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4 Star Reviews

You didn’t bring bullets to a magic fight. It bruised our sense of spectacle. - The Last Sun: The Tarot Sequence Book One by K.D. Edwards

Horror Month 2023: #12 - Ghosts of East Baltimore by David Simmons

Living my dream life - Elephant Memories by Cynthia Moss

Horror Month 2023: #11 - Night Walker by Donald Hamilton

Horror Month 2023: #10 - Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon

Spooky season cannonball! - The Pram by Joe Hill

T. Kingfisher is delightfully nuts! - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher; A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

A satisfying journey - The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner

A murder podcast is nothing new – unless it helps the murderer target you! - Girl Forgotten by April Henry

Slightly unknown and unknow critters - Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems About Earth’s Colorful Creatures by Susan Johnston Taylor; Not a Monster by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez; Nudi Gill: Poison Powerhouse of the Sea by Bonnie Kelso

I don’t know, can you? - Mom, Can I Do My Laundry at Your House?: Poems from Your Adult Child by Olivia Roberts

Does Whatever a Spider Can Including Photography, Nuclear Physics, and Being a Good Husband - The Venom Factor Omnibus by Diane Duane

Destiny or destruction? - The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth

CBR15 Bingo: Africa (Triple Bingo and Blackout) - We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamande Ngozi Adichie

“‘And whatever you do, don’t close your eyes.’ ‘What happens if I close my eyes?’ ‘You miss the fun.'” - Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1) by Jessica Townsend

This title totally drew me in! - Ernest Cunningham #1 Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Let’s keep all the Holmes’ together - Sherlock Holmes #3 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle; Enola Holmes #9 Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy Springer; Sherlock Holmes #6 The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Queer people live and love in flyover states, too. - Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond

“Books spoke mind to mind, soul to soul across the abyss of time and distance.” - Paper and Fire (The Great Library, #2) by Rachel Caine

CBRBINGO – IN THE WILD: “‘You can’t just not do things acause of the consequences.’ ‘Consequences are literally the reason not to do things. That’s what they’re *for*.” - The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) by K.J. Charles

I could really use some money, if like a billionaire is listening or something . . . - The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“In a conquered land, the only way to win was to survive.” - Song of Silver, Flame Like Night (Song of the Last Kingdom, #1) by Amélie Wen Zhao

“Let me say, there is nothing wrong with a younger woman marrying an older man. However, there is definitely something wrong with anyone marrying Norman Mailer.” - It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History by Jennifer Wright

“Fire applies the test, then the lesson.” - The Disaster Diaries: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse by Sam Sheridan

“I don’t want to disappear. I want to exist in my body, with these new possibilities. Possibilities. Perhaps that is one of the main components of life lost to lack of representation. Options erased from the imagination. Narratives indoctrinated that we spend an eternity attempting to break. The unraveling is painful, but it leads you to you.” - Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page

The low-angst, cozy romance I needed last week - The Naked Cleaner by Sophia Soames

Ugh, I’m still thinking about the thing with the hamsters. - Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

“If I can only use my magic when you deem it safe, does that magic belong to me, or you?” - The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk

Double Cannonballing with an unexpected book. - The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel

CBRBINGO – POLITICS: A cinnamon roll vampire love interest, and some great fantasy worldbuilding. - Blood Mercy (Blood Grace, #1) by Vela Roth

To be or not to be is a very personal question - I Don’t Want to Be a Mom by Irene Olmo

I have a five-star killing trope to shake my fist at. - Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2) by Abby Jimenez

Very Enjoyable Fake Dating With Charming Couple - Sailor Proof by Annabeth Albert

A little poetry, a little violence - The Painter by Peter Heller

“It’s hard to stop being afraid when the whole world is literally full of monsters.” - City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer

Mr. Willoughby Rides Again - The Late Mrs. Willoughby (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #2) by Claudia Gray

My Joanna Ho kick - One Day by Joanna Ho; On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei's Art Is Changing the Tide? by Joanna Ho

Power Moves - I Feed Her To the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

Lovely and Charming Christmas Novella - Some Winter's Evening by Erin Langston

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Burn It Down by Maureen Ryan

Horror Month 2023: #7 - The Remaking by Clay McLeod Chapman

Diversity - What Rosa Brought by Jacob Sager Weinstein; Come and Join Us!: 18 Holidays Celebrated All Year Long by Liz Kleinrock; Once Upon a Sari by Zenia Wadhwani

A lovely return to Wedgeford - The Marquis Who Mustn't by Courtney Milan

Where women of STEM find love - Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Who wanted this banned and why? - Class Act by Jerry Craft

Very Tired Pawns - Cruel Seduction by Katee Robert

Memoir of a Child Star - I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

A dark and brooding novel - His Bloody Project - Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae: A Historical Thriller by Graeme Macrae Burnet

How real is the the beast within? - Werewolf at Dusk: And Other Stories by David Small

“I did not come here only to dance. I came here only to dance with you. It is quite a different thing.” - Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

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