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5 Star Reviews

They don’t give that Pulitzer out for just anything. - American Pastoral by Philip Roth

I am a man. I am uncomfortable. I now know why, and embarrassed it’s taken this long. - We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In which I rewrite the movie a little - IT by Stephen King

Into the OASIS - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Margaret Atwood is a goddess - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Allowing Humanity and Complexity to Coexist - Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Banned Book? Well, Banned Author, Anyway - Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity by James Martin, SJ

Everything down here floats… - It by Stephen King

Childhood favorite revisited, more than holds up. - Anne of Green Gables ( Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery

Vive Gamache!! - Glass Houses by Louise Penny

Victorian era sensational mystery - An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles

A mystery for music nerds 🙂 - Bellwether Rhapsody by Kate Racculia

Mississippi Burning - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

The best dystopias always seem plausible - The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Only Inhumans I Really Care About - Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol. 2, Cosmic Cooties by Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare

The Urban Indian Boy Enjoys Good Health Insurance - You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie

I loved this book - Sex and Insensibility [Lovers of Belle Terre] by Maggie Preston

The Book Thief: Just as good the second time around - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

“First comes smiles, then the lies. Last comes gunfire.” - Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, #5) by Stephen King

“My father believes hunger is in the mind. I know differently. I know that hunger is in the mind and the body and the heart and the soul.” - Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

It was “Untold”, don’t let it be unheard. - The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by Jake Tapper

Not A Thing To Be Fixed - It's OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand by Megan Devine

The Saga (Volume 3) continues… - Saga: Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan

“Nothing good happens in the middle of the night, right?” - Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay

The Young Thousands - Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives by Gary Younge

I know you little libertine. I know you’re a cannonball. - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

Geoff Johns’ Reimagining of Batman Continues to Be Great - Batman: Earth One Vol. 2 by Geoff Johns

Home is the place where when you go there, you have to finally face the thing in the dark. - It by Stephen King

Magic is about control, focus, and being able to concentrate when you’re drowning to death. - The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

Could somebody please give Harry a hug? Like, that boy’s been through a lot… - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone/Chamber of Secrets/Prisoner of Azkaban/Goblet of Fire/Order of the Phoenix/Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

All I want is some truth. - Code Name: Verity by Elizabeth Wein

In which my sweet Granny comes up once again. - The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade by Ann Fessler

Right In the Feels, Every Time - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Dear Tana French, Never stop writing!! - Faithful Place by Tana French

You can never go home again - Pansies by Alexis Hall

An unintended theme - Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King's Final Year; Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Tavis Smiley with David Ritz; Manning Marable

This book ensorcelled me, but I want to talk about the end. - Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1) by Laini Taylor

She was, all by herself, an entire tribe of contradictions - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me: A Memoir by Sherman Alexie

Deserving of Its Newberry Honor - The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander

A Horse and Carriage DID Get Replaced With Cars, You Know - Marriage, a History by Stephanie Coontz

“Beautiful and full of monsters?” “All the best stories are.” - Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

A very satisfying ending, for now. I hope there will be more books - Wildfire by Ilona Andrews

Sailing Down the Chesapeake - Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt

I Didn’t Want This Book to End - Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Love is the Engine Which Drives Our Heroes - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowlling, narrated by Jim Dale

The Platonic Batbook - Batman: Earth One by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank

A genre made just for me, I think. - Pope Awesome and Other Stories by Cari Donaldson

Punny Titles are the Best - Lumberjanes Vol. 5: Band Together by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, and Kat Leyh

Friendship to the Max? - Lumberjanes Vol. 4: Out of Time by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters

We do not have the right to feel helpless. - Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

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  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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