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4 Star Reviews

A promising start to a fun fantasy series - Daindreth's Assassin by Elisabeth Wheatley

A Deliciously Sweet Romance With a Touch of Spice - Donut Fall In Love by Jackie Lau

A beautiful novel, surprising for its time - Maurice by E.M. Forster

Nature v. Nurture - Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe

The first book in an intimidatingly long series about nerdy, silly, time-travel historians, with a surprising amount of angst and drama. - Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #1) by Jodi Taylor

A truly international and diverse magical school - The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton

“His poor judgment is further evidenced by his continued denial of his obvious guilt.” - Midnight Son by James Dommek Jr.; Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Unlikable Likable Lead - People Who Knew Me by Kim Hooper

Horror Month 2023: #5 - Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

CBR15 Bingo: Take the Skies (Double bingo) - Network Effect by Martha Wells

A Strong End to a Strong Series - Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

I am Joe’s transgressive angst - Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

“I met a man who wasn’t there…” - The Adversary by Emmanuel Carrère

“Hannah had a playlist consisting of 308 love songs and not one of them could describe this moment accurately. Not even close.” - Hook, Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey

An adult story with some triggers - Yerba Buena: A Novel by Nina LaCour

The gal who moved wooden mice - Cut!: How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation by C. E. Winters

He was no longer Junior or even Santiago. He was Saint. And Lola was no longer the troublemaker from the office. She was everything he wanted and everything he eventually lost. - A Dish Best Served Hot by Natalie Caña

Horror Month 2023: #4 - My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Horror Month 2023: #3 - Last Days by Adam Nevill

Four weddings, but not a funeral in sight - Four Weddings to Fall in Love by Jackie Lau

Who You Gonna Call? - Guardian Volume One by priest

One Night Stand Turns Into Messy Politics - Prince and Pawn by Tavia Lark

House Parties Always Seem to End In Murder or a Wedding Don’t They - Murder At Midnight by Katherine Schellman

“So this is merely romance,” she frowned disapprovingly. “I was hoping for an epic adventure, or a gothic mystery at the very least.” Ned laughed. “Darling, don’t worry, the story has just begun.” - The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

The Winter of Our Discontent - Bliss Montage by Ling Ma

Delightful Baking Competition Romance - Love at 350° by Lisa Peers

CBR15 Bingo: Queer Lives (Bingo) - All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

CBR15 Bingo: North America - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

“You’re going to make me love you, aren’t you?” “I’m sure going to try.” - Scandalized by Ivv Owens

“Food was how my mother expressed her love.” - Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

“Writing, regardless of the end result—whether good or bad, published or not, well reviewed or slammed—means celebrating beauty in an often ugly world.” - The Art of the Memoir by Mary Karr

The new Guardian Knights - Juniper Mae Volume One: Knight of Tykotech City by Sarah Soh

How much of yourself you have to leave behind in order to look like everyone else - Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

CBR15 Bingo: Politics - Jingo by Terry Pratchett

“A person immersed in the realities of family life did not stop to ponder the meaning of life: that person was in life, up to his or her neck and beyond. The family was the beginning, the future, and the past.” - Family Happiness by Laurie Colwin

Rogues, the whole lot of them. - Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks by Patrick Radden Keefe

The Joy of Celebration - Zingerman’s Bakehouse: Celebrate Every Day by Amy Emberling, Lindsay-Jean Hard, Lee Vedder, and Corynn Coscia

50 Years of Feminism - 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution by Katherine Spillar, Eleanor Smeal, Gloria Steinem

As lovely as a book about imminent death can be - They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

It’s a twisted poor world we were both born into, that rejects us without mercy and ejects us without consultation. - The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold

Painting makes her fly - Woodpecker Girl by I-Tsun Chiang and Chingyen Liu

One small step for a woman, a giant leap for all she inspired - To Boldly God, How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights by Angela Dalton

Her magic was as blunt as she was: like a nuke hidden in a birthday cake. - The Dead Take the A Train by Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey

“I want my life to be like-like making pottery. I want to enjoy it while it’s happening, not just for where it might get me eventually.” - Happy Place by Emily Henry

“A person is a person through other people.” - How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

Being smart doesn’t make them good - The Icepick Surgeon by Sam Kean

Who died and made you king? - Unruly: A History of England’s Kings and Queens by David Mitchell

Interspecies Connections as the “Wayfarers” Series Wraps Up - The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

A Change in the Weather - The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

A Great Second Outing to the Series - Silence In the Library by Katherine Schellman

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