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4 Star Reviews

A Wonderfully Tragic Tale of a Fateful Trip… - Wreckage by Emily Bleeker

The saddest book you could ever read going into the Trump administration. - The New Kids by Brooke Hauser

Bonus review: Happy New Year! - Midnights by Rainbow Rowell

A History of Rock & Roll - A Natural Woman: A Memoir by Carole King

Something wicked this way comes - Among Others by Jo Walton

Trouble in paradise - The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings

I don’t even know why I was surprised that I liked this so much - Broken Harbor by Tana French

Pales in comparison - For the Win by Sara Rider

Typical historical romance from a different perspective - Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

I don’t know what to title this but the book was really good. - Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson

I never really liked JTT. Not my thang. - The Reaction (Animorphs, #12) by K.A. Applegate

Break down the self, offer yourself up like dust to the universe. - The Girls by Emma Cline

See, *this* is what reading an actual Harry Potter script should feel like. - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling

Romancing the Stone with immortal beings - No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole

Free solo–something I’d rather read about than do - Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold with David Roberts

“As it so happens, Mr. Jest, I’ve sometimes come to believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast…” - Heartless by Marissa Meyer

You Never Know What’ll Happen When You Find a Treasure Map - Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper

Just Shows How A Year Can Change Someone…For the Better - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Par la souffrance, la vertu – Virtue through suffering - How Not to Let Go by Emily Foster

Lucy Knisley and I both like food. Nothing wrong with that. - Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley

In case you ever need to talk like a TED Speaker… - TED Talks by Chris Anderson

Jenny Lawson, you wonderful creature. - Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

Tudor royals, books, shapeshifters and all manner of complications - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows

“Chicks dig a man of mystery. And werewolves. Chicks really dig werewolves” - One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews

Here to rave about CBR8’s favorite romance - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

Just think, many of the universes this dude visits don’t have Trump as their president - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

E.K. Johnston also gives good Star Wars. - Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston

God Bless Us, Everyone! - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Connie Willis is OBSESSED with communication. - Crosstalk by Connie Willis

For everyone who wanted more Lirael and Nick. - Goldenhands (Old Kingdom, #5) by Garth Nix

Some jackasses go to Atlantis. - Spell or High Water (Magic 2.0, #2) by Scott Meyer

No, not as good as ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette,’ but still good! - Today Will Be DIfferent by Maria Semple

Thor needs to keep track of his shit. - The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2) by Rick Riordan

Spectacularly failing to complete a half cannonball - The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks

May There Be No Frost on Your Potatoes - The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

Days of Their Lives - One Day by David Nicholls

Please excuse me while I furiously try to make my cannonball goal - The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

Saving the world for dogs. - The Android (Animorphs, #10) by K.A. Applegate

Imagine a world where Robert Jordan knew how to write women. - The Fires of Heaven (Wheel of Time, #5) by Robert Jordan

“O, full of scorpions is my mind!” - Macbeth by William Shakespeare

I resolved to publish at least one more post before 2017 - Breaking Cat News: Cats Reporting on the News that Matters to Cats by Georgia Dunn

An important professional book about assessment–a must-read for teachers! - Beyond Tests and Quizzes: Creative Assessments in the College Classroom by Richard J. Mezeske and Barbara A. Mezeske

A contemporary romance with a lot of produce puns - Nuts by Alice Clayton

Superfun Times, Vegan Style - The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Strangeness with Magic, Dragons, and a Quarkbeast - The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde

A Fun Holmes Version - A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

British Mythology Redux - The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

If Shakespeare, Dickens, and Christie Co-Wrote a Book - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

An out-of-print recommendation - Watch for a Tall White Sail by Margaret E. Bell

Woolf Pack: this title is for you! - Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf

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