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5 Star Reviews

a free man - Dark Days: A Memoir by D Randall Blythe

A historical romance novella and the first Milan that I’ve loved! - The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan

And look! He just brought you a dream! - The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringinberg, Malcolm Jones III, Michael Zulli, Chris Bachalo, Steve Parkhouse

Hush - The Hundred Ninety-Nine Steps by Michel Faber

A Family Affair - Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming

A world unknown, explored by Cather - Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather

My Hero - Oreo by Fran Ross

November. It was going to get even darker. - The Snowman by Jo Nesbo

Where lies the strangling fruit that came from the hand of the sinner I shall bring forth the seeds of the dead… - Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

Nothing to Envy Here… - Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

History is Closer Than We Think - Maude by Donna Foley Mabry

“Rachelle wanted to sew the world back to safety, if she must use her own bones for needles…” - Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge

“Take it from one whose role has been, for years, The Girl I Knew Really Well Who Tragically Died One Day…” - Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley

In all creation; first there is destruction - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

You Can Go Home Again - Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

For Gina, and Meika, and Keri – thanks for picking me up. - Jane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt, Isabelle Arsenault (Illustrator), Christelle Morelli (Translator), Susan Ouriou (Translator)

Nothing to Envy. Plenty to Fear. - Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Once upon a time I was somebody else - This is a Call: The Life and TImes of Dave Grohl by Paul Brannigan

It was a dark and stormy nightmare - The Sandman Vol. One: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, Mike Dringinberg

It’s a Sin to Spoil a Good Book - Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee

Clean Sweep - Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller

The Big Thirst (Or, What’s with all the 5’s?) - The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo

The Iran We Didn’t Know as Told by a Damn Smart Woman - Persepolis (The Complete Persepolis) by Marjane Satrapi

Speaker Andrew - Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

A Hungry Girl - The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey

Nolite te Bastardes Carborundorum - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Lascivious Lacerterlia = Lots of Laughs - The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore

Thanks to you Cannonballers for this recommendation! - Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

An important, painful book - Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

A series of unconnected dreams - The Sandman (Vol. 3): Dream Country by Neil Gaiman

A Running Guide for the Rest of Us - Get Off Your Ass and Run! by Ruth Field

Books make the best souvenirs - 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement by Jane Ziegelman

Goblin War - Goblin War by Jim C. Hines

Goblin Hero - Goblin Hero by Jim C. Hines

Goblin Quest - Goblin Quest by Jim C. Hines

Certain destinations are inevitable - Death: The High Cost of Living by Neil Gaiman with Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham and Dave McKean

Dullness of Character Makes for Bland Review Titles - Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

I love this book so much. - Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Great tell-it-like-it-is legal tale with just the right mix of humor and courtroom hijinx - The Litigators by John Grisham

A crushing crisis of faith. - The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell

A powerful, evocative novel of war, terror, and trauma - Girl at War by Sara Nović

Faith is cranky, beautiful, and absolutely profane. - Pastrix by Nadia Bolz-Weber

A dense, rich graphic memoir - Vietnamerica by G.B. Tran

Filled with unsettling thoughts but ultimately life-affirming, this is a strange and quirky novel about love, delusions and dependency from a unique voice. - The First Bad Man by Miranda July

Let’s go to battle school for a while - Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet #1) by Orson Scott Card

A Little Pilot-Light-Sized Flame - Granta: Fate (Issue 129/Autumn 2014) by Sigrid Rausing (Publisher & Editor)

The gift is this astonishing book - The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey

All my fears were unfounded – of course I loved this book - The Martian by Andy Weir

One of the greatest explorers the world has never known - Letters from a Lost Uncle by Mervyn Peake

Invicible - Between a Heart and a Rock Place: A Memoir by Pat Benatar (with Patsi Bale Cox)

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