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4 Star Reviews

Shakespeare + Monsters + Dick Jokes = Christopher Moore - The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore

A look into the mind of a single guy - High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

Eve Dallas hunts possible vampires and serial killers - Eternity in Death and Creation in Death by J.D. Robb

I like driving in my car - Mr Mercedes by Stephen King

Category Six Adversarial Manifestation….the Weirdness - The Weirdness by Jeremy P. Bushnell

Trigger Warning: Life can be tragic - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Finally a Book and Movie That are Both Awesome - All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

Trilogy Tour #6 – Acacia #2 - The Other Lands by David Anthony Durham

Yup, another review of The Cuckoo’s Calling - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith / J. K. Rowling

Take a trip to 1970’s Tehran - The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Annoy, tiny blonde one, annoy like the wind! - The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line (Veronica Mars, #1) by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham

Wanted: Connectors, Mavens, and Salesmen - The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell

A great book about the worst movie - The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell

A bawdy blend of Flashman and Lovejoy, with a little Lupin thrown in for good measure. - Don't Point That Thing At Me by Kyril Bonfiglioni

The other side of Longbourn - Longbourn by Jo Baker

Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett - Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett

The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block - The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block

Boomsday by Christopher Buckley - Boomsday by Christopher Buckley

Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro - Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro

SWF, Fear Street Style - The Best Friend by RL Stine

This is the bravest kid I’ve ever heard of. - Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek by Maya Van Wagenen

Eleanor and Park - Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.” - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Shadyside’s Real Secret - The Prom Queen by RL Stine

You gotta learn to play the game. - Red Rising (Red Rising, #1) by Pierce Brown

You Can’t Trust Anything in Shadyside - The Knife by RL Stine

Safety Addicts - Tryghedsnarkomaner by Vita Andersen

Shut up and be beautiful - Hold kæft og vær smuk by Vita Andersen

“No matter how we’re eventually raised, all of our stories begin the exact same way. They all end the same, too.” - Saga Vol 1-3 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples

An Interesting Family Archive from an Interesting Time - Between Two Homelands: Letters across the Borders of Nazi Germany by Hedda Kalshoven (editor), Peter Fritzsche (translation)

Catching up on the classics: Silas Marner - Silas Marner by George Eliot

Like Justified, but with less moving pictures - Cat Chaser by Elmore Leonard

Philomena, should be called Michael - Philomena: A Mother, Her Son, and a Fifty-Year Search by Martin Sixsmith

Scientology: somehow worse than I thought - Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill, Lisa Pulitzer

Arkham’s descent into madness - Arkham Asylum: a serious house on serious earth by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean

Like father, like son - NOS4R2 by Joe Hill

Sex, Sexuality, and the Stunted Journalist - Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Fringes of American Sexuality by Suzy Spencer

A genuinely good mystery besides “Why do we like Logan so much?” - Veronica Mars: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham

A more contemplative Bridget Jones? v.v.good - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding

Caught between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea… - Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

A Woman’s Life Through Poetry - She Walks in Beauty by Arr. by Caroline Kennedy

This Book Was Delicious: Hannibal - Hannibal by Thomas Harris

Trilogy Tour #2: The Powder Mage Trilogy #2 - The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan

The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen - The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen

Models, Vets, Trust Funds and Mysterious Deaths - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith

Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple - Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz - The Spellman Files (The Spellmans #1) by Lisa Lutz

Serena by Ron Rash - Serena by Ron Rash

They Fuck You Up, Your Mum and Dad. Return the Favor. - We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Web forms; filled with philosophy and politics - Web Form Design by Luke Wroblewski

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