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4 Star Reviews

My Perfect Afternoon Snacking Cake is Perfect - 100 Afternoon Sweets by Sarah Kieffer

A Visual Delight - Houses With a Story by Seiji Yoshida

“No one had warned her it would be like this. Love was supposed to feel good. Wasn’t it? Not terrifying. Perhaps this wasn’t love after all, but malaria.” - Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare

Nostalgia. And My Favorite Cat. - Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody

I hope we don’t wait 7 years for a Book 3 - My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 2 by Emil Ferris

A fun runaway bride romance - Three Reasons to Run by Jackie Lau

Dinner and a Show is more about the show and getting your own dinner - Bollywood Kitchen by Sri Rao

DIY Bubbles - Bubble Tea: 50 fun recipes for boba and beyond by Livia Abraham

Nowhere had she encountered as many puppeteers as in Hollywood - Table for Two by Amor Towles

Tower of Cards - Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang

Seriously, Who Does That? - Who Named the Knife: A Book of Murder and Memory by Linda Spalding

Four Weddings and a Funeral - Husband Material by Alexis Hall

Life in Ruins - Ruins by Peter Kuper

A “ragtag band of space gays” - Cosmoknights, Volume 1 by Hannah Templer

What do Kafka, a doll and a bunch of dinosaurs on picture day have in common? Nothing, except all are from the publisher NorthSouth - Wish You Were Here: Postcards from Franz Kafka by Bernadette Watts; Picture Day at Dino Play by Sean Julian

Finding wings - Bird by Kristin Rosetta Elliott Hood

I wanted a title that represented the fact that, yes, there are religious themes, but not that would turn people off as they can just be “Nope!” to that theme, but they are really nice books, even if they aren’t your thing. - Lullaby for the King by Nikki Grimes; Home Is Right Where You Are: Inspired by Psalm 23 by Ruth Chou Simons

Based on an all too real true story - Crazy Like a Fox: Adventures in Schizophrenia by Christi Furnas

The Strange People - They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-1945 by Milton Mayer

A Gaslamp-Inspired Sci-Fi Mystery - The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

I Heard the Wisdom of Uncle - The Bounty Hunter and the Tea Brewer by Faith Erin Hicks

Yvonne Names Three Reasons, But There’s More - Three Reasons To Run (Weddings with the Moks #2) by Jackie Lau

Learn how to go - Space: The Final Pooping Frontier by Annabeth Bondor-Stone,; A Stinky History of Toilets: Flush with Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries (Wacky Histories) by Oliva Meikle

For the Children - The Father Goose Treasury of Poetry: 101 Favorite Poems for Children by Charles Ghigna

“The gods know what would happen if all us females were unsupervised. Absolute anarchy. Cities would crumble.” - House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas

Let’s Keep This Conclave Ragin’ Bros! - Conclave by Robert Harris

Second Chance Romance with the Backdrop of Many Weddings - Four Weddings to Fall in Love (Weddings with the Moks #1) by Jackie Lau

Processing - Peter and the Wolf: Wolves Come in Many Disguises by Gavin Friday

Let’s see how many bingo squares I can find cookbooks for - Girls Gone Veg by Toni Pressley, Ali Riley

Mission Be Funny While Stopping Duncan’s Murder - Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Weird Sisters by Olga Wojtas

Ok I Will - Tell Me Who You Are by Louisa Luna

And cbr16-BINGO is its name-o - Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga by Rainbow Rowell

“Books were a dirty job, one of the black arts, along with witchcraft and printing.” - The Book of the Most Precious Substance by Sara Gran

Ali Wong is a funny lady - Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets and Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

Yeah, definitely going to need a 2nd read - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

“Rome was built on the blood of Remus; the Republic was born from the death of Lucretia; the Empire grew from the assassination of Caesar.” - A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon

Greatest? City in the World - Manhattan Noir by ed. Lawrence Block

Gothic Vibes in a Waterlogged Setting - A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

Twists You Can’t Guess But Make Sense - The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Dougals

Brotherly Shove - Blood on the Mink by Robert Silverberg

Learn, Baby, Learn - Holly Hernandez and the Death of Disco by Richie Narvaez

Heretics - Dissolution by CJ Sansom

Really cute fake dating romance - Love, Lies and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau

Murder Triad? Yes, Please - Consort of Fire by Kit Rocha

If you’re reading this letter, then I am quite dead, my dear. Dead, but not resting. - Jewel Me Twice by Charish Reid

“I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.” - Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold

“Women without prospect, who lead dull earnest lives and rejoice in their petty little pseudo-pleasures, I find quite depressing and despicable.” - The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon, Meredith McKinney (Translator)

You were only waiting for this moment to arise - The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness

A Magical Zoo Adventure - The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. MacLean

“…but the losses were as solid and dependable as the Earth itself.” - Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

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