost - Ghost Cat by Kevan Atteberry

A parody of classic fairy tales for the modern feminist - Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling: And Other Feminist Fairy Tales by Laura Lane

A man, his burros, and his books - Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia by Jeanette Winter

First of 3 potential Halloween reads - Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard

Feelings, free will, and a robot adventure: CBR Bingo – Two heads are better than one, Bingo! - Cog by Greg Van Eekhout

I now understand why this book is so beloved : CBRbingo – Classic - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The worst chosen one who’s ever been chosen - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

No you can’t take a pistol and plug a girl you don’t even know simply because she attracts you. - Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov

They had grown fast. - Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Ya Drink Too Much - When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block

Well, hell, I still don’t know what the perfect society looks like - The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Time For A Walking Tour - An Opinionated guide to London Architecture by Sujata Burman, Rosa Bertoli and Taran Wilkhu

Emmalita was right - The Vagina Bible: The vulva and the vagina - separating the myth from the medicine by Dr. Jen Gunter

A bit like “About a Boy”, except here the Hugh Grant character is a heroin addict - Sangen om en brukket nese (The Ballad of a Broken Nose) by Arne Svingen

Another trip to En Zed - Just Come Over by Rosalind James

I’m a dick, I’m addicted to you - Lights All Night Long by Lydia Fitzpatrick

SumoKitty: scourge of mice - SumoKitty by David Biedrzycki

Day Five was the most emotional part for me…not sure I will ever truly get over that one.  - Eight Days: A Story of Haiti by Edwidge Danticat

Blessed Be The Fruit of Margaret Atwood’s Mind - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

This other bacteria, permitted to age, does not kill a man but leaves in its wake the hulk of a creature torn and twisted. - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Did you think I just sat around wearing pretty dresses and going to balls all the time? - Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik; Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

The world is full of garbage people. - The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis; The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis

The Longest Journey - Magellan by Stefan Zweig

CBR Bingo: Not My Wheelhouse, I Love This and Reader’s Choice - 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne; Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner; Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A remake that’s worth the time - The Ruby Princess Runs Away (Jewel Kingdom #1) by Jahnna N. Malcolm

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! I recommend not looking up if you know what’s good for you - Superman of Smallville by Art Baltazar

I shall call you Sunday. - Friday by Michel Tournier

First Love and Losing Faith - Blankets by Craig Thompson

Good Language is Wasted on the Young: Bingo 6 (because I missed one) - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

Good Grief This Book Was Bonkers - Halloween Party by R.L. Stine

Solid Installment in Death, but Timeline Drives me Bonkers! - Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb

Great Book, It’s Just Not a Thriller or Suspense Book as Marketed - After the End by Clare Mackintosh

Every human generation has its own illusions with regard to civilization; some believe they are taking part in its upsurge, others that they are witnesses of its extinction. - The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andric

Their Internet buddy was in serious need of an intervention. - The Last Place by Laura Lippman

Swimming with sharks, jailbreaks, and exploding volcanos: Another day in Alera - Captains Fury by Jim Butcher

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