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4 Star Reviews

Talking goats, the common cold and other ways to change history - Earthdivers V01: Kill Columbus by Stephen Graham Jones; Earthdivers V02: Ice Age! by Stephen Graham Jones

When I told my nephew the zombies were looking for brains and we were safe, he didn’t get it - Plants vs. Zombies Volume 1: Lawnmageddon by Paul Tobin

Well Halloween is coming up so this is a good time to talk about this book - The Last Halloween, Book 1: Children by Abby Howard

notes on an absolutely barbaric practice still thriving in the US of A - Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

pay no attention to the striking workers in the corner, they won’t be a key factor in this novel nope - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

“Wealth is just security. Luxury is living care free.” - The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater

really, truly didn’t expect to be so engrossed by a book that plaintively does not offer any answers - I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Back when there were still witches - The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

There’s Nothing More Ill-Mannered than Loving Your Own Wife - Sex and Scandals in Georgian England by John Rankin

Dispatches from the Frontier - Little Pasture on the Prairie by Eliza Blue

Gods and Monsters - Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

Scuttlebut - Network Effect (Murderbot #5) by Martha Wells

Gals being literary rivals, then pals, then more? - Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti

Our Little Rainbow Warriors - The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata

Friend Carl might not have liked being a book prop, but I liked this book. - Orphanland by Lauren Fischer

She might have been lost, but she found herself - The Lost Daughter of Sparta by Felicia Day

“It is early fall, the cold is beginning to descend, and in three months everyone in this house will be dead.” - Victorian Psycho: A Novel by Virginia Feito

What if we skipped the shadow daddy trope and just went with the shadow - Thief of Night by Holly Black

Mothers & Daughters, and the Wilderness - Heartwood by Amity Gaige

Tea, and Family Troubles, and Dragons, Oh My! - A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons: Adenashire, Book Two by J. Penner

“It’s always been real for us.” - In a Rush by Kate Canterbary

A slow burn with fire breathing dragons - Assistant to the Villain: A Novel by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

Down With The Miss Vicky’s! - Down with Lime Books!: A Story about Book Banning by Jan Zauzmer

All around us are people, of all classes, of all nationalities, of all ages - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

This Mess is Pretty Neat - Mess by Michael Chessler

“You take a bunch of people who don’t seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem.” (Bingo) - Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett

I wrote a long review about two books and it’s longer than the books probably… - Sun, Moon, and Star: A Folktale from Korea. by Nancy So Miller; Beatrix and Her Friends by Anne Lambelet

“…he was one of the happiest men who had ever lived — happy in his family, his home, his books, his work, his garden, his travels, and the world of nature and people around him.” - Harold Nicolson: A Biography (Volume II: 1930-1968) by James Lees-Milne

Boys only want love if it’s torture. - A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

Moving Beyond the “Great” Men - The Problem with Great Men by Hallie Rubenhold

I still don’t understand how you get “Jet” from “Margaret.” CBRBINGO – ‘N’ - Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

“The chief wrong which false prophets do to their following is not financial… but the real harm is on the mental and spiritual plane.” - Blazing Eye Sees All: Love Has Won, False Prophets, and the Fever Dream of the American New Age by Leah Sottile

Realistic shades of friendship - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Dead gods, decapitated corpses and dastardly ex-husbands - Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

Bingo Blackout + Cannonball! - This Will Be Fun: A Novel by E.B. Asher

Who Knows Bo? - The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

Bingo was his name-o - Age of Assassins by R. J. Barker; Blood of Assassins by R. J. Barker

“If there is a silver lining to suffering trauma, it is the opportunity to learn about one’s self, to trail mental fingers over a previously unrecognized core of inner strength.” - A Libertarian Walks into a Bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

A punch in the gut, but make it literary - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Djinn. Ghuls. Sorcerers. Never had to worry about this in my grandfather’s day. - A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark; The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

As It Says on the Tin, a Novel in A Flat - Ellington Boulevard by Adam Langer

Digging Deep - Bull Moon Rising by Ruby Dixon

“You are the queen. You are the queen that Antoinette wanted to be . . .” - Antoinette's Sister by Diana Giovinazzo

An appalling, vital read - Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Mesmerizing roller coaster - Cry Wolf Girl by Ariel Slamet Ries

Interesting, Enjoyable, but Missing Something - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

No if and or butts about it, these books are from top to bottom fantastic - Whose Furry Butt Is That? by Christianne Jones; Butt or Face? V03 Super Goss Butts by Kari Lavelle; Butt or Face? Volume 4: Ador-A-Butts! by Kari Lavelle

Not that I need it, but I have a subscription to Silver Sprocket comics/books….. - Witch Hazel: Variety Hour by Colton Fox and Beige Blum

Do you let your children read Stephen King? - Hansel and Gretel by Stephen King and Maurice Sendak

Challenging Things Happening to Horrible People - What a Way to Go by Bella Mackie

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