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4 Star Reviews

Murakami goes oddly normal - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

A kookie little romance - Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the New Woman by Sam Wasson

I Wish There Were More of These - The Sibyl in Her Grave by Sarah Caudwell

After a month away I have come back to be contrary - When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

Never thought a John Grisham novel could make me cry - The Confession by John Grisham

A shapeshifter tale of violence & confusion over the ages - The Devourers by Indra Das

If you are different from a person everyone agrees is wonderful, it means you are somehow wrong. - One True Thing by Anna Quindlen

You’d have expected me to be just a minor character in this saga - Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

If you’re obsessed with firefly you’ll love this book [gif-edition] - Serenity vol. 3: the Shepherd's Tale by Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Chris Samnee

Yer in the Army Now Harry! - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling Performed by Jim Dale

I Try Not To Judge, But… - Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All by Paul A. Offit, M.D.

It’s all about the girls - The Girls by Emma Cline

Stories like sassy little cupcakes. - Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi by John Scalzi

A Conjuring of Light – consumed at nearly light speed - A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

A book that puts the privilege of my education in stark relief - My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels #1) by Elena Ferrante

There’s a man goin’ ’round takin’ names, And he decides who to free and who to blame - Killing Floor by Lee Child

Typical Early Moyes - The Horse Dancer by Jojo Moyes

“Maybe that was closer to the truth–we weren’t captor and captive, but two animals in different compartments of the same cage. Hers was just slightly larger.” - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

St. Joan of the Arches - Ray & Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald's Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away by Lisa Napoli

Paper Capes and Spandex Gods - The Man in the Ceiling by Jules Feiffer

A Serpentine Mystery - Where Serpents Sleep by C.S. Harris

“Better you leave here with your head still full of kitty cats and puppy dogs” - L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy

Working 5 to 9 - Bloody Acquisitions (Fred #3) by Drew Hayes

“I’m proud to be a work in progress.” - Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded by Hannah Hart

Not sure if it was a *good* book, but I definitely got hooked by it - The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

Not Quite As Dramatic As The Title Suggests - The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty

Who Are You Willing to Sacrifice - Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray

A Regency Serial Killer - Why Mermaids Sing by C.S. Harris

Yabba Dabba Dude, This is Deep - The Flintstones Vol. 1 by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh

How to feel Bad about the World and Yourself! - Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis

A not 100% dreary book about suicide and mental health issues - Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett

Michael Crichton-lite; or, Michael Crichton without being so messagey - Deep Storm by Lincoln Child

Is that all they can do–die? - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard

I’ll be Mrs Messy then. - Messy: The Power Of Disorder To Transform Our Lives by Tim Harford

Brings clarity to the opacity of Kubrick’s masterpiece - 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke

Her best is her first - Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones

“Human beings are not categorically bad because of their mistakes.” - In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

Double Cannonball! - The Unseen World by Liz Moore

Ivan Nivan Movan Invanavitch Vonitsky - Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

And she comes rolling on through like waves - Paper Valentines by Brenna Yovanoff

Hey, look, we’re all different. Isn’t that swell? - The Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

“Daring to think that the rules do not apply is the mark of a visionary. It’s also a symptom of narcissism. “ - the rules do not apply by Ariel Levy

People in Romance Novels are Very Athletic - Pretty Face by Lucy Parker

Dead in the Regent’s Arms - When Gods Die by C.S. Harris

pirates, sirens, and great banter - Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller

From Ladies Day to Miami Nice to Golden Girls - Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Look Behind the Lanai by Jim Colucci

Separate But Equal Is Not Equal - Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones

“Because not all monsters were monsters in the beginning. Some are monsters born of sorrow.” - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman

Sweet and Small - The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide

Insightful, Honest, and chock full of Double Entendres - Spectacles by Sue Perkins

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