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4 Star Reviews

An exorcist, a vampire and a mermaid walk into a bar… - The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross

I give it a thumbs up, even though there is a very suspect lack of Knightley here. - Emma: A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith

Two parts Last of the Mohicans and one part Outlander - Surrender by Pamela Clare

Looking at the bright side…kind of - Lucky Us by Amy Bloom

Faintly, insidiously - The Mahe Circle by Georges Simenon

Cheeky shape-changing sociopathic sidekick and roguish one-armed villain will worm their way into your heart. - Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

In which I return from a lengthy vacation and dive head-first in to the New Adult genre. - The Year We Fell Down, The Year We Hid Away, Blonde Date, The Understatement of the Year, The Shameless Hour by Sarina Bowen

So. Much. Talking. - Xenocide by Orson Scott Card

And you thought your adolescence was bad - Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller

I don’t even know how to describe this in one sentence! - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy, #1) by N.K. Jemisin

Yes, it’s not Ready Player One. Let’s all move on. - Armada by Ernest Cline

Dystopian fiction, just the way you like it - Wool by Hugh Howey

Sexy v. Evil - Against the Dark by Carolyn Crane

Hawkguy! - Hawkeye: Little Hits by Matt Fraction & David Aja and with Grancesco Francavilla and Steve Lieber & Jesse Hamm

Wall to wall tragedy, with nary a lasagna to be found. - The Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Medicine, Madness, and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard

To open a book is to make a promise - What I loved by Siri Hustvedt

A Strange Romance in Early 20th Century New York - The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman

The BAD Nurse - The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber

Watching the world go by - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

“It takes so little time to change a lifetime and it takes a lifetime to understand the change.” - The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson

I’ve seen so many planets dancing - Cress (The Lunar Chronicles #3) by Marissa Meyer

Jaguars don’t kiss horses - Louisa Meets Bear by Lisa Gornick

Hold me closer, tiny dancer - Sloe Ride by Rhys Ford

Who let the androids out? Who? Who? - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

A side of faith I never considered. - Take This Bread by Sara Miles

Haunting. Beautiful. Sad. - Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather

A haunting debut novel - The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

The girls of summer - This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

I’m Gonna Armada Your Face! - Armada by Ernest Cline

Less Memoir, Most Mystery - Not My Father's Son: A Memoir by Alan Cumming

Great book ruined by atrocious art. - Captain Marvel, Vol. 2: Down by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Time-traveling serial killer: SOLD. - The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

This book shouldn’t have worked, but it totally, totally does. - An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) by Sabaa Tahir

Uncommon lives - Demo by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan

Seriously, why aren’t we worshipping duct tape? - The Martian by Andy Weir

Who You Gonna Call? WADE WILSON! - Deadpool Vol. 1: Dead Presidents by Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan

Why that 4.0 GPA isn’t going to get you anywhere. - Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William Deresiewicz

I Love a Sebastian - The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan

He’s pretty great if you forget about the whole “owning humans” thing. - The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness by Harlow Giles Unger

“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.” - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Stephen Fry (Narrator)

3 is a Magic Number - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

A New Adult Series that’s totally worth it - The Year We Fell Down, The Year We Hid Away, Blonde Date, The Understatement of the Year, The Shameless Hour by Sarina Bowen

Good book with an obnoxious narrator - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

Serial Killing Across the Ages - The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Instruction Manual with No Instructions - How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

This book gave me hives - Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller

Some Day They Will Just Be Superheroes - Ms Marvel - No Normal by G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona

this may be the creepiest thing i’ve ever read, no joke - Cold Fire (The Circle Opens, #3) by Tamora Pierce

If Henning Mankell were French - The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vargas

Games We Play - The Year We Fell Down, The Year We Hid Away, Blond Date, Understatement of the Year, and The Shameless Hour by Sarina Bowen

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