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5 Star Reviews

There’s more than one way to be human - The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin

Exit onto Revolutionary Road for bleak amazingness - Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

Don’t call it a Cannonball (but it is) - Believe: My Faith and the Tackle That Changed My Life by Eric LeGrand and Mike Yorkey

This year’s surprise 5-star book - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

A deeply enjoyable and complex tale by Margaret Atwood - Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood

Read this book as a statement, not a question. And weep. - What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

A gorgeous and devastating read - Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Cosmere Collection - Arcanum Unbounded by Brandon Sanderson

The System Sucks, But Some Are Fighting the Good Fight - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Merry October or I revisit a favorite - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Pssst, Cannonballers. Read this book, I think you will like it a lot. - Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

Where Do I Keep My Wallet? - A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

More angry women — I love it! - This Fight Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class by Elizabeth Warren

YASSSS QUEEN - Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman by Anne Helen Petersen

Be prepared to get pissed off - Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by Katy Tur

To this the little old lady crowed triumphantly. “It’s no use, Mr. James – it’s turtles all the way down.” - Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

Read it… you know… soonish. - Soonish by Zach and Kelly Weinersmith

I wish my younger self could have read this book. - We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Turning into a mean-eyed lunch-kicker won’t help anything!” - Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

March On - March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin (co-writer), and Nate Powell (artist)

Accessible Poetry Bursting with Heart - No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay

We Were the One Thing in the Universe God Didn’t Have His Eyes On - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

If Sam Kean had been around when I went to school, I might have majored in Science - Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam Kean

Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed; Me? OK. If you say so. - Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed; 16 writers on the decision not to have kids. by Meghan Daum ( Editor )

Apt that the book prompting this was Fangirl - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

It’s in the corner of your mind because you shoved it there - The way we never were by Stephanie Coontz

“That’s the thing about pain. It demands to be felt” - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Edna Ferber, 20th Century Feminist Novelist - So Big by Edna Ferber

One for the pull list - Super Sons Vol 1: When I Grow Up (Rebirth) by Peter J. Tomasi

Loving your enemy - An Unnatural Vice by K.J. Charles

Americanah - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Make Your Home Among Strangers - Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capo Crucet

What We Can Learn About Death From Others - From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty

“Trump wasn’t part of anyone’s plan. For that matter, neither was I.” - Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by Katy Tur

Extraordinary Mathmatics - What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky: Stories by Lesley Nneki Arimah

“I read a John Green book last night” should be a valid reason for skipping work - Turtles All The Way Down by John Green

“Do you believe in love at first sight?”…”I don’t know,” he said. “Do you believe in love before that?” - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Agent Dazzle and Lace - Mrs. Kennedy and Me: An Intimate Memoir by Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin

Fighting Online Hate - Crash Override: How GamerGate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate by Zoë Quinn

The Ugly Cry Book - Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Revisiting an old friend - Vicious Circle by Mike Carey

Double Cannonball into the Ocean! - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Don’t tell him I got it half price - Thanks For The Money by Joel McHale

I expect another Hugo coming N.K. Jemisin’s way - The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

Another Atwood! - Hag-Seed (Hogarth Shakespeare) by Margaret Atwood

A Sea Change in My Creative Process - Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch

A Very British Armageddon - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

Not just for bird nerds - The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman

As beautiful as it is broken (wherein I get a little bit personal after a hiatus) - Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli

You’ve Got to Go Dig Those Holes - Holes by Louis Sachar

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  • Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
  • 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.
  • Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
  • Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
  • Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.
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