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4 Star Reviews

“Laughing doesn’t make bad things worse any more than crying makes them better.” - Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

“He was trapped in the disaster of himself and couldn’t find a way out” - The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos

A Hell of a Ride - The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie

An Angel walks into a Bar…and cracks wise… - Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis

Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Too - Bossypants by Tina Fey

Sherlock Holmes Intermission - A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Trilogy Tour #6: Acacia #1 - Acacia: The War with the Mein by David Anthony Durham

So, the exact opposite of ‘Ancillary Justice,’ basically. - Legion by Brandon Sanderson

Monks and Spies in Tudor England - Sacrilege by S.J. Parris

A very funny book with an unnecessary jab at Creedence Clearwater Revival - This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It (John Dies at the End #2) by David Wong

A Man and His Penguin - Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov

A wonderfully bizarre and amusing thriller touching on everything from designer drugs to global mining companies, pirate radio stations, laundrette raves and even fox droppings. - Glow by Ned Beauman

A dark and claustrophobic novel about self-image, art and co-dependency. - The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins by Irvine Welsh

A superb layperson’s guide to DNA and genetics, told with a smile and charm. - Creation: The Origin of Life; The Future of Life by Adam Rutherford

“Vulcan’s Forge”: Star Trek Novel Vangie13 cbr #44 - Vulcan's Forge by Josepha Sherman & Susan Schwartz

“Sarek”: Star Trek Novel Vangie13 cbr #43 - Sarek by A.C. Crispin

Another Grim Dystopic Future by Atwood - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

A historical romance with a blessedly non-annoying child as a supporting character - Three Weeks with Lady X by Eloisa James

All in one, one in all. New convenient packaging! - Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) by Ann Leckie

This could make a great TV show. - Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse, #3) by James S.A. Corey

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Seize the Night by Dean Koontz - Seize the Night (Moonlight Bay #2) by Dean Koontz

We’re Built to Deal - Attempting Normal by Marc Maron

Above Average - Great by Sara Benincasa

The Tiger’s Wife - The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht

“I pulled out my submachine gun… On the barrel, pretty white letters spelled out PARTY STARTER.” - Gunmetal Magic (a Kate Daniels companion novel) by Ilona Andrews

Written in Red, by Anne Bishop - Written in Red by Anne Bishop

A bird in a gilded cage - Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter

Genetic engineering, a nuclear holocaust, human identity, and twoo wuv? - Ruins (Partials Sequence #3) by Dan Wells

Resistance is futile! - Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Lying *is* the job description. - Bloodmoney by David Ignatius

“Vulcan’s Soul: Exodus”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #38 - Vulcan's Soul: Exodus by Josepha Sherman & Susan Schwartz

We Used to Be Friends (and still are) - The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham

No Frills - The Land of Decoration by Grace McCleen

Badly Done, Emma. Well done, Jane. - Emma by Jane Austen

looking for alaska - looking for alaska by John Green

The one with all the Harry Dresden short stories - Side Jobs by Jim Butcher

“Find Tom! Please! Tell him you saw Lizzie Hexam!” - The Unwritten, volume 8: Orpheus in the Underworld by Mike Carey/Peter Gross

Deliverance by James Dickey - Deliverance by James Dickey

3 New Keys in Volume 3 - Locke & Key, vol. 3: Crown of Shadows by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

Surprise! We don’t all believe the same thing - God is not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World by Stephen Prothero

God as a Grumpy Tortoise - Small Gods by Terry Pratchett

Ruthless people - Serena by Ron Rash

Because Literally Dying of a Broken Heart Has to be The Worst - The Catastrophic History of You and Me by Jess Rothenberg

Sheer nonsense by Lewis Carroll. Off with his head! - Alice’s adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Fortified with Essential Minerals! - Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss

I prefer bookstores - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

“…as if he knew even then that there existed under everything a universal grief” - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

“Honor Blade”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #35 - Honor Blade by Diane Duane

Hope Against All Hope in Haiti - Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat

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