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4 Star Reviews

Never, ever house sit for a friend. - Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles

a very stylish Cannonball - The Woman I Wanted to Be by Diane Von Furstenberg

A realistic, vivid and quirkily illustrated coming-of-age comic about life at art-school and the uncertainty that goes along with it. - Art Schooled by Jamie Coe

Nearly Gone - Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano

Bubble, bubble, toil, and trouble - House of Ivy and Sorrow by Natalie Whipple

Since You’ve Been Gone: Music, Friendship, Romance. - Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

The Book in which Victorian Sewers Become Cool - Dodger by Terry Pratchett

Are you more heroic if you sacrifice yourself for people who shun and fear you? - The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

We Are Who We Are - Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

I Wish I Owned a Home - The Perfectly Imperfect Home: How to Decorate & Live Well by Deborah Needleman

#10 Sci Fi from months ago, but has still stuck around - Foundation by Isaac Asimov

The utter depravity of humanity - The Trial by Franz Kafka

You could have done with having a BIT more happen, Maggie - Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

What if you could turn your worst weaknesses into a weapon and fight crime with it? - The Disillusionists trilogy: Mind Games, Double Cross and Head Rush by Carolyn Crane

The Bombay in Mumbai - Bombay Stories by Saadat Hasan Manto

Tesla was there, but Twain wasn’t. - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson

- Uncle Tom's Cabin by Uncle Tom is not a magical Negro--he's a form of social protest.

Enthusiasm! Puns! Twenty-Something Life Advice! - My Drunk Kitchen by Hannah Hart

One day Ilona Andrews will publish a book that disappoints me and that will be a terrible day - Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews

Cat puns? I’M IN. - Copycat: and a litter of other cats by David Yow

Any person you see could be capable of terrible things - Girl Afraid by Ciarán West

Buddhism, Sex and Snakes: Culture Shock in Thailand - Bangkok 8 by John Burdett

Palace Walk: The Dual Nature of Everything - Palace Walk: The Cairo Trilogy, Volume One by Naguib Mahfouz

A historical romance with abductions and a drafty castle - The Lady Most Willing...: A Novel in Three Parts by Julia Quinn, Eloisa James and Connie Brockway

What a way to wrap up a great year of reading. - Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

The Bureau of Supernatural Investigations – Wicked Fun Urban Fantasy - Things to Do in Denver When You're Un-Dead by Mark Everett Stone

Adoption is a serious business, but it can be very entertaining to read about - The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Get Pregnant by Dan Savage

Safe, legal and available - Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights by Katha Pollitt

I can think of a number of situations when it would be convenient to have a Head key. - Locke & Key, vol 2: Head Games by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

Out of Denmark - Winter's Tales by Isak Dinesen

(Even if your heart is broken and attacking you, you’re still not better off without it.) - Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Aren’t we all a little monstrous? - The Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson

“It had been the most complex, difficult feat of mass-scale engineering humanity had ever accomplished until the next thing they did.” - Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey

Doctor Who meets Sherlock, except not really. But there is a clever young woman who helps us get to know an eccentic detective - Jackaby by William Ritter

Lost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff - Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff

The Drop by Dennis Lehane - The Drop by Dennis Lehane

It’s got everything: twins, domestic terrorism, pie, and a Madame DeFarge puppet - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

- A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russel

Reese Witherspoon is a good actor. - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

Are you, are you coming to the tree? Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. - Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

“Because ‘You’re perfect just the way you are,’ is what your guidance counselor says. And she’s an alcoholic.” - Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Nightwoods by Charles Frazier - Nightwoods by Charles Frazier

Writers, Publishers, and Murderers - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith a/k/a J.K. Rowling

“When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.” - Joyland by Stephen King

And now I want a macaron. - Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

An inspirational story of grief and survival, loss and self-discovery - Nora Webster by Colm Toibin

Worst. Review. Ever. - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Landline by Rainbow Rowell - Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Yes, more please. - Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore

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  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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