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4 Star Reviews

Stories Matter - The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

It’s rather a lot to tell. But I suppose I should start with the parrot. - A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

A story of finding yourself - The Long Run by James Acker

“Desire was not passion and passion was not love.” - The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A lovely little book. - Lucky Caller by Emma Mills

What Would Marie Curie Do? - Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

Maybe Tentacle Porn isn’t all that bad… - An Inheritance of Monsters by Cate Corvin

The Title is Slightly Too Accurate - Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk

Make your own meat and cheese without involving animals - Fake Meat Real Food for Vegan Appetites by Isa Chandra Moskowitz

Pride, Prejudice and Social Justice - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

This was just such a fun ride - Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

Our Other Choice is Hope - Etta Invincible by Reese Eschmann

I was right to kidnap this book. - Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

The Body Lies- Wow. Wow. - The Body Lies by Jo Baker

Don’t overlook this book - No Reading Allowed: The Worst Read-Aloud Book Ever by Raj Haldar

Hollywood Here We Come - J is for Judy: Classic Hollywood’s Leading Ladies from A to Z. by John Robert Allman

Don’t run with scissors, trip over your chair or jump on the bed or you’ll go extinct too! - How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide by Ame Dykman

It’s the end of the day and I can’t come up with a good title so, here it is…. - Remember by Joy Harjo; Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, a Young Artist in Harlem by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts

Whenever Diamonds Are Involved, Someone Probably Will Die - The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman

Highly enjoyable and very cute - Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

We stan a vintage janky paperback in this house. - Special Deliverance by Clifford D. Simak

It Takes a Village. To save you from the Fae. - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

In the Spirit of Collaboration - Four Weeks to Forever by Karen Booth

Obviously You Should Shoot the Intruder in Your Hidden Pool - The Proud Breed by Celeste de Blasis

“We should appreciate the flower, regardless of its roots.” - Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom Duology, #1) by Sue Lynn Tan

Gentle and Kind, Existential and Grounded: Monk and Robot - A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot #1) by Becky Chambers; A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot #2) by Becky Chambers

The lifelong physical and mental effects of trauma - What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo

I do love the cover of this book, especially paired with the title. It makes me laugh. - The Feeling of Falling in Love by Mason Deaver

Gender Roles Are Bullshit - Down Among The Sticks And Bones by Seanan McGuire

The women of The Odyssey, except eighteen years afterwards, as narrated by Hera. - Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope, #1) by Claire North

“The theme of the story is finding yourself” - Take the Lead by Alexis Daria

Gripping story of resilience - Hostage by Guy Delisle

A Duel With The Vampire Lord by Elise Kova – Married to Magic #3 - A Duel With The Vampire Lord by Elise Kova

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake - Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire: Wayward Children #1 - Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire

Immortality … sort of - How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

Not what I expected, but better - Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott

A Heart That Hurts Is - A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney

No Code Breaking Necessary to Enjoy this One - The Rose Code by Kate Quinn

Not for bedtime reading or the faint of heart or stomach - The Icepick Surgeon Murder Fraud Sabotage Piracy and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean

Two words: Sapphic. Necromancers. - Dangerous Flames by Stephanie Burgis

“We can only keep moving forward and try our best to make reparations to the little world we live in.” - Looking For Her by Chan Chau

A Cannonballer Fav - The Governess Affair: A Novella by Courtney Milan

War Without End - The Border by Don Winslow

“I know you cannot be swept away from sanity by a popular movement which has so much that is bad about it, no matter how strong it may be.” - Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressman Taylor

I just want to find Arthur Less and give him a big hug - Less by Andrew Sean Greer; Less is Lost by Andrew Sean Greer

Anti-Fat Bias Is Real - You Just Need to Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

The slayer of the vampyres - Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer - Vol 1 by Casey Gilly

I relate Abigail. I relate - Abigail the Whale by Davide Cali

And you think your travels had bumps - Hakim's Odyssey: Book 2: From Turkey to Greece by Fabien Toulme

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  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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