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5 Star Reviews

“People really are like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows. And maybe it’s a good thing, the way we never stop surprising each other…” - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Book Two, New POV - A Seditious Affair by KJ Charles

A society of gentlemen (that like gentlemen) - A Fashionable Indulgence by KJ Charles

Boulders, Heartstrings, and thoughts on The Prisoner of Azkaban - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale

The novel we deserve - American War by Omar El Akkad

Make Good Trouble - March, Books 1-3 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

“You can have anything, once you admit you deserve it.” - If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

I Fell For It - The Confidence Game by Maria Konnikova

There is no such thing as perfection. . . . - Perfect by Cecelia Ahern

That was lovely. - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

I laughed, I cried, I considered buying a Saab. - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Do good work and share it with people. - Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon

A Workout for Your Tear Ducts - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

“When we look up at a billboard in Times Square featuring a man with a large Adam’s apple, we are essentially being shown a demonstration of testicular aptitude.” - If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body by James Hamblin

Beautiful tribute to Wonder Woman - Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson

The Duke of Dark Secrets - The Duke of Dark Desires by MIranda Neville

Shut up; I’m not crying, you’re crying! - Dead Wake by Erik Larson

Totally biased, totally proud - Sara's Station by Tom Howard

My Dream Blend of Sci-Fi - Old Man's War by John Scalzi

As Spooky As Ever: We Have Always Lived in the Castle - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Humans are the Only Ones Who Will Follow Unstable Pack Leaders - Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon by Bronwen Dickey

A delightful book to swallow whole. - Gulp by Mary Roach

The good ones are often controversial… - Roots by Alex Haley

Glad I’m Not In Gilead - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

There’s something repulsive about an American without money in his pocket. - The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

The One Where All My Favorite Characters Show Up - Drums of Autumn (Outlander #4) by Diana Gabaldon

Thrilling Adventure, Math and History! – Lovelace and Babbage have never been so exciting - The Thrilling Adventure of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer by Sydney Padua

She said nothing. She kept on staring… - Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

Pee Wee, Jackie, and the Duke - The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn

Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane - The Stopping Place by Marden Dahlstedt

Women Who Don’t Take Shit From Anyone - The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg

“He answered victoriously” - Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz

Great story, great words, all good. - The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. - Moon Over Soho (PC Peter Grant Book 2) by Ben Aaronovitch

“People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had.” - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

“Too Many Books in the World to Slog Through the Ones You Hate” - Revisionary by Jim C. Hines

And here’s why I was reading so many comics and YA this week - History: A Novel by Elsa Morante

Calvin might have a potato, but I have a broccoli. - Wayside School Boxed Set by Louis Sachar

All Hail the Women Behind the Chief - First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Andersen Brower

Birds got to fly, fish got to swim, fools and policemen got to rush in. - Midnight Riot (PC Peter Grant Book 1) by Ben Aaronovitch

She had already learned the dangers of sincerity. - Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

#dontfollowtheherd - The Cows by Dawn O'Porter

a dash of frightening, a dollop of blood-curdling and a spritz of spine-chilling. - A Killer Harvest by Paul Cleave

A heartbreaking work of beautiful writing - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

A master class in feminism for everyone. - Dear Ijeawele, or, a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The way audiobooks should be - The Immortals Quartet: Wild Magic, Wolf-Speaker, Emperor Mage, The Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce

A Warrior Armed With Words - The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston

“I fear I may be forced to declare ‘shenanigans’!” - Jackaby by William Ritter

Truth Time: Victor Frankenstein is a Dick - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

“Life itself is the proper binge.” - My Life in France by Julila Child

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