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5 Star Reviews

I Have No Idea Where We Are Going and I Ain’t Mad - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

One need not be a chamber to be haunted - A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

Now I Want a Three Sisters Garden - Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Hey, Boo - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

“I feel like this isn’t about me” - Yellowface (2023) by R. F. Kuang

“That’s life. Short and stupid.” - The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djeli Clark

“It’s true that giving can be a part of love, but contrary to popular belief, your love should never take from you.” - Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki

A harrowing story of shipwreck, death and survival on a godforsaken island at the edge of the world - Island of the Lost by Joan Druett

“You have to be very strong to live close to God or a mountain, or you’ll turn a little mad.” - Black Narcissus: A Novel by Rumer Godden

Getting lost and found again - Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord

Rolling Heads - Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Kickstarter exclusives are getting to be a little annoying… - Trick r' Treat: 15th Anniversary Collection by Michael Dougherty & Various

“The world isn’t built for the needs of disabled kids quite yet. Until it is, we must work hard finding creative ways to get things done & make life fun!” - The ABCs of Disabilities by Sean Gold

Bookworm Saves the World with Books, Kindness, and Good Food. Oh, and Magic. - The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 1 by Omiya; The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 2 by Omiya; The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 3 by Omiya; The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 4 by Omiya; The Savior's Book Café Story In Another World Vol 5 by Omiya

Gods and Monsters - Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha

A re-read that holds up - My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 1 by Emil Ferris

Lying’s a family trait. It just means you belong. - The Earl Who Isn't by Courtney Milan

Dale Chihuly, the Man, the Myth, the Artist - A Flash of Color and Light: A Biography of Dale Chihuly by Sharon Menyka

“And then, Rue, I met you. And you casually cracked my life into before and after you.” - Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

Murderous Delight - Murder Your Employer: McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

A new favorite book that could not fit better into this BINGO square if it tried. CBRBINGO – Bananas - Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

“The companionable silence they shared stuck to his bones and made him feel comfortable in his own skin. A feeling that was hard to let go of.” - Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up by Charish Reid

“Dreams, they’re for those who sleep” - The Virgin Suicides (1993) by Jeffrey Eugenides

Is It Coming Home? - The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

Alive Again - My Murder by Katie Williams

A little grass in my coffee might actually sound …good? - Mooncakes & Milk Bread by Kristina Cho

Follow the nursery rhyme - Keisari Seisoo Palatsissaan (The Emperor Stands in His Palace) (1971) by Eeva Tenhunen

Campy - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

My favourite book growing up - Ronja Rövardotter (Ronia the Robber's Daughter) by Astrid Lindgren

A collection that has aged well - Interpreter of Maladies: Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri

What a Life. - Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford by ed. Peter Y, Sussman

May the gods favor you this night, dead thing! - The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

Even If Unsuccessful, Attempted Murder Still Makes You a Murderer at Heart - Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie

Roses Are Kinda Horrifying, Huh? - A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

Three short novels that lack for nothing - Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels by Katherine Anne Porter

The second read is even better. Like, a lot better for a book I already enjoyed once. - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Love and Grief on the Oregon Coast - Heartwaves by Anita Kelly

The woman who supposedly said the only thing smaller than Hemingway’s talent was his d%ck… - Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes by JL Macy

“You’re the reason for for the word wonderful. It really shouldn’t be used for anything else.” - Funny Story by Emily Henry

James looked like a consumptive heroine from a painting, the kind that dies beautifully. - Dark Heir (Dark Rise book 2) by C.S. Pacat

Feeling lost after loss - The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

Vampires in Old Mexico (AKA Texas). What’s Not to Love? - Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas

“Directness often disguised as much as it revealed, and was a marvelous defense.” - What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long

Hester came awake in the night because something had ended. - A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher

“Who cared about sex, really? When what you needed was someone to talk to in the dark.” CBR BINGO – Smash (Cannonball!) - Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe

Frankenstein but plants and gay! - A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock

An important book that you’ve probably never heard of - How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino

Great Photos and Interesting History - Fragments of Glasgow by Rosalie Menon

High school cliques and murder 25 years later - I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai

Ranger 4 Lyfe - Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich

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