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4 Star Reviews

An Unflinching Portrayal of Cycles of Trauma, But Not Without the Hope of Healing - The Outside Circle by Patti LaBoucane-Benson and Kelly Mellings

A Graceful Exit from the Treadmill - Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky

Some family reunions just ain’t worth the trouble - The Brightest Fell by Seanan McGuire

Murderous Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous - The Zebra-Striped Hearse by Ross Macdonald

“The power that each of us has over complete strangers to make them feel terrible and frightened and weak is amazing.” #CBRBingo (BINGO!) - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

May We Be the Fortunate Ones (Bingo #6 & 7) - Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende (author), Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator)

The Review and the Review - The City and the City by China Miéville

Beauty, Sex, Drugs, and Scandal - The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

…but you can’t pick your family. - The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly

This is How You Use a Novella to Transition a Series! - Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews

It’s impressive I still want to travel here… - The Secret Place by Tana French

If Wishes were dandelions…… - Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Pena

Who Was…. Part two - Who Was..... by various

When the art flies off the page - Red and Lulu by Matt Tavares

Science fiction I actually enjoyed! - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Putting the Howl in Howl-day - Ethan Long Presents Fangsgiving by Ethan Long

A delightful journey to the past - The Bravest Knight by Mercer Mayer

You’re Such A Boy - The Wrong Case by James Crumley

“Whatever you choose, you can rest assured knowing that you have a proverb to back you up.” - An Apple a Day by Caroline Taggart

Let’s talk about representation - Syncopation by Anna Zabo

Sexy swamp people. - Bayou Moon (The Edge, #2) by Ilona Andrews

Where did this pie come from? Nowhere, my friend, nowhere. - Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito

“We are liars. We are beautiful and privileged. We are cracked and broken.” - we were liars by E. Lockhart

This one IS a novel - The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See

Who What When Where Why and How….. - Who Was.... by various

Everything old is new again - The School for Wives; The Learned Ladies by Moliere

“It was vital to be aware of actions in the present. Because the present became the past, and the past grew. And got up, and followed you.” #CBRBingo - The Brutal Telling (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #5) by Louise Penny

“I am not an angel,’ I asserted; ‘and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself.” (BINGO 5!) - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (author), Thandie Newton (narrator)

Spring Football is a Good Idea - Football For A Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL by Jeff Pearlman

Ghoulia is a cute story with charming art, perfect gift to give a young reader next Halloween - Ghoulia by Barbara Contini

I thought it was a 3 star but the ending changed it to 4 star - The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

Next up at bat is a mystery series sure to make a home run! - Ballpark Mysteries #14 The Cardinals Caper by David A. Kelly

*Someone* loves Jumbotron proposals. But… who? - The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

Romance amidst a family feud - Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai

“I can’t be less of a hero than a spoon!” - The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell

Ti-double-grr-er! - National Geographic Readers: Tigers by Laura Marsh

And not a duck to be seen! - Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen

Holy Case Crime - Brothers Keepers by Donald Westlake

Another delightful Pratchett (Bingo square: Listicles) - Mort by Terry Pratchett

When that ticking clock does more than keep you up at night…. - The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs

CBR Bingo (7) Dream Vacation - State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Gearing up for the grand sex criminals finale. #CBRBingo - Sex Criminals, Vol. 5: Five-Fingered Discount by Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky

“Holmes,” I cried. “Is it really you?” - The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6) by Arthur Conan Doyle

Life is a Mystery - Dragonfish by Vu Tran

A book about baseball that suddenly became a book about so much more. - Swing by Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess

Celebrate the sights, sounds, and smells of the season - Winter is Here by Kevin Henkes

Who is actually in harm’s way here? - In Harm's Way (Walt Fleming #4) by Ridley Pearson

Well, thanks a lot for leaving me with further emotional scars for a whole year, Brian! - Saga, vol 9 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

#CBR10Bingo: Snubbed – This One Summer (Bingo nr 4) - This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki

An epic tale about the hopelessness of being The Other - Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley

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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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