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5 Star Reviews

I’m glad I don’t have the sort of birthday parties Harry Dresden gets thrown - Cold Days by Jim Butcher

“The trick is not to mind” - Half Bad by Sally Green

“Waiting for Godot”: Vangie13 cbr #45 - Waiting For Godot by Samuel Beckett

We Need to Talk About … Jacob - Defending Jacob by William Landay

OH THE AGONY. - Dreams of Gods & Monsters (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #3) by Laini Taylor

Why should a woman be more like a man? - The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt

Dark Love Letter - Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

This is How You Lose Her or my favourite book so far this year - This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz

Funny, clever, quick – Christopher Moore at his best - The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore

The City and the Abcity - Un Lun Dun by China Miéville

A charming and evocative tale of friendship, love, music and small-town life. - Shotgun Lovesongs by Nickolas Butler

A witty and satirical take on social networking, society and privacy. - The Circle by Dave Eggers

And Now It’s Getting Really Crazy… - Locke & Key, vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

“Under the Banner of Heaven”: Vangie13 cbr #42 - Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

“Spock’s World”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #37 - Spock's World by Diane Duane

You can go ahead and call me an SP. - Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright

Angels and demons, trying to find common ground in the face of near-impossible odds - Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor

Paper Towns by John Green - Paper Towns by John Green

A Feminist Post-Colonial Coming of Age Story - Lucy: A Novel by Jamaica Kincaid

It’s just so amazing, you guys. Why aren’t you ALL reading it? - Saga, volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan/Fiona Staples

Paper Towns and Paper Girls: Manic Pixie Ideals Hurt Everyone - Paper Towns by John Green

A Victorian romance with depression, theft and blackmail attempts - Fool Me Twice by Meredith Duran

Doomsday Book - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

No Turning Back the Clock: The Remains of Stevens’ Days - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

“To really be a nerd, she’d decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one.” - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Now I can be a Smug Book Reader too. - A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

Notes to Boys by Pamela Ribon - Notes to Boys: And Other Things I Shouldn't Share in Public by Pamela Ribon

Yet another Book Thief Review - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The cat ran away. - The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Being Human: A Literary Perspective - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Bollocks - Hellblazer: Tainted Love by Garth Ennis

In the beginning was the word. - Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux

A nostalgic meditation on friendship, drifting apart, and what drives people to create video games. - YOU by Austin Grossman

A charming and enjoyable romp through the world of books and Google (oddly enough.) - Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

The Name of the Wind is …wow…. - The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One by Patrick Rothfuss

The Kid by Dan Savage - The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant by Dan Savage

an Education - an Education by Lynn Barber

Golden Boy - Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin

The one where Jim Butcher turns things up to 11 - Changes by Jim Butcher

The Emperor’s New Groove - The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson

A Fitting Conclusion to An Amazing Trilogy - Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor

Release the Hounds - The King's Hounds by Martin Jensen (Author), Tara Chace (Translator)

“Compared to geology, we barely exist.” - Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

For the Greater Good? - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Is it wrong to dream for a dystopia? - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Geological love stories and bisons fleeing Yellowstone - A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester

Dear Kurt, Judy, Amy, Amelia, River… - Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaria

Is this the beginning of the end? - Fables: Snow White by Bill Willingham

Super! - Super Graphic by Tim Leong

“‘I just want to break that song into pieces,’ she said, ‘and love them all to death.'” - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

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