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5 Star Reviews

Maus: The Second Act - Maus, Volume 2: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman

Maus: The First Act - Maus, Vol. 1: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman

Book exchange!! - Book exchange! by Jelinas

To the lighthouse (I can’t come up with a better or more poetic title than that) - To the lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

If I’m a bitch and a fake, is there nobody who will love a bitch and a fake? - The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

Love in a magical swamp - Bayou Moon by Ilona Andrews

It’s the final countdown! My first Cannonball! - The BFG by Roald Dahl

Triple Cannonballing with Tana French - The Trespasser (Dublin Murder Squad, #5) by Tana French

To run a shtinker, you have to see the broken heart inside the deadest pan. - The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon

My life was an absolute bastard with a chip on his shoulder. - The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern

Ending as I began.. - Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak

Half Splash, Twice - Steampunk Tea Party by Jema "Emilly Ladybird" Hewitt

Sense and sensibility - Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Sympathy for the Devil. - In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

Something good happened in 2016 - Kulti by Mariana Zapata

Happy Holidays from the Horgan family! - Brown Girl Dreaming, Evil Spy School, Duke, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down, Encyclopedia Brown, I Survived, A to Z Mysteries, Eat Like a Gilmore by Stuart Gibbs

It doesn’t get much more epic than this - The Stand by Stephen King

Dazzling nonfiction by Madeleine L’Engle - A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L'Engle

Read this before the movie comes out, Part II - Fences by August Wilson

A gripping tale of the Everest disaster - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Who run the world? Girls! [At least, they should] - Feminist Fight Club by Jessica Bennett

Bunnybean is the BEEEEEEEST!!!! - Creative Lettering & Beyond by Bunnybean

A L’Engle favorite - A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle

One of my top books of 2016 - Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood

Bridging Friendship - Bridge to Terebithia by Katherine Paterson

A Melody to Our Madness - Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

So Excellent! – CBR 8 – Review #2 - So For Real by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Anyone can learn to draw a LION!! - Ed Emberley's Drawing Books by Ed Emberley

There’s truth that lives, and truth that dies I don’t know which, so never mind - In the Woods by Tana French

Books I am Giving As Gifts This Year (Picture Book Edition) - Little Blue Series; Animalium; Hello Ninja; The Wonderful Things You WIll Be; You're Here For a Reason by Alice Schertle; Katie Scott; ND Wilson; Emily W Martin; Nancy Tillman

Terrible and Magnificent as Promised - Kulti by Mariana Zapata

I can’t stop reading this book! - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

“I’m not that girl. I’m not. I’m someone else forged in a mirrored room, like steel melted down and made stronger.” - The Falconer, The Vanishing Throne by Elizabeth May

A sweet surprise - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

It’s a travesty this has only been reviewed once before (thanks, bonnie!) - The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks

A top book of the year – everything a sports romance should be - Kulti by Mariana Zapata

It’s a statement that acknowledges that grief and hope can coexist. - Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit

I went to the library and checked out a book because I was getting scared. - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

How do we reconcile the imperfections of feminism with all the good it can do? - Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay

“It is easy to be liked when the world has no jagged edges, when life is electric blankets and peach ice cream. But to be beloved, a man needs a dragon.” - Ava's Man by Rick Bragg

Just in time for the TV series - BIg Little Lies by Lianne Moriarty

Another entry into the leading romance trope of 2016: slightly redeemable a**holes - Kulti by Mariana Zapata

This book saved my family. - Families, Families, Families by Suzanne Lang and Max Lang

A National Book Award for such times as these. - March, Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell.

We need diverse books. John Lewis is a hero. - March, Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Fun, short little stories about gruesome murders and the challenges of finding a good maid these days. - Miss Marple the Complete Collection by Agatha Christie

Mentally casting the film in my head. - The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

Narfna, you’re my book lobster. Thanks for knowing exactly what I needed today. - The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

“Get that parasol out of your mouth, dear, you’re going to need it…” - Unmentionable by Therese Oneill

“But hey man, we’ve all got something. We’re all weird and damaged in our own way. You’re not the only one…” - Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

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