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4 Star Reviews

Not enough Simon and Meg. Or ponies. - Marked in Flesh (The Others, #4) by Anne Bishop

Thomas is my favorite. - Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6) by Jim Butcher

Cat people humour - How it Works: THE CAT (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups) by Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris

Can I live? - Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson

I ain’t no Black Widow nothing! - Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson

It was the sort of little puzzle he enjoyed - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

Bears, Moose, Mary Ellen! - A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson

“By Aladdin’s lamplit scrotum, man! Everything is a story. What is there but stories? Stories are the only truth.” - Practical Demonkeeping (Pine Cove #1) by Christopher Moore

Revisiting a foggily-remembered classic - The Hero and the Crown, the Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

I didn’t necessarily feel like dying – but I’d been feeling a lot like not being alive. - Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

Childhood in Iran - Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Yer a Parseltongue Harry! - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling

“One may be elegant or enthusiastic, but seldom both.” - A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

Fascinating insight into our inevitable (giant) step next door - How We'll Live On Mars by Stephen L. Petranek

Hell is Empty and All the Devils Are Here - Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

A Woman’s Self-Willed Journey - My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem

Sweet Steam - Romancing The Inventor by Gail Carriger

Note to self: Never question Rainbow Rowell. - Bellweather Rhapsody by Kate Racculia

And it was all going so well… - The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

You’ve heard of Shirley Jackson, if not this one, then her other… - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We should. - We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Adichie

“If you remember me, I don’t care if everyone else forgets.” - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

These are the books I worry about my nephew for - Lumberjanes vol 1 and 2 by Noelle Stevenson and Shannon Watters

Ring the Bells that Still Can Ring - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

Oy Gestalt - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

An intriguing short story collection - Word Puppets by Mary Robinette Kowal

Major paradigm shift ahead. - Ms. Marvel, Volume 4: Last Days by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona

A queer graphic academic text - Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele

A strange but intriguing little tale - Forest of Memory by Mary Robinette Kowal

Jane Austen steampunk space adventure - Arabella of Mars by David D. Levine

The Eyre Up There - The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

To many left behind, on this circle round the sun… - Any Human Heart by William Boyd

For a moment, the world stopped. - Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

Sweet and Funny People Falling in Love. Was That So Much to Ask? - The Weight of It All by N.R. Walker

I Ain’t No Senator’s Son - The Doomsters by Ross MacDonald

Like Gosford Park, But with More Corset Jokes - A Quiet Life in the Country (A Lady Hardcastle Mystery Book 1) by TE Kinsey

“Life is made of these moments – of one’s physical being moving through time and space – and we string them together into a story, and that story becomes our life.” - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

“Kate, stop being crazy!” There they were again, the most patronizing words on the planet.” - Mother, Can You Not? by Kate Friedman-Siegel

Don’t Think This Will be A Classic Like American Gods - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Not as Poignant at Volume 1 - Wolverine: Old Man Logan Vol. 2: Bordertown by Jeff Lemire

“I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.” - The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

Secrets Finally Revealed (About Freaking Time!) - Jessica Jones (2016-) #4 by Brian Michael Bendis

Still Chasing Down Secrets - Jessica Jones (2016-) #3 by Brian Michael Bendis

Immigrants! We get the job done? - Drown by Junot Diaz

Half a King – Abercrombie with half the gore - Half a King: Shattered Sea book 1 by Joe Abercrombie

Listen to the Heavens - Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

The Corrupting Effects of Sivilization - Huck Out West by Robert Coover

Hidden Heroes of History - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

More timey-wimey from Birmo (you need to read this book) - A Girl in Time by John Birmingham

The Rook Files: Revisiting the Supernatural MI5 - Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley

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