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4 Star Reviews

Fear the Bareword - Lexicon: A Novel by Max Barry

Bad Ass Ladies - Jackdaws by Ken Follett

How to take over Earth in 5 easy waves. - The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Angels and Demons - Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

This anthology is so inside baseball. - Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology by Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler & Dan Wells

Feminist wish fulfillment fantasy at it’s entertaining finest. - Trade Me by Courtney Milan

It rather seems like scoundrels throw the best parties. - The Rules of Scoundrels Series by Sarah MacLean

Needs more maps, otherwise YUM. - The World of Ice & Fire by George R.R. Martin, Elio M. Garcia, Jr. and Linda Antonsson

“The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.” - American Gods by Neil Gaiman

The badinage makes it worth your while - A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare

You Rub Me The Right Way - The Art of Wishing by Lindsay Ribar

What a Mind F&*! - The Prestige by Christopher Priest

And the plot thickens… - Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger

New Adult Romance, Not New Age Romance, Fortunately - Trade Me by Courtney Milan

The innocence of Children let loose upon the world - Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët

Starting off 2015 with SCIENCE. - The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet by Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Whole Story Behind “Into the Wild” - The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless

They Didn’t Always Choose to Give Them Up - 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

Servile Crocodiles - Saga, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples

Ghouls and Gods in Dreamland - Johannes Cabal: The Fear Institute by Howard, Jonathan L.

Tell Me, Princess, Now When Did You Last Clean off Your Hard Drive - Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

A historical romance with a revenge plot - The Duke of Dark Desires by Miranda Neville

Ignite: Book Two of the Defy Series - Ignite by Sara B. Larson

Mom, Timmy’s Touching Me with His Tentacle! - The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov

A Devilishly Twisted Dark Fantasy Thriller - Horns by Joe Hill

Fighting On All Fronts - The Green And The Gray by Timothy Zahn

Sheep man! - The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami

Do The Evolution, Baby - Hall of Small Mammals by Thomas Pierce

Hips Don’t Lie - All Weekend, With The Lights On by Mark Wisniewski

“Fantasy was always only a reality waiting to be switched on.” - NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

Like the coldest winter chill - Tainted Blood (aka Jar City) by Arnaldur Indridason

everyone Loves a secret - Love All by Callie Wright

I Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghost - The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

…And We’ll all Float on, Alright - Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon

I Wasn’t Kidding About Titles - The Well Of Ascension (Mistborn: Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson

River Gods and Scooby Gangs - Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

Sometimes NOT being on the run can cause quite a strain on your relationship - Saga, volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

A historical romance with wedding planning…and lots of cake - Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

What does it really mean to be happy? - Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley

John Snow Knows How to Save the World - The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

Payback is a bitch - The Son by Jo Nesbo

Relief Shrivels and Blows Away - Death's Realm by Various

Just As You Wished - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes and Joe Layden

The magic of a tidy mind and house (never mind the bookshelf) - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

A historical romance with double agents - Rogue Spy by Joanna Bourne

Big, mutant, junkie moths - Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

A panegyric to the paterfamilias - 41 by George W. Bush

Amy Poehler is my hero - Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Well Worth the Paper It’s Written On - Bad Paper: Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld by Jake Halpern

The grit and flavor of a Lehane novel, set in Brooklyn - Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda

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