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4 Star Reviews

If Cats Could Talk … - The Astonishing Thing by Sandi Ward

Things Are About to Get Serious - Midnight Blue-Light Special by Seanan McGuire

Books, cults, and rage - The Undoing (Call of Crows #2) by Shelly Laurenston

Best case zombies - The Unleashing (Call of Crows #1) by Shelly Laurenston

Where Do You Go Oh Oh Oh Oh Eh Oh - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

“Some stagger and fall, after all it’s not easy” - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter - Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter by Kenard Pak

Not Yet Zebra - Not Yet Zebra by Lou Kuenzler

Lizzie Borden took an axe? - See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

Hey, guess what this was super good. - The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time, #12; A Memory of Light, #1) by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson

Ahead of the Curve - Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke

24: The Martian Chronicles - The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

20: Priestdaddy - Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood

19: Blue Shoes and Happiness - Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith

18: In the Company of Cheerful Ladies - In the Company of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith

17: The Full Cupboard of Life - The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall Smith

14: A.D.: New Orleans after the Deluge - A.D.: New Orleans after the Deluge by Josh Neufeld

What IS the internet, anyway? - Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet by Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon

“Health and dignity are indissociable in human beings.” - Beating Back the Devil by Maryn McKenna

Dewey #813.08 Short Story Collections - Murder by John Steinbeck

Droll and endearing, with a fair amount of casual sex - Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Speaking of Mustaches … - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Down the Rabbit Hole with Ira Levin - Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

Through the eyes of a mouse - Whitefoot: A Story from the Center of the World by Wendell Berry

Army Chief of Staff Reading List #9 - The Future of Power by Joseph S. Nye Jr.

Getting to know some new authors in a familiar setting - Canto Bight (Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi) by Saladin Ahmed, Rae Carson, Mira Grant, and John Jackson Miller

“Stand up and do better. - Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

I Am Gandhi - I Am Gandhi (Ordinary People Change the World) by Brad Meltzer

“This is the first time I will tell my story in English, a language still new to me. The journey to this moment has been a long one.” - The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee with David John

Marlon Bundo (Non-Pence version) - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss

Okay, fuckety bye. - Swearing is Good For You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language by Emma Byrne

More things should be full of win - Tigerman by Nick Harkaway

Fantastical creatures, secret societies, and Greek mythology references – yes, please! - Discount Armageddon (Incryptid 1) by Seanan McGuire

A Harsh View of the West, Unblemished by Romanticism - Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

Gryphons and Dragons and More, Oh My! - Heartstone by Elle Katharine White

The dog lives again! - Burning Man (A Gideon and Sirius Novel Book 1) by Alan Russell

Back from the dead, the earl seeks vengeance - The Sins of Lord Lockwood by Meredith Duran

A little girl gets kidnapped, but Joe’s on the case… - Conflict of Interest (Joe Dillard #5) by Scott Pratt

You Can Go Home Again… But You Probably Shouldn’t - Bonfire by Kristin Ritter

“I thought that Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman. I thought so right up to the moment that I cut his throat.” - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Americanah - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

It doesn’t look like I’ll be reading anything other than Kate Daniels for a while… - Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews

Let’s tell the truth to people. When people ask, ‘How are you?’ have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know, however, that people will start avaoiding you because, they, too, have knees that pain them and heads that hurt and they don’t want to know about yours. - Letter to my Daughter by Maya Angelou

Others imply that they know what it is like to be depressed because they have gone through a divorce, lost a job, or broken up with someone. But these experiences carry with them feelings. - An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison

Wonderfully Creative - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

With bonus magically enhanced crocodile - Silver and Stone (The Antipodean Queen #2) by Felicity Banks

Haunted by the ghosts of the living - The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst

It’s getting hot in here - Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews

People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. - V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd

Late to the Party - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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