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5 Star Reviews

You hear that? That’s the sound of thousands of shippers screaming their hearts out - Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3) by Robert Galbraith (Pseudonym), J.K. Rowling

You know, I speak whale. - The Unwritten, Vol. 4: Leviathan by Mike Carey & Peter Gross

In which we get some answers. - The Unwritten, Vol. 3: Dead Man's Knock by Mike Carey, Peter Gross & Ryan Kelly

This series is like basically the entire reason God invented post-modernism. - The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man by Mike Carey & Peter Gross

Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy? - The Unwritten, Vol.1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey & Peter Gross

“Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.” - My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

I’ll remember this one for when my kids are a bit older - Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley

Some new characters: one real and some fictional - The Boy Who Lost Fairyland (Fairyland #4) by Catherynne M. Valente

A muted, tragic symphony - Maigret Bides His TIme by Georges Simenon

“It’s only through sheer force and luck that she’s yet to take over the world.” - The Duke and I; The Viscount Who Loved Me; An Offer From A Gentleman; Romancing Mister Bridgerton; To Sir Phillip, With Love; When He Was Wicked; It's In His Kiss; On the Way To the Wedding; The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After by Julia Quinn

Maigret goes home - The Saint-Fiacre Affair by Georges Simenon

Climbing, forever trying/Find your way out of the wild, wild wood.* - Uprooted by Naomi Novik

When the movie is made, I hope they get Abbi Jacobsen (Broad City) to star. - Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong

A truly stunning sci-fi book for the ages - Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

“Believing something existed and then finding out it didn’t was like reaching the top of the stairs and thinking there was one more step…” - Made You Up by Francesca Zappia

Nix Doing What He Does Best - Aenir (The Seventh Tower, Book #3) by Garth Nix

I Hope Those are the Kinds of Lasers that Slice People in Half - Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Will the Circle Be Unbroken? - My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem

Addams and Eves against mankind? - The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

“The burned hand teaches best.” - The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

Black Lives Matter. - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehishi Coates

Who run the world? Merls. - Dark Tide (Waterfire Saga #3) by Jennifer Donnelly

New Adult Romance with a Tatted Lumbersexual - The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan

…and they lived happily(ish) ever after. - Fables: Farewell (Issue 150) by Bill Willingham (Writer), Mark Buckingham (Illustrator)

Rakunks and pigoons and wolvogs oh my! - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

A world of broken promises lit only by the flames of a burning village. - Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab by Steve Innskeep

“I don’t want you getting hurt.” “Everybody gets hurt,” she said. “You know that.” - The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore

Everybody, read this. - Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

“Hell may have all the best composers, but heaven has all the best choreographers.” - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman

All the Light We Cannot See - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

The Last Chapter - Avatar; the last airbender. The Promise part 1-3 by Gene Luen Yang

I absolutely fell in love with this book. - Uprooted by Naomi Novik

A Recommendation from Gloria Steinem - Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

Kate Beaton strikes again. - Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection by Kate Beaton

All the Shadows I Can’t Ignore - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

magnificent and sordid - Monsieur Monde Vanishes by Georges Simenon

“Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body – it is heritage.” - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Late to the Party; Still had…Fun? - The Martian by Andy Weir

Poor Fat Charlie - Anansi Boys (American Gods #2) by Neil Gaiman

Ever Vigilant. - The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

What We Need to Get By (CANNONBALL!) - Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

How to be a Playa (or a Monogamist ) - Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari

Moby Dick is a sperm whale. Let’s all just laugh about that now so we can get on with the review. - Moby Dick by Herman Melville

My favorite book of the year: Poelher for the W! - Yes Please by Amy Poehler

I can’t really say anything except to go and read these books. You won’t be sorry. - Carry On, Stand Off by Rainbow Rowell, Andrew Smith

One man’s crusade for compassion against injustice - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

In Which Inspector Javert Goes to America - Heyday by Kurt Anderson

A love letter to Rainbow Rowell - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Sugar and Spice and Fat Frizzy Haired Girls Who Live In Your Eye Sockets - Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoet

A curious blend of cunning and artlessness - Maigret and the Spinster by Georges Simenon

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