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5 Star Reviews

A space opera that’s more concerned with the little people than the space or the opera. - Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3) by Ann Leckie

A vampire named Gampire. - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

How to tell meaningful stories - Out on the Wire by Jessica Abel

The Adventures of Anne, NOT the Perils of Pamela - The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie

Rainbow Rowell + YA fantasy = Perfection - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

“One can forgive but one should never forget.” - Persepolis: A Story of a Childhood by Marjane Strapi

Let Your Freak Flag Fly - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

Dance, Dance, Dance - The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine

Book Exchange Book 2 – Delicious Mystery - In the Woods by Tana French

You will not be spared the horrors, even from the comfort of solid ground. - In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

So. Fucking. Good. - H Is For Hawk by Helen Macdonald

“that most of us were probably seeking above all else, something like a state of grace.” - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

The Romance of a Legend - The Legend of Lyon Redmond by Julie Anne Long

“The mistake of every young person is to think they’re the only ones who see darkness and hardship in the world…” - The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Epically epic epicness and more words that also mean epic. - Saga, Volume Five (Saga, #5) by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples

The opposite of war. - Saga, Volume Three (Saga, #3) by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples

Marko <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 - Saga, Volume Two (Saga, #2) by Brian K. Vaughn & Fiona Staples

Hi, I love you. - Saga, Volume One (Saga, #1) by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples

“Push yourself. Don’t settle. Just live well. Just LIVE.” - Me Before You (Me Before You #1) by Jojo Moyes

Where Were These Fairy Tales When I Was Growing Up? - Uprooted by Naomi Novik

A Historical Romance with So Much YAY! - The Legend of Lyon Redmond by Julie Anne Long

a hot private sadness, like tears - The Engagement by George Simenon

“…an undersized, crooked-legged racehorse named Seabiscuit.” - Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand

“A long tale, like a tall Tower, must be built a stone at a time.” - The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower #7) by Stephen King

“I AM GOING TO BE FURIOUSLY HAPPY, OUT OF SHEER SPITE.” - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth. - Solar Storms by Linda Hogan

A remarkable story of childhood and adolescence - Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

“I am Beloved and she is mine.” - Beloved by Toni Morrison

“The cogs of existence are oiled by sorrow; the machine produces nothing but despair.” - Alectryomancer and Other Weird Tales by Christopher Slatsky

It’s the Bloggess. That’s All You Need to Know - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson

Bruised Violet, You Got This Squid Thing That Follows Me Around - Rat Queens Volume 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'Rygoth by Kurtis J, Wiebe, Roc Upchurch, Stjepan Sejic

This one adds up! (hyuck hyuck) - One Plus One by Jojo Moyes

You Can’t Get Better Than This! - Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold

You Know What They Say About Unhappy Families - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Are you non-compliant? - Bitch Planet Book One: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Karma’s a Bitch, but so is Hubris - Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Moar Lying Cat!!! - Saga, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

A Young Woman’s Dreams - Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

A fantastic story about stories - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

Slaying the Hydra, Or Becoming Debt-free - Slaying the Debt Dragon by Cherie Lowe

She’s BAAAACK. A Look at Friendships Through the Eyes of Animals. Laughs Ensue. - Lobster is the Best Medicine by Liz Climo

Cannonball!!! And With Saga To Boot - Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples

“Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.” – Mark Twain - American Whiskey, Bourbon, & Rye: A Guide to the Nation’s Favorite Spirit by Clay Risen

Horror at its finest - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

UGH THIS WAS SO GOOD YOU GUYS - Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

“Winner: Everyone who isn’t my editor.” - Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

Flavia de Luce is at it again. “It” is being awesome, and solving a murder. - Speaking From Among the Bones by Alan Bradley

This Cold War needs a little ray gun to warm things up. - Reagan: The Life by H. W. Brands

Rebel Girl, You are the (Rat) Queen of My World - Rat Queens Volume 1: Sass and Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe, Laura Tavishati, Roc Upchurch, Ed Brisson

The Tale of Louis Zamperini - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

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