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4 Star Reviews

“Not running from your emotions is a sign of strength:” Life Lessons from Hell - Hell's Paradise Vol 1-13 by Yuji Kaku

Pre-Murderbot Martha Wells is worth checking out, but it’s not really like any other fantasy I’ve read. - The Serpent Sea (The Books of the Raksura, #2) by Martha Wells

A Change to the Modesty Blaise Formula - Dragon’s Claw by Peter O’Donnell

The Plot - The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

“Life was a bitch. Love was also a bitch.” - The Country Girls: Three Novels and an Epilogue by Edna O'Brien

Two sisters, two different powers, trying to reunite against all odds- CBR14 Bingo: Monster - City of Stone and Silence: The Wells of Sorcery Book Two by Django Wexler

An intense and timely YA thriller. - Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Gendered correctly by President Jimmy Carter. - Sorted: Growing Up, Coming Out, and Finding My Place (A Transgender Memoir) by Jackson Bird

Think a train might hit softer than these ladies - Wild: Or So I Was Born To Be by Cristian Castelo

Learning and having fun at the same time - My Ten Painted Nails: Bilingual Inuktitut and English Edition by Jennifer Jaypoody

Time to tell a tale - The Moon from Dehradun: A Story of Partition by Shirin Shamsi

A satisfying job - The Baker by the Sea by Paula White

How can life be so sweet and so sad all at the same time? - Behinds the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

In which I surprisingly don’t hate a mafia romance - Run Posy Run by Cate C Wells

“I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions—much good it did me.” - Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

Do I like YA fantasy again??? - This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1) by Emily Thiede

“So you just live quietly with these powers? Haven’t you ever wondered why you have them? Suleiman’s eye . . . you could be overthrowing governments, and instead you steal from peasants!” - The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) by S.A. Chakraborty

“Be careful with the stories you tell about yourself” - Untamed by Glennon Doyle

This b**ch bites - Baby Teeth by Meg Grehan

Finishing the Black Stars series - These Alien Skies by C. T. Rwizi; We Travel the Spaceways by Victor LaValle; 2043...(A Merman I Should Turn to Be) by Nisi Shawl

Burned. Out. - Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen

Adaptation in a time of Revolution - A gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

“This – not any particular piece of Vietnamese culture – is my inheritance: the inexplicable need and extraordinary ability to run when the shit hits the fan. My refugee reflex.” - The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

“a responsible witness to the miracle of the ordinary soul” - The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

A graphic history of the philosophy of science - Heretics! The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy by Steven Nadler, Ben Nadler

Are we not all things? - King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Revisiting a Classic and (Surpise!) Enjoying It - Dune by Frank Herbert

The Healing - The Healing by Gayl Jones

This is the slasher send-up I wanted - My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

My first Bingo review! - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Hell and Gone - Helltown: The Untold Story of Serial Murder on Cape Cod by Casey Sherman

“I want someone who can be satisfied with me as I am” - Line Drive by E.M. Lindsey

“Do geese see God?” - A Line to Kill (Hawthorne and Horowitz, #3) by Anthony Horowitz

Take control of a mythic ghost ship or your sister dies isn’t much of a choice – CBR 14 Bingo: Star - Ship of Smoke and Steel: The Wells of Sorcery, Book One by Django Wexler

We Only Get This One Body - Fat, Crazy, and Tired: Tales from the Trenches of Transformation by Van Lathan, Jr.

Daughter of the Texas Sun - Pay Dirt Road by Samantha Jayne Allen

“She still didn’t intend to be caged and used.” - If I Were a Weapon by Skye Kilaen

Maybe not so beautiful afterall - In the Beautiful Country by Jane Kuo

This artist made me want to see the world - The Illustrators: Miroslav Sasek by Martin Salisbury

If running is sort of natural, there’s a lot of effort (sponsored by Nike) - How to Run by Paula Radcliffe

Literally dough, but it mostly looks tasty - Bake: My best ever recipes for the classics by Paul Hollywood

“Life is a peculiar venture” - Amongst Women by John McGahern

Okay the image is taken from the web but the love for this book is all mine - Eternally Yours by Patrice Caldwell

Shady love - Dancing on the Volcano by Floor de Goede

“It be filled with my Love always.” - All that She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles

There is a pitbull named Pumpkin therefore I liked this book - Rescue Me by Lauren Connolly

The Talk we all need - The Talk by Alicia D. Williams

A sip of cozy - Small Hours: A Mrs. Frollein Collection by Valerie Minelli

Art Imitating Life Imitating Art - Wastelands: The New Apocalypse by John Joseph Adams & Others

Also suitable for reading on your comfy couch - Campfire Stories: Tales from America’s National Parks by Dave Kyu and Ilyssa Kyu

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