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4 Star Reviews

Cat Sebastian is now on my autobuy list. - The Lawrence Browne Affair (The Turner Series, #2) by Cat Sebastian

For those who can’t stop doodling - The sketchnote handbook by Mike Rohde

This book is Leckie-lite. - Provenance by Ann Leckie

I Would Put This on a 10 Best List - Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai

Old-fashioned romance - Venetia by Georgette Heyer

A novel that personalizes BLM - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

“Silence is the only privacy…” - All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis

To Aim High is to Make Waves to Split Seams - I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez

If You’ve Read One Novel about an Indian Boy Growing Up on a Reservation, You’ve Read One Novel about an Indian Boy Growing Up on a Reservation - If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth

Scandalous mystery tuppers and double cannonball! - Do You Want to Start a Scandal? by Tessa Dare

Jane Steele – a superhero of the 1800’s - Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

Unexpected, But In a Good Way - Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Playing end of the year catch up - The Blood of Emmett Till + 24 more by Timothy B. Tyson + 24 more

Sweet, farcical romance - Crosstalk by Connie Willis

Love, violence, loss, and mystery - A Change of Heart by Sonali Dev

You can only get soul-crushed so many times a year. - Saga, Volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

Good advice for this next year and every year after - The Tao of Life (according to Charlie) by Charlie Shae Galvin

“Words are not small things.” - Beartown by Fredrik Backman

This is the last book! I thought there were two more! - The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #3) by Rick Riordan

40 stories for 40 years. - From a Certain Point of View by Various

This book seriously messed with me as a kid. - The Departure (Animorphs, #19) by K.A. Applegate

Dinosaurs aren’t fun, they are terrifying: A public service message by K.A. Applegate. - In the Time of Dinosaurs (Animorphs, #18.5; Megamorphs, #2) by K.A. Applegate

“The trip has been long and the cost has been high, but no great thing was ever attained easily. A long tale, like a tall Tower, must be built a stone at a time.” - The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7) by Stephen King

Hilarious takedown of pop feminism - How To Win at Feminism by Reductress

A fun glimpse at the world portrayed in Mad Men - Mad Men: The Illustrated World by Dyna Moe

An aching young adult novel set in Pakistan - Haveli by Suzanne Fisher Staples

Soaking up the glories of Provencal living - A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle

Beautiful pictures of a glamorous icon - Movie Icons: Katherine Hepburn by Alain Silver

A lovely fusion of poetry and art - The Color of Light: Poems on Van Gogh's Late Paintings by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

A comforting read in dark times - La's Orchestra Saves the World by Alexander McCall Smith

A new side of Jane Austen! - The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen by Dominique Enright

A fun book about pirates from a feminist angle - Pirate Women by Laura Sook Duncombe

A moving novel that was a CBR Book Exchange present - What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt

A satisfying conclusion to the Southern Reach Trilogy - Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

Continuing a strangely fascinating sci-fi series - Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

A useful little guide - Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A Few Too Many Space Bobs - We Are Legion [We Are Bob] by Dennis E. Taylor

Probably even better than the first in the series - Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai

Tom Taylor’s journey comes to an end - The Unwritten, vol 10: War Stories and The Unwritten, vol 11: Apocalypse by Mike Carey and Peter Gross

New obsession, from a different angle - The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss

Fox and friends - Pax by Sara Pennypacker and ill. by Jon Klassen

Post-Apocalyptic Tale of Wonder - The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

Hunger, religion, and faith - The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

The women behind the space program - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

“Studies show that in general, optimists die ten years earlier than pessimists” - Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen

Perfect Reading Choice for Carpet Installation - Big Mushy Happy Lump (Sarah's Scribbles #2) by Sarah Andersen

Two books to wrap up my CBR9 - The Passage; Pardox Bound by Justin Cronin; Peter Clines

The life of a lady scientist - Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Engaging continuation of an epic fantasy that addresses some of the first’s flaws - An Echo of Things To Come by James Islington

A contemporary royal romance with a twist - A Queen from the North by Erin McRae and Racheline Maltese

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