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4 Star Reviews

A Court of Fun and Nonsense - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas; A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas; A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

Absolute Power Corrupts… Well, You Know… - The Power by Naomi Alderman

Trapped in Our Generation - Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

A modern adaptation to an old story - A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel

A mildly magical murder mystery - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

Getting back where he belongs - The Letter of Marque by Patrick O'Brian

This is Halloween (or at least a Pumpkin Patch) - Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

History is a merciless judge - Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

A Difficult Read With Some Hope - Women Talking by Miriam Toews

If “I already took my bra off” is a good excuse… - Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan

When Evolution is Sudden and Dramatic - The Power by Naomi Alderman

A Beautiful Dropkick to the Heart - The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin

Love * loss * witches - Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky’

Not too many “secrets” but enjoyable nonetheless. - The Secret Life of the American Musical by Jack Viertel

All Aboard for Part Two - The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! by Clint McElroy

I do, however, have some self-esteem. - The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R King

She’s Not That Kind Of Goat - The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare

“Finally, if you’re wondering if it counts and it feels like it counts, it counts.” (CBR11 Bingo) - Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

Nothing better than reading Agatha Christie on a train! - Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

She’ll Take Manhattan - Dope by Sara Gran

CBRBingo – Birthday. A Little Lagniappe - Gumbo Life: Tales from the Roux Bayou by Ken Wells

The potential jury, seven of them including the alternate, wait in the hall while the lawyers horse-trade. - The Body in Question by Jill Ciment

“Tell me the truth,” I said. - The Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg

Doctor Strange Explains Why Time Travel is Possible - The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

And That Would Be Enough - Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole

Still Want More of This World - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin

Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill - Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire

Praise the Lord - The Churchgoer by Patrick Coleman

When Jane Austen Finds a New Use for Her Skill Set - Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor by Stephanie Barron

An addition to the Question of Who Wrote Shakespeare - Seven Shakespeare by Harold Sakuishi

You Don’t Need a Pasta Machine - American Sfoglino: A Masterclass in Handmade Pasta by Evan Funke, Katie Parla, Eric Wolfanger

I am More a Sebastian than a Lucy - Tiny House, Big Love (Love Unscripted 2) by Olivia Dade

Take My Wife, Please - The Switch by Elmore Leonard

Better get used to those bar graphs, kid - Cribsheet by Emily Oster

Choose Your Own Austin Adventure - The Austen Playbook by Lucy Parker

Good bang for the buck - Payoff by Dan Ariely

“We feel the pull in the land of a thousand guilts” - The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

A Slight Change in the Formula - The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

Over the edge for yonks (in the best possible way) - The Complete Far Side by Gary Larson

Do not feed the monsters. - Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings by Joy Harjo

Inhale small fears they turn into doubts. - Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

Pink, peeling. - Sunburn by Laura Lippman

To be considered an ace, a fighter pilot has to shoot down five aircraft. - A Thousand Sisters by Elizabeth Wein

Listening with your eyes - Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners by Naomi Shihab Nye

I’m gonna need more musicians to write children’s stories - Stories for Ways and Means by Jeff Antebi (creator)

Return to Form - Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah McLean

Post-Apocalyptic, but also Pre-Apocalyptic - Severance by Ling Ma

An excellent beach read - One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

My Brain is the only super-power I need - Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Volume 1 BFF) by Amy Reeder

If you knew how your actions affected others, would you change them? - An Inspector Calls and Other Plays by JB Priestley

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