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4 Star Reviews

A Fable-ulous Murder - Shady Hollow: A Murder Mystery by Juneau Black

Book 3 of The Hidden Legacy Series - Wildfire by Ilona Andrews

What Does Humanity Mean? - The Last Colony and Sagan’s Diary by John Scalzi, William Dufris

Book 2 of The Hidden Legacy Series - White Hot by Ilona Andrews

A novel of the Borderlands - Finder by Emma Bull

My last review of 2017: a stark end to a stark year – Sing, Unburied, Sing - Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

The Duke and the Runaway Bride - A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase

The nerd and the crossfitter - Beginner's Guide: Love and Other Chemical Reactions by Six de los Reyes

Among the Year’s Best? Maybe - Take the Lead by Alexis Daria

The feels, I have them - Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book by Jomny Sun

Encouraging, Practical, Scientific Parenting Advice - Precious Little Sleep: The Complete Baby Sleep Guide for Modern Parents by Alexis Dubief

Fighting Back With Essays - Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America by Samhita Mukhopadhyay and Kate Harding

Not the best book for parents - Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy

A Hero as well as a servant - Listen to the Moon by Rose Lerner

Surprisingly fun - Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

I sat there listening to “We Shall Overcome,” looking out of the window at the passing Mississippi landscape - The Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South by Anne Moody

Ending the year with more excellent Sci Fi - An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

The Sea, The Sea - Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

In Memoriam Heather North - Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

Clever retelling of Sherlock Holmes - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

I did it again – started a series at Book 3!!! - The Fourth Friend (DI Jackman & DS Evans, #3) by Joy Ellis

universal love and pain - Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

Book 2 of the Casey Duncan / Rockton stories. Did I start at book 1? Silly question!! - A Darkness Absolute: A Rockton Novel (Casey Duncan Novels) by Kelley Armstrong

A hockey love story - Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy

Even if you don’t like audio-books, you should really listen to the audio-book - Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard

You get born, and you nurse on lies, and you get weaned on lies, and you learn fancier lies in school - Butcher's crossing by John Williams

I am not a gamer, but I think I might know how it works now - NPCs by Drew Hayes

Every woman adores a Fascist - Ariel by Sylvia Plath

One of my favorites - Pretty Face by Lucy Parker

“She must start believing in impossible things, for impossible things kept appearing before her eyes.” - Alice by Christina Henry

Will the Real Inspector Hound please stand up? - The Real Inspector Hound and Other Plays by Tom Stoppard

Meta Midsomer Murders - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Wilde Mania - Wilde in Love by Eloisa James

When Roxane Gay tells you to read a memoir, do you really have a choice? - The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian by W. Kamau Bell

Star Wars and a Happy New Year - Almost Midnight by Rainbow Rowell

A portrait of a mother - You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie

I love when Goodreads tells me there’s a sequel! - Beartown (Björnstad #1) by Fredrik Backman

Out-of-body experiences would come in handy in a prison - Fellside by M.R. Carey

Put a Ring on it - All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister

Read it before the movie comes out! - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries - Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory Stamper

Are you my mummy? - Are you my mother? by Alison Bechdel

THIS! BOOK! MADE! ME! CRY! - Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley

Let this grumpy old man cheer you up - The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs by Ed Asner

Let’s all make our beds! - Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by William H. McRaven

Love in a London Theater - Act Like It by Lucy Parker

Yup, Still Moving to London - Living and Working in Britain by David Hampshire

Apparently Santa leaves the ass-kicking to his wife - Mrs. Claus: Not the Fairy Tale They Say by Rhonda Parrish

I can’t remember anything about this book except for bioterrorism and Lula with a “personal massager” - Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich

Hurricanes and Hockey - The Ivy Years series by Sabrina Bowen

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