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4 Star Reviews

A lesson for Nick Carraway. Don’t talk to your neighbors. - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Come and Knock on Our Door - Triple Sec by T.J. Alexander

Quinn, I’m serious. I think I killed a man. I think I killed…Santa. - The Merriest Misters by Timothy Janovsky

Three-Four-One - The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Not the last unicorn or dragon either - I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons by Peter S. Beagle

This is not a victim rushing to meet her savior. This is a queen considering whether to treat with an enemy. - Desperate Measures (Deluxe Edition) by Katee Robert

The End and the Beginning - London Match by Len Deighton

Magical Teens on a Quest - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

“It’s about being treated as a thing, isn’t it. You’re a thing, and there is no safety.” - Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries #4.5) by Martha Wells

The other parts of faith - On a Chariot of Fire: The Story of India’s Bene Israel by Erica Lyons

Stop being so…. gay - Blessed Cure by Mário Oliveira

“Nobody grabs SecUnits. I hadn’t realized this was a perk until now.” - Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries #3) by Martha Wells

“But all’s well that ends well, and if your adventure is successful, all those little problems you had will soon become very funny to you indeed.” - Nell of Gumbling: My Extremely Tiny Forest Adventure by Emma Steinkellner

Three Photobook Reviews - Say, Is This the U.S.A. by Erskine Caldwell & Margaret Bourke-White; The Quake of '89 by News Staff of the San Francisco Chronicle; Earth Angels: Migrant Children in America by Nancy Buirski

A Nicely Done Cookbook - Dinner in One Take by Bo Corley

“We’re alive!” - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

“She might be less than what she had once been, but she was still worth a hell of a lot.” - Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

“Life is filled with suffering, but it is also filled with many wonders.” - Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh

Creature Cats get Cozy - Yokai Cats vol. 1 by Pandania

Infinity War – But Even Better - Wicked Problems by Max Gladstone

Cozy Mystery in a Quirky Florida Coffeeshop - Cold Brew Corpse by Tara Lush

Updating the classics - Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin

Quick Thinking (Also: yay, full cannonball!) - Slow Horses by Mick Herron

Love & Football - The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata

Here’s How to Identify a Werewolf: They’re the Ones That Never Grow Up - Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones

“a human looking glass: the light cast by fame bounced off her, and back on to those facing her” CBRBINGO – Golden - Q: A Voyage Around the Queen by Craig Brown

“No one told me the trail would be vertical.” “Maggie, there are sheep hanging out all around us. Sheep don’t do vertical.” “Sheep are very nimble. They’re basically puffy goats.” - Bad Reputation by Emma Barry

Free the Press. Free the Truth - Ink Girls by Marieke Nijkamp

Corey’s faith - Visitations by Corey Egbert

The Houseguest From Hell - A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

Yeah, I see why the Wachowski’s were interested in this book - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

“I suppose one has to have lived in the U.S.S.R. to know what a priceless treasure security is.” - Liberation — Russian Style by Ada Halpern

Woman, Mother, Interpreter, Spy - A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe

Destiny? Maybe… - Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley

“‘Madam.’ He frowned at her. ‘I am a butler. Do you truly believe that I do not know how to dispatch a houseguest if required?'” CBRBINGO – Horses - A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

Be Cool, Sodapop - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

If ever there was a person who could make me say “what the hell” and simply live my best life for a single night, it would be the tatted goddess Shae - Love and Sportsball by Meka James

Somehow I’m Neither Here Nor There - Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire

The Spy Zoo - The Secret Hours by Mick Herron

Connections and Questions - Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

The girl who won’t quit - Asadora!, Volume 8 by Naoki Urasawa

Don’t Mean to Spy - Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner

None: pau - Pau: The Last Song of the Kaua’i ‘o’o by Tony Piedra

The not so good review because I lost the original review that also has good online images because I guess I didn’t take a picture of my book - Brooms by Jasmine Walls

Marketed as a thriller, but it really isn’t - Don't Forget the Girl by Rebecca McKanna

“ He left you the fortune, Avery, and all he left us is you.” - The Inheritance Games: A Novel by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Found Family with Spies, Killers, and Secrets but It’s Cozy - Spy X Family Family Portrait by Aya Yajima, Tatsuya Endo

Rom com + murder mystery + wedding = chaos - Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

A great addition to its genre (but you’re better off not knowing what it is) - The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey

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