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4 Star Reviews

So is the devil a bad guy or not? Do I even care? - Slewfoot by Brom

If you like reading about cults, you’ll love Fog Island - Fog Island by Mariette Lindstein

Formula Still Works - Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

“Truth is a human right.” - Axiom's End by Lindsay Ellis

A Whale Would Not Be the Strangest Thing in the Endless Universe – It Gets Stranger - The Dreaming, Volume 1: Pathways and Emanations by Simon Spurrier; The Dreaming, Volume 2: Empty Shells by Simon Spurrier ; The Dreaming, Volume. 3: One Magic Movement by Simon Spurrier

For the night is dark, and full of terrors - Through the Woods by Emily Carroll

Magic takes a backseat to marvelous worldbuilding - Daja's Book by Tamora Pierce

That Didn’t Really Happen. - Saga Vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples

Yes, I Would Like to Move to This Village, Thank You - Little Snow Landscape by Robert Walser

I like these books. Will you try them? - Ninja Boy’s Secret by Tina Schneider; Time is a Flower by Julie Morstad

“My vagina is a crime scene” - Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

The Dark Versus The Knight - Batman: Ego and Other Tails by Darwyn Cooke, et al.

“For a being as sophisticated as you are, it is baffling how little understanding you have of the composition of your own mind.” - Network Effect (Murderbot Diaries #5) by Martha Wells

“Love couldn’t solve everything, but without love, there was nothing to solve.” (Bingo #3!) - 40-Love by Olivia Dade

A delightful sapphic fall romance… with witches! - Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper

The World Was Not Enough - It's Better To Be Feared: The New England Patriots Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness by Seth Wickersham

From Cranky to Charming - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

“It’s a little broken down, sure, but isn’t it worth putting it back together?” - The Shaadi Set-Up by Lillie Vale

Sometimes All it Takes is “Good Onya Champ” - Un-cook Yourself: A Ratbag's Rules for Life by Nat's What I Reckon

Really Hoping The Food is as Good as it Looks - The Korean Vegan Cookbook by Joanne Lee Molinaro

“well they’re all good dogs” …or stories - The Year's Best Science Fiction volume 2 by Jonathan Strahan

Whitehead goes for a totally different vibe here–and it works very well - Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

This one didn’t even blurb The Secret History but I was all in - If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

I know she’s not everyone’s cup of tea but I really like Taylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

No idea where I got this recommendation but I really enjoyed this graphic novel! - Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (Illustrator)

Hard to explain this book but I have tried to recommend it! - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

I tried to put off reading this but just couldn’t wait - Force Multiplied by Greg Rucka, Leandro Fernández

Perfectly pretentious for me! - The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

A series of 4* romances that I’ve read! - Don't Hate the Player by Alexis Nedd; Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase; The Soulmate Equation by Christina Larsen; Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore; The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood; One Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah MacLean; A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean; The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee; The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

White Whale Finally Caught (there’s another right behind it) - The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

A monumental achievement that mostly worked like I thought it would - Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley

“In the end, we are always our hunger.” - Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

“What about me doesn’t feel real?” - The Inn on Sweetbriar Lane by Jeannie Chin

Who Would Win? - Ultimate Bug Rumble by Jerry Pallotta; Jaguar vs. Skunk by Jerry Pallotta; Killer Whale vs Great White Shark by Jerry Pallotta; Rhino vs. Hippo by Jerry Pallotta

To the kooks, rebels, and heroes - Starboy: Inspired by the Life and Lyrics of David Bowie by Jami Gigot

Star Trek’s God Has Feet of Clay - Inside Star Trek - The Real Story by Herbert F. Solow and Robert H. Justman

Not just the middle school blues - Other Boys by Damian Alexander

An excellent spec fiction anthology - The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction (2021) by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

Rep Square: The Good Sister - The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth

Family, Friends, Fashion - Lizard in a Zoot Suit by Marco Finnegan

And *I* have trouble climbing out of bed! - How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion by Ashima Shiraishi

Friends Forever. Or not. - Friends Forever by Shannon Hale

Sit back and rest a beat and read about Trick or Treat - Pig the Monster (Pig the Pug) by Aaron Blabey; Gilbert the Ghost by Guido Van Genechten; The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky (With Two Sticker Sheets) by Jory John; If You Ever Meet a Skelton by Rebecca Evans; Poultrygeist by Eric Geron

An orphan boy and a rich girl try and save a city - City of Secrets by Victoria Ying

The years Alyssa and the world changed - Big Apple Diaries by Alyssa Bermudez

Beyond the Himalaya Mountains - A Girl in the Himalayas by David Jesus Vignolli

Asexual Cake - A Quick and Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon and Will Hernandez

“My whole life I had hated the magic world. I knew grigoris were unreliable and dangerous, if not outright evil. Now I was surrounded by the very thing I hated. But I’d gotten myself into this fix. I had to get myself out.” - An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris

And Through the Woods - The Changeling by Victor Lavalle

Feed the world. - A repurposed life by Ronni Kahn with Jessica Chapnik Kahn

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