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4 Star Reviews

Witches, demons and cops - Black Magick Vol 3: Ascension 1 by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott

White People - White People by Allan Gurganus

“Funny who gets to call themselves a hero, too.” - The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach

Truth, Justice and a Better World - Superman Son of Kal-El Vol. 1: The Truth by Tom Taylor, John Timms

Election and Tracy Flick can’t Win (and Little Children) - Election by Tom Perrotta; Tracy Flick Can't Win by Tom Perrotta; Little Children by Tom Perrotta

The Old Gringo and Bierce stories - The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes; The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories by Ambrose Bierce

Good Morning Romance - The AM Show by T.B. Markinson and Miranda MacLeod

Superheroes the Next Generation - Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven (Teen Titans, #3) by Kami Garcia

Write and remember - Daughters of the Occupation: A Novel of WWII by Shelly Sanders

Now you know why it’s called His Dark Materials - The Golden Compass Graphic Novel by Stephane Melchior-Durand

An Ode to Cookies in Space, or Why We Fight - Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik

“If trying something new was valid, then keeping something old was, too…. Life meant death, always. But by the same token, death meant life.” - Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

What If? - What If? by Shari Low

He had me at apostrophes - Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer

Family defines you, so choose wisely - Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

STEMinist take 2 - Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood

Which World is Really the Game? - Noble Roots by Drew Hayes

“If you get killed in America, there is a 38 percent chance your killer won’t be caught.” - Chase Darkness With Me: How One True Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen

“… anything could be a weapon if you’re dedicated enough. Even love. Especially love.” - Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Clever Mystery within a Mystery - Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Apparently I really will read anything - Sweet Berries by C.M. Nascosta

Halloween, Kangaroos and Dolphins - No Such Thing by Ella Bailey; One Day on Our Blue Planet: In the Ocean by Ella Bailey; One Day On Our Blue Planet: In the Outback by Ella Bailey

Have a little Joy - The Little Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu

I’m a little bit of Iveliz - Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango

Cannonballers are so smart - Sunshine by Robin McKinley

Feral and Ferocious: Two Plays About Girls - The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe; Dance Nation by Clare Barron

another recommendation that I definitely should have listened to earlier - Witchmark by C.L. Polk

“[She] knew that this was her life. Better to be immersed in it than to see it from afar.” - Some Luck by Jane Smiley

It’s a friends-to-lovers sapphic murder mystery novella! - Partners in Crime by Rachel Bowdler

double dipping with Rivers of London and River Cartwright - Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aronovitch; Slow Horses by Mick Herron

I is for I like alphabet books - B is for Bison: A National Parks Primer (Babylit) by Greg Paprocki

Crushed - Crushing by Sophie Burrows

Back in the Future - The Next Time I Die by Jason Starr

The Witch Can’t Love - Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

Turn back the clock and see how it started - History Comics: The Stonewall Riots: Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights by Archie Bongiovanni 

Mortality of Death - The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V

Finding Home - Yossel’s Journey by Kathryn Lasky

She found dinosaurs in her backyard - A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard by Julia Lyon

Robots and starships: I must be reading science-fiction - Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

a manor on the edge of ruin, a mute little girl, a butler with a dangerous past, and a potentially magical drunken dandy… - The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell

“Mingle! Guide! Delight!” isn’t a bad philosophy - Leave it to Plum by Matt Phelan

Good job, Past Me - Hideaway by Nora Roberts

“True, I played, fought and studied with other children, but always I stood apart within… A cosmic loneliness was my shadow.” - Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston by Valerie Boyd

“He had light enough to make heroes of them all.” - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

When can I preorder book 3??? - Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

“Where do you stop? That’s the trickiest part.” - Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made by Jason Schreier

this felt like #ownvoices a bit, and from the author’s note seems like it was - Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

first of two impulse reads - Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler

great book, you’re probably already halfway to reading it - A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

beautifully written, tough to get through but so worthwhile - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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