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4 Star Reviews

One of Us is Lying, But Not Like in the ABBA Song… - One of Us is Lying by Karen M McManus

Curly Locks of Auburn Hair and Eyes of Emerald Green - Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

“To look out and see not another soul between you and the horizon could be a strange and disturbing sight.” - The Dry by Jane Harper

Heaven on Earth in Iowa - Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood by Claire Hoffman

I’m following the whole Sparsholt affair scientifically - The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst

Some giants need slaying - I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly

Will be reading more Loretta Chase! - A Duke in Shining Armor (Difficult Dukes, #1) by Loretta Chase

The War is Over. The Killing Continues - Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

Potato peel pie is a recipe for sanity - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Anne Shaffer

Bigotry and fundamentalism make for a bad mix - Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

Finally a Book I Could Attach Myself To… - Final Girls by Riley Sager

More Than Just a Gender Swapping – The Novel is Filled With Interesting Women - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

Fine YA novel about being teen, female, outsider in Saudi Arabia - A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena

Same Song; Different Tune - Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke

The Collector - The Collector by K.R. Alexander

Being kidnapped on your wedding night and sent to a prison camp in Australia – gonna have a bad time - The Sins of Lord Lockwood by Meredith Duran

No, the man said, looking past him with his empty gaze, the realm of the dead isn’t anything. But to those who have been there, nothing else is anything either - Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist

I am fearing because I am seeing that the only way not to be fighting is to die. I am not wanting to die. - Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala

I Still Don’t Understand Elizabethan Money - The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer

Could a doll be the link to the missing sister? - You'll Never Know Dear by Hallie Ephron

So…I just read Rambo. For reals. Rambo. - First Blood by David Morrell

Third time’s the charm - Advanced Physical Chemistry (Chemistry Lessons #3) by Susannah Nix

Everyone Has Their Path (or why I need to work on my astronavigation skills!) - Before The Fall by Noah Hawley

“You kill them with your success. Then they’ll have to kiss your motherfucking feet.” - The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

24th Century Schizoid Botanist - In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker

A sin committed; a prayer answered - Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

She sounded just like my mother, and I knew that if I didn’t interrupt, the lecture would escalate until I wanted to slit my wrists just to give her something to mop so she would. Stop. Talking. - What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah

What Matters Most - Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Thoughtful, well-written, and well researched, but may be unfulfilling for many - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

A Balloon of One’s Own - The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois

“Like egrets, like terns, like starlings” - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

I can’t wait to go to Asheville - The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation's Largest Home by Denise Kiernan

Excellent Fantasy Series to Get Hooked On - The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate Series) and The Red Threads of Fortune by Jy Yang

He’ll be watching you… OR She’ll be watching you… - I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll

These kids have death wishes. It’s always the ones born with the right to live who want to die. - Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang

Was slightly put off but quickly came around - The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller

Dancing With the Stars! - Take the Lead by Alexis Daria

Misogyny around the world - Daring to Drive by Manal al-Sharif

We are trapped in our lives like birds on a chain - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

“Love Is A Verb” - The Rending and the Nest by Kaethe Schwehn

Just read it - Sing Unburied Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Earth below us, drifting, falling - 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster

Bloody, beautiful Monstress - Monstress Volume 2: The Blood by Marjorie Liu (Author),‎ Sana Takeda (Artist)

We Can Be Heroes - Vision Vol. 2: Little Better Than a Beast by Tom King

Who Knew Riddler Was an A-Lister? - Batman Vol. 4: The War of Jokes and Riddles by Tom King

Mostly Good Survey of Western Philosophy - A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton

Lots of Saxon Names - Why Do Shepherds Need a Bush: London’s Underground History of Tube Station Names by David Hilliam

A Road Trip from Hell - Pale Demon by Kim Harrison

The duke and the headmistress - A Duke in the Night by Kelly Bowen

Scalzi Gon’ Scalzi: Funny, Thought-Provoking, Occasionally Profound - The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi

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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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