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4 Star Reviews

Gotta dance! - The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine

Just go read the damn book. - Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Rainbow Rowell Lite Edition - The improbable theory of Ana & Zak by Brian Katcher

“They never see you coming, do they?” - The Drop by Dennis Lehane

Time of the Living Gargoyles - The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian

Ridiculous…But Fun Ridiculousness - Liars Inc. by Paula Stokes

Family Dinners Are Killer - Strangers by MIchaelbrent Collings

Sad Birthday Parties and Smoking Wrecks - Music for Wartime by Rebecca Makkai

Raylan Givens, Karen Sisco, and assorted creeps, criminals, and ne’er-do-wells - Fire in the Hole: Stories by Elmore Leonard

A life in urban foraging - Eating Wildly by Ava Chin

A study in how we troll and shame each other–with a real-life example - So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

My introduction to Flavia de Luce - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

“So what’s a few plane crashes in the name of a good night’s sleep?” - The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman with Asperger Syndrome - The Life and Death of Sophie Stark by Anna North

Let’s Get Drunk - You Deserve A Drink: Booze Misadventures and Tales of Debauchery by Mamrie Hart

World War II From a German Perspective in this Memorable True Story - A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II by Adam Makos

Burn to Rise Again - Phoenixville Rising by Robb Cadigan

Would you open Pandora’s Box? - the Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

A delightful dystopia. - Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron (Shades of Grey, #1) by Jasper Fforde

Just that raw, pent-up coil - Joan Jett by Todd Oldham, Kathleen Hanna

To sleep, perchance to dream - Night Beach by Kirsty Eagar

Female author + female protagonist = let’s compare it to Gone Girl! - Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

The kingdoms may be broken, but this series is still perfection - The Broken Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin

Not quite sure the 19 Katherines were necessary, but I liked the book regardless. - An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

The Real World Is A Confusing Place - Marcelo In the Real World by Fransisco X. Stork

Oh My Gods - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin

See the turtle of enormous girth! On his shell he holds the earth. - It by Stephen King

A Dark Knight returns. - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller

Genius is a lot of brainstorming through bad ideas. - inGenius: A Crash Course in Creativity by Tina Seelig

Just tryin’ to make the tall dollars - The Couriers, Vol 1 and The Couriers, Vol 2: Dirtbike Manifesto by Brian Wood and Rob G

Five Ishiguro tales about the human experience…and music - Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro

All the wonderful velocity of thought - Emma by Jane Austen

A book I’d never have read without your tireless suggestions and a half cannonball! - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Four Days in November - Parkland by Vincent Bugliosi

If Drew is Capt. America, then Grey is Thor - The Friend Zone by Kristen Callihan

“Rebecca, not everything from a Monty Python movie is real…There is no Camelot nor a Holy Grail. Although the bit with the killer rabbit is true.” - The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

Lois Lane, never change. - Lois Lane: Fallout (Lois Lane, #1) by Gwenda Bond

A Life Without Light - Girl in the Dark by Anna Lyndsey

How well can you ever really know someone? - A Good Marriage by Stephen King

Those Waverleys are back - First Frost (Waverley Family #2) by Sarah Addison Allen

A Whole Life In 300 Pages - The End of the Point by Elizabeth Graver

The razor’s edge between satisfaction and disillusionment - The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

A great book unpacking the power of TED in your talks - Talk Like TED by Carmine Gallo

A Wild Ride - Marathon Man by William Goldman

Charmingly Satisfying! - The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery

Put Your Hands Up or I’ll Use This Deadly Book - Libriomancer by Jim C. Hines

A slice of young adult comfort food - Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

I Can’t Come In Right Now, Mom; the Planet Wants Me to Play - Nemesis by Isaac Asimov

Oh, So That’s The Key to the Puzzle! - Heart of the Story by Randy Frazee

Don’t go into the Wood. No, seriously, stay FAR away. - Uprooted by Naomi Novik

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