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5 Star Reviews

Will the Native Americans in the Back Please Step Forward? - Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer

Hitler, Sharks, and Torture, Oh My! - Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Like Cloud Atlas, only better - The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

The Lives of the Brodie Set - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

Summerland by Michael Chabon - Summerland by Michael Chabon

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - Graeme Simsion by The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1)

A rich and evocative character study dealing with grief, loss, friendship, art and the difficult transition into adulthood. - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

This Author’s Note is the Twistiest of Twist Endings, Mind Blown - Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a National Treasure - The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Devastating, but entirely necessary. - Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo

Like stepping into a fairy tale under a curtain of stars - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Hyperbolic Hilarity - Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

Reading About Writing - Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose by Constance Hale

I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself - The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta

Moral Disorder: and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood - Moral Disorder: and Other Stories by Margaret Atwood

Spooky fun! - Haunted House by Jack Kilborn

I could read this book again and again - Howard's End by E.M. Forster

Let’s stop telling girls to “be nice”; that’s what makes them into Mean Girls. - Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons

#10 – The Emperor’s Soul: Quick and quite delightful! - The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson

Playing Catch-Up — Five 100(ish) Word Reviews for the Price of One Click! - Flat-Out Celeste by Jessica Park

Like the heartfelt and quirky baby of Everything Is Illuminated and Garden State. - The Rise & Fall of Great Powers by Tom Rachman

Another creepy and imaginative trip down the rabbit hole that is The Southern Reach Trilogy. - Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

Mosley probes black-white relations in novel set in 1965 Watts - Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley

1984 IRL - Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Friendship, Sacrifices, and Loneliness - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

#YesAllWomen –The Novel - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Art, life and a long journey - A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi

Gone Girl - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Women Can Be Scary Part 3: Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

The Fox, the Crow, and the Shadow - I, Coriander by Sally Gardner

“Uhura’s Song ”: Star Trek Novel Vangie13 cbr #51 - Uhura's Song by Janet Kagan

A Study of Grief You Need to Experience - Levels of Life by Julian Barnes

A book I ardently admire and love - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

For younger and older and not necessarily poets - Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Marie Rilke

Saga Saga - Saga Volume 2-3 by Brian K. Vaughan. Art by Fiona Staples

Saint, warrior, seer, woman. - Hild: A Novel by NIcola Griffith

It’s all about Manchee - The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

History, Characters, and Emotion in a Perfect Package - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

A thoughtful love story - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

Emma, or Why Guys Can Read Jane Austen Too - Emma by Jane Austen

Seriously, one of the best YA novels I’ve ever read. - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

On Passion - The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich

Advice on Love and Life - Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

“I want everyone to meet you. You’re my favorite person of all time.” - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

The Ocean at the End of the Lane - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

A Novel to Help Overcome Vampire Fatigue - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

I paid attention to the hype - Room by Emma Donoghue

How to Open Up and Let It All Go - The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer

A dark tale of colonialism and liberation in Africa - The Poisonwood BiBle by Barbara Kingsolver

“The Glory of Living” A play script Vangie13 cbr #49 - The Glory of Living by Rebecca Gilman

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