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5 Star Reviews

Relationship Goals - Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur: Vol. 1 BFF by Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, Natacha Bustos

Well written thriller with a protagonist worth rooting for! - The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Living in a Devil Town - The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry

Literary Kindred Spirit - Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

A photo a day keeps a rut away. - The Unforgettable Photograph by George Lange

A delightful book (which is also a lovely film) - Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson

Absaroka Revisited - The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson

John Scalzi is good to me - Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War #1, 2) by John Scalzi

Leonard: the man - Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard

For you a thousand times over. - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

A pleasantly easy read - Dirty (Dive Bar #1) by Kylie Scott

“I can believe things that are true and things that aren’t true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they’re true or not. - American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Yes, five fully earned stars to this Star Wars book. - Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray

Disposable tin soldiers - Hill 488 by Ray Hildreth and Charles W. Sasser

Sports and baddies - Oddly Normal: Book 3 by Otis Frampton

A Cool New Hero for Young Girls?? I Can Get Behind This - Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, vol. 1 “BFF” by Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, and Natacha Bustos

Allende is a Goddess - The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, translated by Magda Bogin

Land of the Free, Some Restrictions Apply - The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

Okay, Tessa Dare finally got me. - When a Scot Ties the Knot (Castles Ever After #3) by Tessa Dare

Go read this book right now. - Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.” - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Yes Please! Thank you! - Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Squirrel Agility Ability - The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North, Erica Henderson

“I’m the goober with a flashlight, stumbling into corners and crannies, not looking for anything specific but knowing when I’ve found it.” - Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach

If your second best series is better than everyone else’s first, you’re doing something right. - The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, and Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith

I forgot how much I liked Lucas… Book 9 of the Prey series - Secret Prey by John Sandford

Creepy Meets Crazy Meets Comical - Funerals to Die For by Kathy Benjamin

“Crying doesn’t do anything except make me soggy and tired. But getting good and pissed, that’s the type of fuel that keeps a person marching through one shitty day after another…” - Down with the Shine by Kate Karyus Quinn

Ending the Circle of Revenge - LaRose by Louise Erdrich

See that thing on the floor over there? Yeah that’s my heart. It was torn out by this freaking Book! - Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

How to Be Perfect - Perfect by Ellen Hopkins

A Moriarty masterpiece - Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

“Don’t do what you think will make them happy. Do what will make you happy.” - Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart

Stiletto is easily the best book you’ll read this year with a lead character trapped in a blowhole. - The Rook, Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley

This book made me think of my family in a different way - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

I am time-lagged, but this is a great book - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy (As I die from all these puns I’m making) - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Choose: A quick death or a slow poison… - Poison Study by Maria V Snyder

Get the Epidural - You'll Grow Out Of It by Jessi Klein

To stare into the abyss and see a vacant soul - Objective Troy: A Terrorist, A President, and the Rise of the Drone by Scott Shane

Segregation, hate, and love - Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

“Because some days, the damn dress just won’t zip…” - Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

Mississippi Burning - Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

The Struggles of Living In, but Not Of, Another Culture - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

Our Past is a Warning for Our Future - Dust of Eden by Mariko Nagai

Advent, Lent, and Pentecost..Oh my! - Living the Christian Year by Bobby Gross

You are entering the Red Zone. Proceed at own risk. When in doubt, run. - City of Mirrors: A Novel (Book Three of The Passage Trilogy) by Justin Cronin

“be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world” - Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Y’all are a messed up group and I love you - The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

Perception and Remembrance - The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

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