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4 Star Reviews

What the Dickens? - The Quincunx by Charles Palliser

The story of modern Afghanistan - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

One death is a tragedy, a thousand is a statistic - Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick

Love is madness. And a joy. - The Joys of Love by Madeleine L'Engle

A contemporary romance, with PTSD and a bit of a Mary Sue - Rumor Has It by Jill Shalvis

In which I geek out about the Lizzie Bennet Diaries and this spin-off book - The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet by Bernie Su and Kate Rorick

Like an old familiar nightmare you’d forgotten you used to have. - Abhorsen (Abhorsen, #3) by Garth Nix

Another historical romance, with the Underground Railroad - Indigo by Beverly Jenkins

Jo Nesbo gives us a new sub-zero thriller - The Redeemer by Jo Nesbo

Steampunk Austrians and the Biopunk British - Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Because the Disreputable Dog, that’s why. - Lirael (Abhorsen, #2) by Garth Nix

Great young adult fantasy before young adult fantasy was cool. - Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1) by Garth Nix

Yes, Dear Reader, It Happened - The Invisible Thread by Yoshiko Uchida

As told by a dead bunny and a butterfly - Pretty Deadly, vol 1 by Kelly Sue Deconnick and Emma Rios

- Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain

Words are wind. - A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin

This review is acceptable to the forces of Darkness - Last Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

A whimsical journey through Iceland’s remote landscape and a personal tale about foregoing solitude. - Butterflies in November by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir

A gripping and lean thriller with a political head and a human heart, starring a reluctant detective with a soft spot for people on the fringe. - Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith

Incredibly Delayed Book Review by Alli - N0S4A2U by Joe Hill

Who’s the bastard in this scenario? - Bastard out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Pork and the Demise of the American Dream - The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

A heroine no one but Jane Austen herself could love - Emma by Jane Austen

A historical romance with a Gothic romance novelist hero - Ten Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn

A historical romance with a Botticelli painting and accurate fashion depictions - Vixen in Velvet by Loretta Chase

A paranormal romance with Steampunk cyborgs - Skies of Gold by Zoe Archer

Authors In Spaaaaaaaace! - Federations by John Joseph Adams (Editor)

A Teenage Love Story, New York, and Rufus Wainwright: My Wheelhouse - One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva

Yet another wonderful series I missed reading as a child. - The Chronicles of Prydain #1-5 by Lloyd Alexander

If only he just had one special friend. - Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

Trilogy Tour #6 – Acacia #3 - The Sacred Band by David Anthony Durham

Can There Ever Be Too Many Questions? - Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding by Jay McTighe & Grant Wiggins

Take a chance, and fall in love - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Chasing Nigeria, in America - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Uphill Battle: Changing School Culture - Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division by Anthony Muhammad, Ph.D.

Dreams of Gods and Monsters - Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor

I feel as though I’ve read this before - The Ideal Man by Julie Garwood

Harriet Jacobs Drops a Truth Bomb - Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

Kind of like The Secret History….. - The Amber Fury by Natalie Haynes

Flavia de Luce is all growed up. Kinda. - The Dead In Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

Failing to Launch from Boys to Men: A Troubling Epidemic - Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men by Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D.

Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane - Moonlight Mile (Kenzie & Gennaro #6) by Dennis Lehane

Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz - Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellmans #3) by Lisa Lutz

Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz - Curse of the Spellmans (The Spellmans #2) by Lisa Lutz

No Place Like Home - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The Adventures of Young-Adult Peter Pan in WWII Europe Continue… - Peter Panzerfaust, vol. 2: Hooked by Kurtis J. Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins

The Past, without a Side of Bitterness, Please - The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

The City & The City - The City & The City by China Mieville

Hild - Hild by Nicola Griffith

All Fall Down - All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner

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