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4 Star Reviews

Evolution is a fickle bitch - I'm Just a Person by Tig Notaro

An odd little wonder - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Privilege, trauma, survival, and sleepaway camp - The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu

The story of Randall Woodfield - The I-5 Killer by Ann Rule

“I wasn’t ashamed of anything because our family secret wasn’t dark and my mother acted neither apologetic nor embarrassed.” - The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis

More Than What the TV Shows Tell Us - The Life of Stuff: Possessions, Obsessions and the Mess We Leave Behind by Susannah Walker

Shockingly raw and well-written - I'm Fine...and Other Lies by Whitney Cummings

A True Story of Passion and Death in MY Suburbs - Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs by John Bloom, Jim Atkinson

“When creative people do their best work, they’re hardly ever in charge, they’re just sort of rolling along with their eyes shut yelling wheee.” - Everything's Eventual by Stephen King

Having a gloomy day, try this wordplay - Hypnotize a Tiger: Poems About Just About Everything. by Calef Brown

This Prison Where I Live - The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes

Fun discovering new authors - Heroes and Villains by Lewis Shiner

Big themes in a fun read - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Gorgeous graphic novel with a dragon, a maiden, a warrior, and kites. - The Last Dragon by Jane Yolen (author), Rebecca Guay (art)

Charming - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Drama in the courtroom and beyond - Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

A different voice in romance - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

In a Jungle - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Grimm but not Carter - The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns

A novel published in serial form and it shows - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

But no no no, she did not want to be found. - Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat

I am Money. Money Mississippi. - Gathering of Waters by Bernice L McFadden

Pretty Poems from a Local Artist - Nature's Secrecy: Collected Poems by Amiyo Basu

“I have an increasingly powerful need for books, which throw a glimmer of light into my darkness.” - The Only Girl in the World: A Memoir by Maude Julien

Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Catholic edition - Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry

I like to be in America! O.K. by me in America! Everything free in America!For a small fee in America! - American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by Edited by America Ferrera

Like watching a documentary with your eyes closed - Harry Potter: A History of Magic by The British Library, JK Rowling

National Poetry Month- what doesn’t kill you still hurts - Our Lady of the Ruins by Traci Brimhall

The End is Nigh… But So Is My Quarterly Deadline - Severance by Ling Ma

Neither can drive. - Trust Excerise by Susan Choi

Doo doo, doo doo doo doo! - Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

Finish your z-packs! - Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine by William Rosen

The Marsh Girl - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Heartbreaking because it’s based on so many girls - Factory Girl by Josanne La Valley

I want to live in this man’s mind… - The View From The Cheap Seats: Selected Non-Fiction by Neil Gaiman

I bet Lydia Kang is a lot of fun at parties - A Beautiful Poison by Lydia Kang

“My adoption was hard, and complicated, but it was not a tragedy” - All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung

“The best estimate of flu deaths in 1918–1919 is between 50 million and 100 million worldwide” - Very, Very, Very Dreadful: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 by Albert Marrin

In search of a map — and an identity - Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller ; Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller

Will this be a review of this book or a review of my Episcopalian conversion? Stay tuned. - Jesus Was An Episcopalian (And You Can Be One Too!) by Rev. Chris Yaw

Fresh Fantasy - How Long Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

A Cup o’ Trivia for Dorks - A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

Everyone was on their best behaviour. - The Soul of Kindness by Elizabeth Taylor; In a Summer Season by Elizabeth Taylor

The Hunt is On - The Huntress by Kate Quinn

If Only It Could Magically Make Me Want to Clean - Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess by Rachel Hoffman

Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the aliens bite - Good Night Solar System by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper; Good Night Astronaut by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper

If I was a pen, this review would be my canvas - If I Was the Sunshine by Julie Foglilano

Loving the IAD Series Reread - No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole

They can’t all be gems, some of them are just costume jewelry - Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson

…You’re There For Me Too - I'll Be There for You: The One About Friends by Kelsey Miller

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