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5 Star Reviews

More than a broken heart - The Faint f Heart by Kerilynn Wilson

530 pages and I wasn’t ready for it to be over - Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

“She’d been seeing things through men’s eyes for years. Her entire career, men had informed her what was good and what wasn’t. And she’d always assumed they were right.” - The Change by Kirsten Miller

A real witch is the best kind of person - A Hat Full of Sky: A Tiffany Aching Adventure by Terry Pratchett

This is what I would say if I could, to all the smart people of the world with their dumb hillbilly jokes: We are right here in the stall. We can actually hear you. - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

I think death must be an absolute triumph. - Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Delightful Fake Dating Romance! - The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

Empathy had saved more worlds by far. - Lords of Uncreation by Adrian Tchaikovsky

It’s All We Need - All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

Love On the Run - Soft Flannel Hank by Eliza MacArthur

“We meet people, they will transform us.” - Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

This should have been my tenth review of the year – not sure what happened there - The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

Papa said Poopy! - Stinkbird Has a Superpower by Jill Esbaum

But life is long and strange and full of things that will make you happy. - Pas de Don't by Chloe Angyal

Feed- The unfortunately best book of a trilogy - Rise by Mira Grant

The sedge is wither’d from the lake, And no birds sing. - Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Back to School - I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai

Yes, this one is a keeper. - 100 Morning Treats by Sarah Kieffer

This will be one of my year-end favorites - Bea Wolf by Zach Weinersmith, Boulet

Two Households, Both Alike in Dignity - All My Sons by Arthur Miller

“…a racehorse is a mirror, and a man sees his own reflection there. He wants to think he’s from the best breeding. He wants to think himself brave. Can he win against all comers? And if not, does he have self-mastery to take a loss, stay cool in defeat, and try again undaunted? Those are the qualities of a great racehorse and a great gentleman.” - Horse by Geraldine Brooks

“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.” - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Pest? A Matter of Perception - Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire

“How terrible – to be an ordinary orphan.” - When We Were Sisters: A Novel by Fatimah Asghar

Community is better than going it alone - The Demon Inside Me by Chace Verity

Be a big deal! - Big by Vashti Harrison

Luz Jimenez, Daughter of the Nahua – Guest Post by Terry T - Child of the Flower-Song People by Gloria Amescua, Duncan Tonatiuh

Generational Trauma - Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

Epic bravery and sensible fears - Promises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders

Three Great Manga Short Story Collections - All My Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga; Don't Say Any More, Darling by Fumi Yoshinaga; Sneeze by Naoki Urasawa

Almost specifically tailored to my interests - Funny Guy by Emma Barry

“What if it’s enough to just be…Us.” - A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

“It’s not like I grow up to be some great war hero or any all-important savior but thanks to my parents at least I get to grow old. Not everyone does.” - Saga (Volume 9) by Brian K Vaughan

Big Finish! - The Toll: Arc of a Scythe Book 3 by Neal Shusterman

“Books are Doors and I wanted out.” - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

“A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it.” - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger

The best arguments in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story. - The Overstory by Richard Powers

A Poignant Blend of Myth and Survival - Dear Medusa by Olivia A Cole

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I had such a good time with it. - Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke

Walking through the apocalypse - Rain by Joe Hill

The boldly feminist historical romance you need - The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham; Portrait of a Duchess by Scarlett Peckham

I’m dying. I’m dead. Murdered by the puppy cannon! - The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

There he was, minding his own business, thinking he was as good as everyone else, never realizing he was committing the crime of being Fat. - A Work in Progress. by Jarrett Lerner

“I don’t know why I’m telling you this.” - Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse

Tears and Trauma - I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

It’s biblical! - Thunderhead: Arc of a Scythe Book 2 by Neal Shusterman

Too Much and Never Enough - The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan

There’s a New Young Magician in Town - Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston; Amari and the Great Game by B. B. Alston

“He was wrong, somehow, and he wanted to be all right, but it was almost as if there was some secret nobody would tell him, so he was always going to be stuck outside.” - Sons from Afar (Tillerman Cycle #6) by Cynthia Voigt

Faeries, Beasts, and a Whole New World - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

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