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4 Star Reviews

Just a cog in the Prison Industrial Complex - Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman

We were kindred in this respect, closer than sisters, and irrevocably estranged at the same time. - Circling the Sun by Paula McClain

Well, I am not proud of it, but a fellow has to make a living and I was blessed with two assets – a passably handsome face and an exquisitely persuasive tongue. - An Impossible Imposter by Deanna Raybourn

Just Gals being Pals - Girlfriend Material by Katia Rose

Yeah, I Could See That - I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

“Olive’s not a hundred dollar bill. There are going to be people in her life who don’t like her.” - Act by Kayla Miller; Clash by Kayla Miller

Similes and Metaphors and Adjectives, Oh My! - The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

more mad about other reviews than about anything in this lovely end to a trilogy - The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

Not for nothing, this cover is beautiful and different from the standard covers - A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin

Duck Heist!!!! #CBRBINGO – Bird - Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

“She looked down at her palms and understood – her being was implied, her potential thoughts and feelings coursing through her body, the names of everything she knew and those she didn’t yet, all in the perpetual existence in her fingertips.” - True Biz by Sara Nović

I wish I would have known Chloe was based on Paris Geller and Kat Stratford before I read this. - I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

You Will Feel Better If You Just Read the Darn Thing - Reckless by Ed Brubaker

“And to that end, welcome comfort, for without it, you cannot stay strong.” Bingo #4 - A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

A cozy escape room of a book - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“None of us are what we were.” #CBRBINGO – Question - What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

Food and smooching. - Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly

I enjoyed this book so much that I am upset on behalf of the author that it isn’t more widely read. #CBRBINGO – Rec’d - Three Part Harmony (Plot Twist, #2) by Holley Trent

Bad Ass Footballer - How (Not) To Be Strong by Alex Scott

Read too early and posted too late for Halloween - The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Nona would love to meet Mosscap, don’t you think? - Nona the Ninth by Tamysn Muir

Gideon and Harrow, retread - Gideon the Ninth by Tamysn Muir; Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

another entry in the Reidverse that’s A+ - Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

sometimes I feel guilty and read non-fantasy/scifi fiction and that’s not the right mindset - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Does what it says on the tin. #CBRBINGO – Snake - The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray

October 2022 Leftovers - Batman: The Impostor by Mattson Tomlin; The Son by Jo Nesbø; Killer Come Back to Me: The Crime Stories of Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury; The Devil's Wedding Ring by Vidar Sundstøl

The continuing adventures of Mosscap and Dex. - A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) by Becky Chambers

Young love and demon hunting - Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

Romp Through Ancient History - Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs by Barbara Mertz

I’m Dad - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

My friend wrote a book and it’s really good! Why did it take me so long to read it? - Hot Rabbi by Aviva Blakeman

“Dear diary, today I met a woman wearing too many buttons who does not understand what a metaphor is” - Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn

I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe - The Stranger by Albert Camus

“When a shark offers up a pearl, be wary of its teeth.” - The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

Mighty Island - How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island by Egill Bjarnason

Easy Rawlins - Black Betty by Walter Mosley; A Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosley

The First Cut Is The Deepest - The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh

Be your own country dessert providing grandma - 250 Treasured Country Desserts by Andrea Chesman, Fran Raboff

High Society, Murder, Romance, Bicycles, and a Haunted House, what could go wrong - Betrayal in the Bowery by Kate Belli

A meta murder mystery about writing murder mysteries. - The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

I might not know what you are feeling. But I know grief. - The Alchemy of Sorrow by Sarah Chorn, Virginia McClain

I Know Why Manholes Covers Are Circles - A Walk Around the Block: Stoplight Secrets, Mischievous Squirrels, Manhole Mysteries & Other Stuff You See Every Day (And Know Nothing About) by Spike Carlsen

Vinh not being sure of something was kind of like concrete turning into Jell-O. - Ex Appeal by Cathy Yardley

Oh, and I forgot to mention that this book takes place in a world with a cultural assumption of bi- and pan-sexuality, and people who aren’t are considered “gender exclusive”! - Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

A Fine Juggling Act With Nary a Dropped Ball in Sight. - Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Moriens sed Invictus ~ Dying but Unconquered - O Caledonia: A Novel by Elspeth Barker

I’ll make a man out of myself (Bingo!) - She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

But Do We Know Anyone, Really? - Verity by Colleen Hoover

From Washington Heights to Riverdale Academy Day School - New Kid by Jerry Craft

Prayers to Broken Stones - Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons

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