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4 Star Reviews

A lovely, heartwarming story about first loves. And an amazing opening sentence about peeing mermaids. - The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

At least I got more Lying Cat in this one - Saga, vol 7 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

I’m not crying, you’re crying. - Infernal Devices by Philip Reeve

Ocean of Testosterone - Love My Rifle More than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army by Kayla Williams

A Baker’s Dozen - Nabokov's Dozen (Spring in Fialta and Other Stories) by Vladimir Nabokov

The Maiden in the Moat - When Maidens Mourn by C.S. Harris

Western Weird and Wild - Lawless Lands: Tales from the Weird Frontier by Emily Lavin Leverett, Misty Massey, & Margaret S. McGraw

I want to know what it feels like to have crushes that could conceivably maybe one day turn into boyfriends - The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Another Spooky Adventure From the Talented Mr. Ripley - Borgin Keep by Ron Ripley

“You remind me of everything that followed.” - The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

“…never forget that beneath all the appalling behavior there was a human being.” - Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction by Elizabeth Vargas

Reading YA frequently makes me very happy I never have to revisit my teenage years - Weird Girl and What's His Name by Meagan Brothers

“Psychologists call it “learned helplessness” when a person believes, as I did during my youth, that the choices I made had no effect on the outcomes in my life.” - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by JD Vance

War and War - Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman

This is why I still visit the YA section of my library. - Still Life with Tornado, Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King

All about Bunny Ears - I, Neil (Alice in Deadland 8) by Mainak Dhar

A quarterback and a photographer try to be friends, end up as lovers - The Hot Shot by Kristen Callihan

A rare instance of good fun in book and tv form - Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton

More Than Elementary - Mastermind by Maria konnikova

After early promise, kind of a let down - Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld

An important book about race and social awareness. - What Does It Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy by Robin DiAngelo

A satisfying conclusion to an interesting series - Within the Sanctuary of Wings (The Lady Trent Memoirs #5) by Marie Brennan

A depressing but necessary book about rent evictions - Evicted by Matthew Desmond

Can slasher flicks be feminist? - Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

Scalzi’s new space opera: Please, sir, I want some more? - The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1) by John Scalzi

Love these girls. Love this series. - Giant Days, Vol. 4 (Giant Days, #4) by John Allison

Newland Archer: OG F***boy - The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Maybe this was the worst week to read this/ - So Much Reform, So Little Change: The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools by Charles M Payne

Yeah, I needed to upgrade the rating for this a bit - Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase

I agree with Mrs. Julien – Just KISS already! - Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas

He said, she said - The Thing About Love by Julie James

Mystery? Love Story? Both! - Broken Verses by Kamila Shamsie

I Have to Scale a Tower Naked? Where Do I Put My Sword? - The Mermaid's Madness by Jim C. Hines

Difficult Women Persist - Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

Awkward dudes are awkward - 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

Body Snatching Can be a Problem - Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris

Great first introduction to a new (to me) author - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Loneliness and magic in the Alaskan wilderness. - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

Family Secrets Exposed - What Remains of Heaven by C.S. Harris

Natural Disaster, Unnatural Consequences in the Big Easy - Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink

You’ll like it if you can get past a major WTF - The Duke and I (Bridgertons #1) by Julia Quinn

Questing with snakes - Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre

I was prepared to hate this…or worse…. - The Hike by Drew Magary

Satisfying end to the series - End of Watch by Stephen King

Paul Bowles is such an interesting character - The Delicate Prey and Other Stories by Paul Bowles

How do you solve a problem like Robespierre? - A Place of Greater Safety by Hillary Mantel

“We tell our stories to be heard. Sometimes those stories free us. Sometimes they free others. When they are not told, they free no one.” - An Abbreviated Life by Ariel Leve

“Everything we’ve gained has been hard-won by a woman who was willing to be bad in the best sense of the word.” - Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen

Secret origins of fiendish pony villains - My Little Pony FIENDship is Magic by Christina Rice

If the mysteries of Iris and Lavandula are not revealed, we have a problem - A Little Knowledge (Split Worlds 4) by Emma Newman

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