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4 Star Reviews

I love these books. But, hey, what exactly was silver? - Vision in Silver: A Novel of the Others by Anne Bishop

FINALLY a good book! - Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey

Embrace Your Inner Princess - The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessican Morgan

Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here! - Camelot 3000: Deluxe Edition by Mike Barr (Author), Brian Bolland (Illustrator)

Here’s My Quarter, I’m Ready to Play - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

The Drunken Botanist - The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart

Eleanor & Park, Finally. - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

No love potions, endless purses, parties or other entertainments - Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Curiosity quelled; expectations exceeded - Carhart Series by Courtney Milan

This is all Malin’s fault. - A Night to Surrender (Spindle Cove, #1) by Tessa Dare

Finding your way out of the books and into the real world - Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay

Kestrel gets in way over her head - The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski

A beautiful introduction to the silent among us - Hands of My Father by Myron Uhlberg

Thank you, Mr. Pratchett, for all the joy you have brought me - Soul Music by Terry Pratchett

Kazuo Ishiguro reinvents himself again with this lyrical and moving novel about love, memories and society, all while skirting around the edge of fantasy. - The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

Mel Brooks famously said that “by using the medium of comedy, we can try to rob Hitler of his posthumous power and myths.” But what if someone could ride an ironic wave to the top? - Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes

Baby, I’ll bake you a neutron bomb - The Getaway God by Richard Kadrey

Raise Your Hand If You Have Ever Been Personally Victimized by Regina George - Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons

Good vampires, bad vampires, and half vampires - Blood Promise (Vampire Academy Book 4) by Richelle Mead

Brandon Sanderson goes meta. - Perfect State by Brandon Sanderson

Oh, so that’s a puppy cannon. - The Suffragette Scandal (The Brothers Sinister, #4) by Courtney Milan

Sex, comedy, and bank-robbery, with a gooey emotional center. - Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky

“like a good wine without iocane powder, it seems to get better with time.” - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes, Joe LAydon

The Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! We willna be fooled again!!! - The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

The True Story of an American Revolutionary - Dr. Mutter’s Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz

Yeah, not going mountain climbing anytime soon - Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

“And in the rock-paper-scissors of life, love is rock. Fear, anger, everything else…no contest.” - How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

…like a fish needs a bicycle - The Summer House Trilogy by Alice Thomas Ellis

No one wants to look hard at disagreeable things - As We Are Now by May Sarton

Donuts are a metaphor for free will. - Kill City Blues by Richard Kadrey

“If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are.” - Lords and Ladies (Discworld #14, Witches #4) by Sir Terry Pratchett

Vinnie Van Lowe, where art thou? - Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss and Tell by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham

“Someone wants to kill you? Well, I want to make love to you… With two such compelling alternatives, however will you choose?” - Three Nights with a Scoundrel (Stud Club #3) by Tessa Dare

The Brady Bunch is very popular in Hell - Devil Said Bang by Richard Kadrey

Breathing for Two - Breathing for Two by Wolf Pascoe

A Better Life and a Better Death - Being Mortal - Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

Far-reaching, but not OVERreaching - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Cormac McCarthy’s closest foray into sentiment - All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

Never trust a red-haired curate. - Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym

Detective story by a horror master - Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy #1) by Stephen King

Surprisingly well-written romance - The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes

Stranded in Paradise (with gangrene.) - Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff

Met you on a midway at a fair last century. - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson

Everybody Know - Ghettoside-A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy

Ignore the cover, read the book - Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

A Long Time Ago, We Used To Be Friends - The Thousand Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham

I’m Not As Far Behind As Usual - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Chateaubriand by Moonlight - Moonrise by Ben Bova

Two Heads Are Better! - Songsmith by Andre Norton and A.C. Crispin

When you’re born in a burning house, you think the whole world is on fire. - Aloha from Hell by Richard Kadrey

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