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4 Star Reviews

B*tch better have my money - Happy Go Money by Melissa Leong

Not only did I like the book, but I discovered her excellent music as well - How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't by Lane Moore

I would like the next one to be released ASAP, please? - The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not - Strait is the Gate by Andre Gide

Solid Advice for New Managers and Leaders - HBR Guide to Coaching Employees by Harvard Business Review

I’m Glad I Read It But I Wish Someone Else Had Written It - Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez

In which it turns out that I DO like kissing books - Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

Time was a thief, he stole your life away from you and the only way you could get it back was to outwit him and snatch it back - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

A (not so) funny thing happened on the way to writing this review - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

We can’t learn from people we don’t have a relationship with. - A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D

Dead Dogs and Radium Girls - The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum

Hits all the high notes, and yet… - The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey

For if one is remembered by a friend, one is never truly gone. - Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn

“Favorite food? Brunch and tacos.” - Meaty: essays by Samantha Irby

“Putting our minds to something has never been the problem. The problem has been: Who decides whose mind is worthy?” - Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution by Amber Tamblyn

A Return to Form for Eve Dallas - Connections in Death by J.D. Robb

What a Great Short Story! - Death on the Edge by Sara Paretsky

It feels like an old-fashioned mystery - Still Life by Louise Penny

She attended the French performance, but the play’s content now had a connection to her life. - Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov

Let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

Most marshmallows read a book before bed and if you do too, try this book - Most Marshmallows by Rowboat Watkins

Now That’s More Like It! - Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleyas

“Are we going for an anchor or a compass? A memory to ground you, or a spark to guide you forward?” - A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

American Like Me, American Like You - American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera (editor)

the Magnificent Cayton-Hollands - Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-Comic Memoir by Adam Cayton-Holland

🦄 🍦 🍆 🍑 - Ice Cream Lover by Jackie Lau

Post-apocalypse with angels. - Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1) by Susan Ee

“Irena had wanted an adventure and, knowing that they were fighting against their oppressor, even if it was dangerous, made her feel alive.” - Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto by Tilar J. Mazzeo

… if one of them is dead - Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus

Great! But… - Witchmark by C.L. Polk

The queen’s private hacker - Cress (The Lunar Chronicles book 4) by Marissa Meyer

John Rain is back - Redemption Games (John Rain #4) by Barry Eisler; Extremis (John Rain #5) by Barry Eisler

Your voice isn’t the only thing they can take away - Vox by Christina Dalcher

He had finished accumulating experiences and now he was shuffling around in the past, peeking inside boxes and then closing them quickly. - Extinctions by Josephine Wilson

“Writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear” - I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reed

95% of the people who walk the earth are inert, Johnny. - The Dead Zone by Stephen King

Hermy, when she was not otter-hunting, could be very sarcastic - Queen Lucia by E.F. Benson; Miss Mapp by E.F. Benson

“Shame derives its power from being unspeakable. That’s why it loves perfectionists–it’s so easy to keep us quiet.” - Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown

How do you tell the story of the end of the world? - Station 11 by Emily St John Mandel

You know, for kids! - Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks

An interesting appetizer - Take big bites by Linda Ellerbee

They’ve Even Got a Not-Quite-Talking-But-Very-Expressive Dog! - Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

“He knew time could heal. But it could also do more damage. A forest fire, spread over time, would consume everything.” - A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #7) by Louise Penny

The villain/hero swap! - A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) by Sarah J. Maas

“But we know that people are complicated and have a mixture of flaws and talents and sins. So why do we pretend that we don’t?” - So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

Sophronia and her series both Finish. - Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School, #4) by Gail Carriger

Dear Sir, I have inherited $$ and I need your help to transfer it. Please send banking details. - 419 by Will Ferguson

Rock-a-bye friends in the tree-house top - The Tallest Tree House by Elly MacKay

Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life. - Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azir Nafisi

The continuing adventures of Lady Sherlock - A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas

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