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5 Star Reviews

“Nothing about her pain is remotely original —and yet it still hurts” - Still Life with Tornado by A.S. King

“I did not become a runner to lose weight, I did it to escape my computer” - The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew Inman

Sweet and sad and kind of wonderful - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry #1) by Rachel Joyce

Faces look ugly when you’re alone - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

A nominee for Best Book of 2016 - Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Tim Kaine is a Lying Cat (no, really). Or, I talk politics and Saga at once. - Saga, Volume 6 by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan

Cannonball: “What are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?” - I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

Have you heard about my goddess and savior, Marie Kondo? - The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

Re-imagined Fairy Tales Are My Catnip - The Lunar Chronicles (Books 1-4) by Marissa Meyer

“But some men should be marked. I’m fit for that task. And I don’t feel bad…” - The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

I stole this book off my mom’s shelf because it looked small! The smallest book I’ve read for CBR 8 turned out to be my longest review! - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

If It Weren’t for the F-Bombs, I’d Teach This in a Heartbeat - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

She’s a working girl/She’s single and free - Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T. Chang

An absolute must-read for parents of young kids. - Into the Minds of Babes by Lisa Guernsey

Theology 101 - The Color Purple by Alice Walker

This is how you do young adult fiction. - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Don’t mind me, I’ll just sit here and quietly morn the dwindling pile of Rowell books I have left to read. - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Don’t read the end of this book at work… I don’t know how many times I’ve cried at work from books!! - Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

We’ve got five years, my brain hurts a lot. - The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey

Angelica tried to take a bite of me - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

It’s weird to review a book we’ve all read. - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

An American Horror Story - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

A Book that I’m Pretty Sure Isn’t on Donald Trump’s Nightstand - The Underground Railroad by Colton Whitehead

An absolutely perfect little book. - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

For You Have Left the World Better than You Found it. - The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett

Back in Black - I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett

The more things change … - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The adjacent possible - How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World by Steven Johnson

The central truth of their lives was the past…. - Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

Both Sides Now - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Dear Fake Character People: An Open Letter to (most of) the Characters in Emma - Emma by Jane Austen

“Everyone is from someplace. We all have stories, our lives unfolding along crooked lines, colliding in unexpected ways.” - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

All the things I didn’t know I needed to know about Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik

Georgia Peaches and a lot of elephant facts - Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown

A story about a flea, and also about how magic and fantasy are taken away from us - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The Hannibal of books - The Devourers by Indra Das

Probably the best book I’ve read all year - This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki

I felt the need to share this with you immediately! - Fun with Kirk and Spock by Robb Pearlman

The United States vs. Me - The Sellout by Paul Beatty

Point Counterpoint, or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy the Show - Starship Troopers / The Forever War by Robert A Heinlein / Joe Haldeman

Debut Novel: Must Read if you dig character development and SVU - Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson

It’s scary to be brave - Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

“It was the dawn of new era, one where most of the human race now spent all of their free time inside a videogame.” - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

You be the Captain, and I’ll be no one. - The Girls by Emma Cline

Brilliant Storytelling - Where Am I Now? True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson

“People want things to be real. If you give them an excuse, they’ll believe you.” - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Once More for the People In the Back! - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

The Epitome of a Reformed Rake - Devil in Winter (Wallflowers #3) by Lisa Kleypas

When the night has come - The Body by Stephen King

Am I going to have to wait another four years for the next one? - Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley

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