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5 Star Reviews

Our Shame and Dishonor - When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka

B I G POPPA (I mean Notorious RBG) - Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik

“Light and dark, light and dark, like a door opening and closing” - Weathering by Lucy Wood

Destined To Be A Modern-Day YA Classic - The Serpent King by Jeff Zentnet

The Lady Prefers a Lawyer - Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase

International Princesses Day - The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch Art: Michael Martchenko

Driven By The Irony That Only Being Shackled To The Road Could Ever I Be Free - My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem

Lord, show me how to say no to this - Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Powerful, Poignant Poetry - salt. by Nayyirah Waheed

F**k the Patriarchy - We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Pointillism in the Form of a Novel - The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

And I, Will Always LOOOOOOVEEEEE YOU! - Beowulf by unknown (Translated by Seamus Heaney

Dissection of Dysfunction - The Widow's Children by Paula Fox

Swoon Swoon Swoon - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Look at where you are. Look at where you started. The fact that you’re alive is a miracle. - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

A sweet romance of communication - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh

I Didn’t Know How Much I Needed to Read This - Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

My Kind of Vacation - Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

Book 1 of a series I accidentally started at book 3 - Law of Attraction: A Novel (Anna Curtis Series Book 1) by Allison Leotta

Reveals the Complexity of the Vaccination Discussion - On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Bliss

Thank you, Prolixity Julien. You are a true friend and a kindred spirit! - Wicked Sexy Liar and Not-Joe's Not-So-Short Story by Christina Lauren

When you are imagining, you may as well imagine something worth while - Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

If you’re nostalgic for the future… - The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

The Circus is a Dream and I am a Dreamer - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

A Nice and Accurate Review of the Apocalypse - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Off With Her Head - The Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan Bordo

That’s what courage is: dumbass perseverance - The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay

I Love These Books Forever - Tara Road/Quentins by Maeve Binchy

Beasts of no nation - Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah

CBRers are the Best People - Sweet Filthy Boy by Christina Lauren

Good things come to those who wait - Romancing Mister Bridgerton - with 2nd epilogue by Julia Quinn

We have really fucked things up - The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

A Cinderella story - An Offer from a Gentleman - with 2nd Epilogue by Julia Quinn

When Books Make You Throw Them - Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

Breaking Brontosaurus News - My Beloved Brontosaurus by Brian Switek

Like a hug from your favorite aunt after a bout of homesickness - Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold

Marie Kondo is my hero. - Spark Joy by Marie Kondo

If you don’t mind crying in public, pick up this book - One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Asne Seierstad

I want to be a Lumberjane - Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis

Tongue-in-cheek steampunk urban fantasy romance, yes please! - Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate, #1) by Gail Carriger

Furiously Ambitious - Fates and Furies: A Novel by Lauren Groff

Make Merry – no matter the season - The Last Chance Christmas Ball by Mary Jo Putney and Jo Beverley (editors)

Feminist Witch - Lolly Willowes: or, The Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner

I love stories told from multiple perspectives… These all happen to be girls! - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

The Asides Are the Best - Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett

“A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it.” - The Liars' Club by Mary Karr

Yes, another Brandon Sanderson fan. - Calamity (The Reckoners: Book Three) by Brandon Sanderson

The road to Hell may be paved with good intentions, but the best exit to take to get there is in New Jersey - Trafficking in Magic, Magicking in Traffic by David Sklar & Sarah Avery

Sci Fic + Mystery = Yes please! - Lock In: A Novel of the Near Future by John Scalzi

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

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