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4 Star Reviews

They do not see it. - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

I worked my worry into baguette dough. - The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller

…seeing the way fiction can bleed into the world and leave a mark on someone’s skin. - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

The greatest true-life adventure story ever told, now with more photos - The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander, with photos by Frank Hurley

Penguins make me happy. Cute drawings make me happy. This book is a winner. - Penguins and Other Seabirds by Matt Sewell

Queer Historical Murder Mystery - Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen

Who’s Afraid of Delia Ephron? - Siracusa by Delia Ephron

Hell Is Empty - The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths

Skeleton Crew - The Mist by Stephen King; Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

Do People Who Ban Books Even Read Them? - James & the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

The Night Stalker … In Print - The Kolchak Papers: The Original Novels by Jeff Rice

The Full Arsenal - Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

Do You want to Build a Snowman (I Hope Not) - The Snowman by Jo Nesbø

“I devoured this.” V. E. Schwab - The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Lost in the Noir of Iceland (And Liking It) - The Dark Iceland Series (1-6) by Ragnar Jónasson

Saxon sisters in post-Roman Britain - Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott

Cute, queer and geeky small town romance - Winning Move by Skye Kilaen

“To die like the skylark” - The Slain Birds by Michael Longley

A Whole Cast of Jessica Fletchers - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Not so much Sunshine-Grumpy as Sunshine-Sad - Her Unexpected Roommate by Jackie Lau

Great art tells the truth and that can be dangerous - The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin

Brave Existing World - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

His Old Kentucky Home - Raylan by Elmore Leonard

“look, I know you don’t believe me when I say I’m imprisoned in our slack workplace” - Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin - Book of Ages by Jill Lepore

“True belonging doesn’t require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are.” - Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown

Preparing for Easter - Preparing for Easter: Fifty Devotional Readings from C.S. Lewis by C.S. Lewis

Perfect Halloween Read - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

“Some people are made to be lonely.” - Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

“Buddy Rich once told me that he was the loneliest man in the universe.” - The Torment of Buddy Rich: A Biography by John Minahan; Traps, The Drum Wonder: The Life of Buddy Rich by Mel Torme

“We are headed toward the unknown, and we have no choice but to sit quietly in our hard seats and let ourselves be taken there.” - Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

Death on the Installment Plan - Death on the Installment Plan by Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Poem Unlimited - Poem Unlimited by Harold Bloom

Lumbersnacks Ahead - Owen by Elle M Drew

An old-fashioned book, and I mean that in the best possible way - Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House by Eric Hodgins

Ice Ice Baby - The Ice Coven by Max Seeck

The Weight of Blood - The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

The River Between - The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Here, where the two worlds embraced, and magic rose to the Earth… - Snake Falls To Earth by Darcie Little Badger

…she now knew there was a darkness that succeeded her, which dismantled the pronoun without destroying its contents. She would end, but she would not be over. - Garden of Earthly Bodies by Sally Oliver

Excellent Book Club Fodder - The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

“Your body was numb to grief; perhaps you had felt it once, but you did not feel it anymore.” - Harrow the Ninth: The Locked Tomb vol. 2 by Tamsyn Muir

We were in the most romantic of unromantic places. It was perfect. - The Christmas Clash by Suzanne Park

Between reality and dreaming - Who Owns the Clouds? by Mario Brassard

Complain about lack of standalone fantasy and then complain when I find one - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

thank you to my friend Evin - The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

thank you to Banned Book club! - The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones

white whales go down - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

a book for everyone, and everyone should read a book - How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe

From civil war to safety - Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey by Margriet Ruurs

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