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4 Star Reviews

This is why I ignore invitations from people I haven’t spoken to in years… - In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

Two really weird, hilarious British memoirs by JR Ackerley - My Dog Tulip; Hindoo Holiday by JR Ackerley

I’m starting with the Man in the Mirror - Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It by Richard Reeves

A Novel That Made Me Add More Books to My Reading List - Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

Meow. - Catwoman: When in Rome by Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale

It all started with a private jet - Killer Summer (Walt Fleming Novel Book 3) by Ridley Pearson

It’s a love/hate relationship. - Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas

More than Kin, less than kind - Among Thieves: A Tale of the Kin by Douglas Hulick

“Oh there ain’t no other way. Baby I was born this way.” - Monstress: Volume 1 by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

Who do you run to when there’s no one to trust? - The Farm by Tom Rob Smith

This book, I need y’all to read it so I can talk about it with someone! - Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1) by Ada Palmer

Seven novellas, all are good, two are excellent. - Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon

Batman’s Finest Villains - All-Star Batman Vol. 2: Ends of the Earth (Rebirth) by Scott Snyder

Write More Comics, Chelsea Cain! - Mockingbird Vol. 1: I Can Explain by Chelsea Cain

It’s all over and I’m standin’ pretty - The Passage by Justin Cronin

“I didn’t know you this morning, and now I don’t remember not knowing you.” - The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Spoiler alert: there is very little dancing, and none that can be described as dirty in this book - Dirty Dancing at Devil's Leap by Julie Anne Long

“In other words, after the laws of physics, everything else is opinion.” - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Not Very Big Love - The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice by Rebecca Musser, M. Bridget Cook

Women are always the strong ones. [gratuitous David Tennant] - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

A former spy and a former freedom fighter investigate a murder together - Beauty Like the Night by Joanna Bourne

“She was warned. Given every explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted in her sinful behavior, and she would not repent of it.” - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

Perfectly Pleasant! - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Cozy Happiness - The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking

CANNONBALL! - A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

“You left me alone but you’re still my own” - Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

Investigative essays on various topics. Most of them were great. - The Devil & Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness, & Obsession by David Grann

Life Without Light - Girl in the Dark: A Memoir of a Life Without Light by Anna Lyndsey

Thor: Goddess of Courage and Quips - Thor Vol. 1: The Goddess of Thunder by Jason Aaron

Twelve metres of shorn grass - The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong

“Mind your own biscuits and life will be gravy” - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

A bear mops a carpeted floor. - The Warning (Animorphs, #16) by K.A. Applegate

The West Texas Barbarian - Conan Volume 1: The Frost Giant's Daughter and Other Stories by Kurt Busiek, Cary Nord

This Book has Everything: Buboes, Iron Lungs, a Kennedy, and a Vegan Teetotaler Who’s Actually a Pretty Cool Guy - Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright

Intriguing start to this manga inspired fantasy series. - Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu & Sana Takeda

Attention: Everyone. I loved this book. - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Vol. 2 just as non-compliant and awesome as Vol. 1. - Bitch Planet, Vol. 2: President Bitch by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro

Regular People Falling in Love? How Unusual! - Wait for It by Mariana Zapata

A book that does what it set out to do. - The Mercy of the Sky by Holly Bailey

The Answer Is In Plain Sight - Batman: The Complete Hush by Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams

Surgery with no pain relief? NBD. - Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

Occupation: Urban Guerrilla - American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin

It’s Big and it’s Bland, Full of Tension and Fear (fuh-fuh-fuh-fuh-fashion) - The Lanvin Murders (Vintage Clothing Mysteries Book 1) by Angela M. Sanders

The opportunity cost of mobile devices - Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self by Manoush Zomorodi

A Man Called Ove is a Curmudgeon, but One with a Heart - A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman, Henning Koch (translator), George Newbern (narrator)

Not So Much About the Daughter, but Still Good - The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch

I’m Not Going to be Your Monkey. - The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests by Chris Smith, Jon Stewart

Thanks, Rainbow. I can always count on you. - Runaways: Pride & Joy and Runaways: Teenage Wasteland by Brian K. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona

Done like Myspace. Done like wristbands for causes. - FU Penguin by Matthew Gasteier

My College Boyfriend Looked Like Him - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride by Cary Elwes, Joe Layden

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