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5 Star Reviews

Our Gifts for Our Nation - Breach Zone by Myke Cole

Jane and Prudence: or, Jane Austen for AWESOME Cat Ladies - Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym

Fortunately, there’s no page limit. - Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman and Skottie Young

Motherhood: In Constant Sorrow - The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

#9 Kushiel’s Dart: A new favourite for the bookshelf… - Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

Here we are, all thinking that it’s the Zombies we’re going to have to protect our brains from, but what if it’s really our computers? - The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon

A strange novel filled with creeping visions and woozy memories – a purgatory on earth filled with nightmares. - Jeff VanderMeer by Annihilation

1,088 pages of AWESOME. - Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) by Brandon Sanderson

The Thirteenth Tale (Competitive Non-Fiction) - The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

“I’ll Get You, My Pretty!” ~ Boy, Snow, Bird - Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel by Helen Oyeyemi

“The Romulan Way”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #33 - The Romulan Way by Diane Duane

Character development and tension weave together a great mystery - Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

On love, loss, giving. On Beauty. - On Beauty by Zadie Smith

“My Enemy, My Ally”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #32 - My Enemy, My Ally by Diane Duane

“The Final Reflection”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #31 - The Final Reflection by John M. Ford

Bright Lights, Many Words, Epic Fantasy - Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

On Despotism, Famine, and Glimmers of Hope - Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick

The Tragedy of Orphans at Any Age - Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline

“My most ardent wish is that you, and everyone like you, will look up.” - The Duchess War by Courtney Milan

Kill the Dead – Sandman Slim does zombies - Kill the Dead by Richard Kadrey

A Book to Truly Envy - Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

He was so much more… - Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman by Jon Krakauer

Wickedly fun LA Gothic Noir – Sandman Slim - Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey

Ignore the Haters, This Book Rocks - The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides

So much crying. - Me Before You by JoJo Moyes

Confederates in the Attic - Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz

The Joys of Motherhood - The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

A Tale for the Time Being - A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

“The Wounded Sky”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #27 - The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane

Arcadia–Real or a Fantastic Dream? - Arcadia by Lauren Groff

A Beautifully Damning Nightmare - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

“But a dragon had spoken to her.” - Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin

Art as Ambassador - Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Rock & Roll, the Fae, and one of the foundation texts of the Urban Fantasy genre. - War for the Oaks by Emma Bull

that book everyone has read and reviewed - the fault in our stars by john green

If You Love Something, Set It Free. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Their Eyes Were Watching God - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

This review has been approved for distribution as conducive to the cause of Light -The Night Watch - Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

It’s getting plainer all the time - Bonnet Strings by Saloma Miller Furlong

It’s plain to see… - Why I Left the Amish by Saloma Miller Furlong

A Double-Helix of a Crime Thriller - A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly

Batman; the long Halloween (it’s because they kill people) - The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

On the Road Again - Letters from Backstage: The Adventures of a Touring Stage Actor by Michael Kostroff

Alif The Unseen - Alif The Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

Not Judging the Book by its Author - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Secret Societies, 24 hour bookstores, Oh My! Festina Lente! - Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Book Store by Robin Sloan

Think “Brokeback Trojan War,” only BETTER - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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