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4 Star Reviews

I Enjoyed This Book, But I Don’t Remember Much About It - Stars of Chaos Volume 1 by priest

We Create Our Own Monsters - Carrie by Stephen King; The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

Enough really is Enough - Nat Enough by Maria Scrivan

The Character Development Is Where It’s At - The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

So Many Ideas and Questions about Year 2 at Riverdale Academy Day School - Class Act by Jerry Craft

But of course, in his version, he’d also written a person who would eventually let herself be loved-and could shoot flames out of her fingers. - I am Trying to Break Your Heart by Ruby Lang

“Don’t worry about any of this stuff, okay? It’s all just adult junk that doesn’t mean anything.” - This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki

“Big Pancake doesn’t want you to know this, but making pancakes is easier than you think.” - The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food You Can Make So You Don’t Die by Zilla Novikov, Rachel A. Rosen, Marten Norr (Illustrator)

Delicate is not just a setting on the washing machine - Delicates: Collector's Edition by Brenna Thummler

Relationship Between a Vampire and a Werewolf - Fangs by Sarah Andersen

The Loyalty Test - Stand With Me, Earl by Kate Archer

A tough read that gives a lot of attention to struggles with mental health - Truth of the Divine by Lindsey Ellis

Family connections - I'll See You in Ijebu by Bunmi Emenanjo

Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes? Sexy, sexy, snakes! - Entranced by the Basilisks by Lillian Lark

When Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky got together and made Bob Odenkirk, - Zilot & Other Important Rhymes by Bob Odenkirk

A good kiss should hint at the possibility of love. A perfect kiss should make you believe in a lifetime of love. - Kiss and Spell by Celestine Martin

Unapologetic Style - Stepping Out: The Unapologetic Style of African Americans over Fifty  by Connie Briscoe

“This book’s findings should temper our estimation of the freedom we have to change ourselves.” - Degrees of Separation: Identity Formation While Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism by Schneur Zalman Newfield

Being Betty -  Itty Bitty Betty Blob by Constance Lombardo

Your body is not your own. - Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes

CBR15 Bingo: Nostalgia - Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett; Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

Sometimes you just want to escape into another world – this time sports, and tennis in particular. - Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Bravery is Best - Be Daring, Duke by Kate Archer

“Fiction became a friend as well as a safe harbor, a cocoon to protect her from the outside world and its dangers.” - Weyward by Emilia Hart

CBR BINGO – SEX: Never meet your heroes. - The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

Three Horror Short Story Collections - The Shores of Space by Richard Matheson; Everything's Eventual by Stephen King; Night Shift by Stephen King

A Strong Second Book in a Delightful Series - Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher

“It’s really most remarkable how the human race is so seldom satisfied with what it’s got. Give a man the world and he’s still pining for the moon.” - Penmarric by Susan Howatch

Maybe I don’t want to die like that - Engineering Eden by Jordan Fisher Smith

“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else’s muse.” - Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

From Serf to Empress - Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten

And What Comes After Bans? - Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

One large pizza, extra scorpions -  How Do Meerkats Order Pizza?: Wild Facts about Animals and the Scientists Who Study Them by Brooke Barker

“Families are like fingerprints; no two are the same, and they tend to leave their mark.” - Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

“We had made a fetish out of our misfortune, fallen in love with it.” - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

It’s pretty obvious from the get go that Eleanor Oliphant is far from completely fine - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

“Love was the destroyer. It made mourners, widows, left misery in its wake. Grief and love were one and the same. Grief was the shadow love left when it was gone.” - Rules of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

Lock your doors, turn up the lights, surround yourself with garlic, and never invite a stranger in! - Frights from Feral V01 Welcome to Feral by Mark Fearing

Besties skipping a beat - Skip!: A Graphic Novel by Sarah Burgess.

A little plane at night in a storm - Into the Abyss by Carol Shaben

“My biggest concern is the misuse of science to support policies.” - The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

“She remembers that today is Sunday, which six days out of seven is not true.” - The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka

“Always be quiet when a heart is breaking.” - The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

Making a human - The Infinity Particle by Wendy Xu

“Looks like rain…” - 11 Unabridged Stories from The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard by Elmore Leonard

That’s how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in… - Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

Beauty Queen - The Enchanters by James Ellroy

A heartstring pulling, tear jerking story -  If Anything Happens I Love You by Will McCormack

Can you tell? - Rock? Plant? Animal?: How Nature Keeps Us Guessing by Etta Kaner

Elementary, my dear reader - Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock (Who Wrote Classics)  by Linda Bailey

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