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4 Star Reviews

She’s no Jessica Fletcher - Ramona's Home by Lawrence Bassett

See what trying to meditate will get you? - Murder in Clichy by Cara Black

Should come with a trigger warning - Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Anyone Can Betray Anyone - Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Between the Spark and the Burn - Between the Spark and the Burn by April Genevieve Tucholke

Coincidences Abound! - Winter of the World (The Century Trilogy #2) by Ken Follett

You’re a wizard, Peter. Well, an apprentice, anyway… - Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

The tiny blonde one is growing up and progressing as a detective - Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss and Tell by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham

Jamie and Claire, now with more quite a lot more wibbely wobbly timey wimey - Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon

This is not your father’s Lassie… - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

Yeah, I Need A Hug - American Woman by Robert Pobi

It might involve ponies. - Mr. Kiss and Tell (Veronica Mars, #2) by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham

The view from the train ain’t always the same. - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Fire spider: IGNITE!!! - Unbound (Magic Ex Libris, #3) by Jim C. Hines

These books might actually be a bit too young for my expectations, but they are still great. - Daja's Book (Circle of Magic, #3) by Tamora Pierce

Is this the best Agatha Christie book? I’m still partial to ‘And Then There Were None.’ - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) by Agatha Christie

What if superheroes were the bad guys? - Firefight (The Reckoners, #2) by Brandon Sanderson

Almost as Good as that last Scene in North and South - Classic Love Poems by Richard Armitage

She’s back !… Again. - Veronica Mars: An Original Mystery by Rob Thomas: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham

“Oh yes. We’re precious. So long as we’re powerless.” - Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle #4) by Ursula K Le Guin

Mama said knock you out - Muscling Through by J.L. Merrow

Say Goodbye to the Hot Pants - Wonder Woman: Odyssey, Volume 1 by J. Michael Straczynski, Don Kramer, Phil Hester

The Uncaged Tiger - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

Swashbuckling Bastards! - Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

Washington’s Monument Is The One Dollar Bill - George Washington's Expense Account by Martin Kitman

Hip-Hop Grawlix with a Side of Family and Food - Fresh Off the Boat by Huang, Eddie

A Whirling Light in the Woods? Let’s Split Up and Let the Cheerleader Go First! - The UFO Files by Martin H. Greenberg, Editor

Oh, this IS what’s happening. - Nora Webster by Colm Toibin

Beautiful girl, lovely dress, high school smiles, oh yes. - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Beautiful and Bizarre, Weird and Wonderful - Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War (Abarat, Book #2) by Clive Barker

Star-crossed lovers, lie-detecting felines, and the greatest haircut in all of literature. - Saga, Volumes 1 and 2 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

I think people remember this book for the wrong reasons. - Carrie by Stephen King

Diamonds, Dames, and Danger! - Diamonds are Forever by Ian Fleming

Southern Smartass Meets British Ghosthunters - The Name of the Star/The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson

“You can’t go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it’s just a cage.” - Witches Abroad (Discworld #12) by Terry Pratchett

The Marriage of the Century - Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner & Nancy Schoenberger

You’ll never fail like common people, you’ll never watch your life slide out of view - Hand to Mouth: Living in Bootstrap America by Linda Tirado

You Rub Me The Right Way, #2 - The Fourth Wish by Lindsay Ribar

“But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.” - The Children Act by Ian McEwan

A book that proposes a meaning of life - The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle #3) by Ursula K Le Guin

Winter is Here - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

He warned us that he was an unreliable narrator - In the Woods by Tana French

Whiny Douches in Wine Country - Sideways by Rex Pickett

“Either way you win. And either way you lose.” - If I Stay by Gayle Forman

My big fat gay high school musical - Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan

He’s come undone - A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong by Cecilia Grant

“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came.” – John F. Kennedy - Child of a Hidden Sea by A.M. Dellamonica

A quietly impressive redemption story with magic and a dangerous religion - The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle #2) by Ursula K Le Guin

Stranger Than Fiction – An Unflinching Memoir - Excavation by Wendy C. Ortiz

Unlikeliest wedding planner ever - Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

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