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4 Star Reviews

Stay curious my friend - Elbert, the Curious Clock Tower Bear by Andrew Prahin

Track the field and you’ll see Sunny shining - Track #3 Sunny by Jason Reynolds

Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things. - Death Comes for the Archbiship by Willa Cather; The Last Reports of the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich

Help! We’re Having a Fire(!)…Sale… - The Fire Engine That Disappeared by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö

He was so unknown, he was still all possibility, unopened cupboards and drawers - The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst

“As a proper Asian, I chose death over shame.” - How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents by Jimmy O. Yang

Growing up at the edge of Jubilee - Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro

Eleven Centuries of History – One Easy Listen - Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler

Yoga Concepts for Beginners - The Tree of Yoga by B.K.S. Iyengar

A Thought-Provoking Read for Members of the Adoption Triad - The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Newton Verrier

A dutiful duke and a beautiful courtesan – how will they make it work? - Dare to Love a Duke by Eva Leigh

Imperfect love and ruthless writing - My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

Sara Holmes - A Study in Honor by Claire O'Dell

The dangerous lull of monotony - Severance by Ling Ma

“I’ma wade through the waters. Tell the tide ‘don’t move'” - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Big City, Bad Dreams - Black Water Rising by Attica Locke

“One does see so much evil in a village,” murmured Miss Marple in an explanatory voice - The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie; The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie

Everything changes in a Season - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

A boy, his canoe, and the beginning - The Book of Dust Vol. 1 : La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

a man has to make his own way—has to look after himself—and his family, too, of course, when he has one—and so long as he does that he won’t come to much harm. - An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley

“The things that could have happened but did not are just as crucial to a life as all the things that do.” - The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

Romantic Comedies are my favorite genre, and these ones are good - Rule Breaker by Lily Morton; Deal Maker by Lily Morton; Risk Taker by Lily Morton

My Weakness for Pretty Books - Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince by V.E Schwab, Andrea Olimpieri, Enrica Eren Angiolini

This wasn’t God’s work. This was a health resort. - Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

Good mothers are a gift… - The Changeling by Victor Lavalle

Strike Three! You’re caught. - Ballpark Mysteries Super Special #3: Subway Series Surprise by David A. Kelly

I love revisiting books at different times in my life. Perspective is so weird. - The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman

This made me track down a movie I loved as a kid about a polar bear that was totally based on Cupid and Psyche. - Mythology by Edith Hamilton

A Nibble of Hope can make you hungry for more - The Root of Magic by Kathleen Benner Dubb

There Is No Perfection, Only Life - The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Wonder Woman vs Gods - Wonder Woman Vol. 3 Iron by Brian Azzarello

Revisiting a favourite from my early teens - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie

A completely unsatisfactory review of a good book. - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Poetic Detective Fiction - Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson

Life is better in running shoes - Patina by Jason Reynolds.

It’s not you… it’s me. - The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

He thinks she’s his angel - Blood for Blood (Ziba MacKenzie #1) by Victoria Selman

Her mom was a serial killer - Truth and Lies (DI Amy Winter #1) by Caroline Mitchell

“But Ma used to say, not everyone circles the same sun. I never knew what she meant by that until Monday went missing.” - Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

A Good Beginning - Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear

“Sometimes we have to break the rules to get what we want. But now I think it’s time we change them.” - Puddin' by Julie Murphy

Mundane Lovers - Modern Lovers by Emma Straub

Amateur Sleuthing on Your Sister-In-Law? That’ll Go Well… - Die A Little by Megan Abbott

“Something’s wrong in the air, you know, when a book costs less than a bullet. Or a Coke. Values-wise.” - Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan

Becoming – Be my friiiiiiiend, Michelle - Becoming by Michelle Obama

I had attempted a translation of my own fourteen years ago - Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! by Kenzaburo Oe

Requiem for the Aughts - Cherry by Nico Walker

The intern and the hockey player - Overnight Sensation by Sarina Bowen

I Have Heard of This Book So Many Times Without Ever Actually Knowing What It Contained - Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

I wish this was a real band - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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  • Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
  • Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
  • Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
  • Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.
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