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4 Star Reviews

I tried real hard for this not to be my Double Cannonball, but here we are. This is the universe we all have to live in. - The Dragon Reborn (Wheel of Time, #3) by Robert Jordan

Let’s get bodysnatched! - The Capture (Animorphs, #6) by K.A. Applegate

Let me tell you what I wish I’d known, when I was young and dreamed of glory - The Stand by Stephen King

History, Political Intrigue and a Little Bit of Magic for Good Measure - The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann

Another Return to a Beloved Favorite, with Surprise Toxic Masculinity - Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery

There’s almost no way this book could have succeeded. But it mostly does. - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany

Better than Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman

All in the golden afternoon….wait…this ALSO seems familiar! - Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

“My aim in life,” Lady Danbury announced, “is to be a menace to as great a number of people as possible” - It's in His Kiss (Bridgertons #7) by Julia Quinn

The Rory Gilmore Problem - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

A moving, but devastating Ian McEwan (Wait! isn’t that all of them?) - The Children Act by Ian McEwan

Nobody puts Baby in a corner!!! - The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler

Cannonball With a Book Club Book!! - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, art by Ellen Forney

Who knew studying linguistics could be so dangerous? - Don't Sleep, There are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel L. Everett

Girl Power! - The Gutsy Girl by Caroline Paul

Wayward Pines – Reviews 14-16 - The Wayward Pines trilogy by Blake Crouch

A Beautiful Debut - Shelter by Jung Yun

Snow White Is Badass and I Love It - The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell

Help I’m alive, My heart keeps beating like a hammer - Kitty Genovese: The Murder, The Bystanders, and the Crime that Changed America by Kevin Cook

Next-Gen Business - Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation by Blake J. Harris

The title of the book pretty much covers it. - This Is Ridiculous, This Is Amazing by Jason Good

I feel sort of guilty that I didn’t connect with this more - The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

“You can no more read the same book again than you can step into the same river.” - The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman

For the night is dark and full of shadows - Locke & Key, vol 3: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

A Little Shakespearean Cross Dressing - Ridiculous! by D.L. Carter

Before the fictional Atticus Finch, there was the real Sister Blandina - At the End of the Santa Fe Trail by Sister Blandina Segale

An entertaining and informative look at hoarding. - Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost & Gail Steketee

You’re gonna miss each and every shot you can’t be bothered to take - Hawkeye, vol 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction, David Aja and Javier Pulido

Plenty of explosions, but not as many sweeping camera angles. - 13 Hours by Mitchell Zuckoff

It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore - Shadow Scale (Seraphina #2) by Rachel Hartman

“What did it feel like to die? Was it a peaceful sleep?” - Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

On the Nature of Gods and Forgiveness - Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold

If it’s good enough for John Oliver… - The Money Class by Suze Orman

That time Neal Stephenson murdered the planet. - Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

Another awesome library trip - Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

Insightful YA - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Brides for Indians - One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus

The Picture Version of Texts With Jane Eyre - Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton

Not for the faint of stomach - Chew, vol 2: International Flavor and Chew, vol 3: Just Desserts by John Layman and Rob Guillory

Spoiler: The Ship Sinks - Dead Wake by Erik Larson

I made you a tape of a great album by a British Band called ABC - We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun & Susan Mullen

A jam packed romance - The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean

A Paper Heart - The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu

I found this book on my bookshelf. I’m not really sure where it came from? - Body Trace by D. H. Dublin

Running is What I Came For, Diet is What I Left With - Running to Lose by Jennifer Van Allen, Pamela Nisevich Bede

Really Sweet M/M Romance Novella - Waiting for Clark by Annabeth Albert

A Sweet Love Story - Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Between the World and Me - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The final book in the Omega Days series - Crossbones by John L. Campbell

I’m Gonna Need Some New People to Invite to Dinner. - Cook Korean! A Comic Book with Recipes by Robin Ha

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  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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