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5 Star Reviews

An Intense, Important Middle Grade - Lion of the Sky by Ritu Hemnani

The Stroll - These Women by Ivy Pochoda

Pulp Facts - Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino

He couldn’t tell them that the right one had come along, and it was the pissed-off Russian man heading to the penalty box. - Heated Rivalry (Game Changers #2) by Rachel Reid; The Long Game (Game Changers #6) by Rachel Reid

Lucky Times Two - You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian; Lucky Bounce by Cait Nary

Jackson and Irwin the Thylacine: Adventures! Mystery! Gross Foods! - Jackson's Wilder Adventures Volume 1 by Sarah Davidson

Life’s big hard questions – what will happen? Who will I become/have largely been answered. And now I feel like there’s this huge absence where the mystery used to be. And I guess that’s really what I’m after.” - Wellness by Nathan Hill

All good in the hood - Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo with Donal Logue

Be a bonobo - The Bandit Queens: A Novel by Parini Shroff

“You have to be realistic about these things…” - The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie; Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie; Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror - Pointe of Pride by Chloe Angyal

Fun & Delightful Black Sapphic Romance - A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

Books within books - The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence

A Smudge on the Page of History - Better The Blood by Michael Bennett

The Faint of the Heart - The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis

They’re All My Friends, And They Died… - Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Dwindle, Peak and Pine - Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

In A Summer Swelter - Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry

“Women were built to endure the rules men make.” - The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

An archaeologist, an amusement park employee, a talking pig. Everyone is doing their best. - How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Two five stars in a row from me for this series. I love it so much! - The Marquis Who Mustn't (Wedgeford Trials, #2) by Courtney Milan

Erasure/American Fiction - Erasure: A Novel by Percival Everett

There is a day after calamity - You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

Witchy Sisters Fighting for Women’s Rights - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

“Inconceivable!” “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” - The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman

In Holly, Evil Lurks Behind Friendly Facades - Holly by Stephen King

Jolene doesn’t have red hair, okay? - The Home-wrecker by Sara Cate

“Nothing makes sense until it makes sense in the body” - Self-Portrait as Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant

“We are never prepared. We are always overwhelmed at some point.” - Where the Waves Turn Back by Tyson Motsenbocker

A heartbreaking but also heartwarming story - The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

Dune Is a Classic For a Reason - Dune by Frank Herbert

People like Gen came only a few times in life and I’d learned the hard way not to ever waste those moments. - Out of Office by A.H. Cunningham

Seeing the Masterpiece - Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block

Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult: a memoir - Sure, I'll Join Your Cult by Maria Bamford

Another great one from the wacky mind of T. Kingfisher - 4. (The Saint of Steel #4) Paladin’s Faith by T. Kingfisher

What is the measure of your life? - The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Small Wonder - Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

“Being a serial killer who kills serial killers is a great hobby… Until you find yourself locked in a cage.” - Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

“Everyone who dies is alive. We call people “dead” because we need a word for it, but “dead” just means that time has stopped moving forward for that person? You understand? No one dies, not really.” - The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

- Run: Races and Trails Around the World by Rachel Laidler and Elspeth Beidas

In the Mood for Some Cocktails and Banter? Plus a Spot of Murder? Here Ya Go! - Collected Millar: The First Detectives by Margaret Millar

Pride and Prejudice Wearing a Witch Hat - The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub

There is a universal truth: we all panic when the toilet overflows. - Safe and Sound, a renter-friendly guide to home repair by Mercury Stardust

Well, I’ve got some thinking to do… - Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price, PhD

I may have a new gold standard for romance. - We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

“Dear friends I cannot rescue you” - If All the World and Love Were Young by Stephen Sexton

Trapped in space with psycotic rage zombies - Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

The Last House on Needless Street Explores the Monster Inside Each of Us - The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

Lightning Strike - What is Love by Jen Comfort

Bonus: Ridiculous 1830s Fashion - Dukes Prefer Blondes by Loretta Chase

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  • Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
  • 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.
  • Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
  • Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
  • Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.
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