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5 Star Reviews

I for one welcome our Robot Overlords - ROBO-SAUCE by Adam Rubin, pictures by Daniel Salmieri

“Sometimes the right person tells the right story at the right moment.” - Hamilton: the Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter

I may not judge a book by its cover, but I apparently judge it by a lot of other things - Results May Vary by Bethany Chase

The real American Horror Story: Hotel - Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

Apparently My Whole Life Has Been a Lie & I Don’t Know What to do - Mortal Heart by Robin LaFevers

Talk About a Dark & Tragic Home Life - Dark Triumph by Robin LaFevers

I loved all these crazy birds - All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

The Book of Feels - Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas

Everyone needs to drop what they’re doing and read this book - Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher

Hitting my Cannonball goal before December 31st? Crazy! - Oddly Normal: Book 2 by Otis Frampton

“Everything’s a risk. Not doing anything is a risk. It’s up to you.” - Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

“I’m looking for a mind at work” - Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter

They’re gonna make it through the hard times, mark those lines. Yea these are the ties that bind, young love - Elanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

I think I’m actually on Fire because of the slow burn and RHYSAND - A Court of Mist & Fury (ACOMAF) by Sarah J Maas

Oddly Normal is my gateway drug - Oddly Normal: Book 1 by Otis Frampton

Ow, Todd? - The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

I’m just going to leave these links right here… - The Lunar Chronicles: Cress through Stars Above by Marissa Meyer

Awesome! - The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water by Gemma Merino

Eternal Spring, Handsome Lords, No Pressing Duties… Oh and that Strange Blight That’s Wrecking Everything - A Court of Thorns & Roses by Sarah J Maas

Another plague book… I might be in a slump - The First Horseman by Carolyn Hougan

And the Streak of Disappointment is broken! - The Rook by Daniel O'Malley

Listening to Autism - In My Words: Stories of an Autistic Boy by Robbie Clark

“If you think I’m going to apologize for being drugged and raped, you have another thing coming.” - Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston

A new zombie plague series for me! AND Zombie ship creepshow - Omega Days and Ship of the Dead by John L. Campbell

A Southern Gothic Treasure - Over the Plain Houses by Julia Franks

Jen Chaney, I demand more of these! - As If!: The Oral History of Clueless as told by Amy Heckerling and the Cast and Crew by Jen Chaney

Watch out, Temple Grandin. Here comes Robbie! - In My Words: Stories of an Autistic Boy by Robbie Clark

A Glass Castle is a Perfect Metaphor - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Loneliest People in the Whole Wide World - Morgan's Passing by Anne Tyler

Ebola mixed with something much worse! - Extinction Horizon (The Extinction Cycle Book 1) by Nicholas Sansbury

Random library audiobook pick – Norwegian murder mystery (totally my jam) - 1222: Hanne Wilhelmsen Book Eight (A Hanne Wilhelmsen Novel) by Anne Holt

If They Piss Me Off, They’ll Find Themselves at the End of My Knives - Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas

I have just read Mark Twain for the first time. - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Chapter Titles Alone Are Worth The Purchase - Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman by Lindy West

Schwab is killin’ it - A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

“I didn’t need to die for him to kill me.” - This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

“It’s a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks.” - Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

How to achieve “closure” with great “finesse” - Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

Why hast thou forsaken me? - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Unnecessary “I liked this” headline - Steel's Edge (The Edge #4) by Ilona Andrews

Pro-bookworm propaganda - Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies, Little Chickies/Los Pollitos by Oliver, Carmen; Susie Jaramillo

Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children - Every Heart a Doorway (Every Heart a Doorway #1) by Seanan McGuire

This story is as original as I’ve ever read, and totally engrossing - The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

I put myself back in the narrative - Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein

Starring Kojak, formerly known as Big Steve, a Very Good Dog - The Stand: The Complete And Uncut Edition by Stephen King

Who doesn’t love birthdays? - The Birthday of the World: And Other Stories by Ursula K. Le Guin

“This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.” - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Depression isn’t a war you win. It’s a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest.” - We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

An American in Paris - Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm

A Boy With a Dream - Better Nate than Ever by Tim Federle

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  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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