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5 Star Reviews

The Tempest - The Tempest by William Shakespeare

life on the edge, in more ways than one - The Colony by Audrey Magee

What a difference two years makes… - Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

The Worst Time I’ve Ever Been Spoiled - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Nettle & Bone - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Shakespeare: The World as Stage - Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson

“No loss is felt more keenly than the loss of what might have been. No nostalgia hurts as much as nostalgia for things that never existed.” - An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine

And so the mythos of Gaiman’s Sandman begins – CBR14 Bingo: Adapt - The Sandman, volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, Mike Dringenberg (illustrator), Sam Keith (illustrator), Malcolm Jones III (illustrator), Robbie Busch (colorer), Todd Klein (letterer)

The Canterbury Tales - The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Frankenstein - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

A Passage to India - A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

Revisiting Midkemia - Magician by Raymond E Feist; Silverthorn by Raymond E Feist; A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E Feist

“how terrifying it was not to be numb, but to be aware” - Milkman by Anna Burns

I want to document the way food transforms the lives of people as people transform food. - Koshersoul by Michael W. Twitty

“I’ll die young, but it’s like kissing God” - Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

Castles - Castles by Julie Garwood

The Gift - The Gift by Julie Garwood

The bond between mother and daughter, the joy of shared food, and the devastating loss of a parent – CBR14 Bingo: Heart - Crying in H-Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner

“You kids are different from the farm animals who have no way out. Running away in order to live is fine. Perfectly fine.” - Silver Spoon Vol. 1-15 by Hiromu Arakawa

Unexpected Delight - This Book Will Make You Kinder: An Empathy Handbook by Henry James Garrett

So are you glad I plunged in after you now? - A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Can’t no man play like me. Sister Rosetta Tharpe. - Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar: The Musical Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Woman Who Invented Rock and Roll, by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow,

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH (breath) HAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH - Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen

Survival is not enough. - Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

“Even in his final moments, I doubt he learned his lesson. But I didn’t kill him to teach him a lesson; I killed him to carve him out of this world like a tumor. And I’d do it again.” #CBRBINGO – Gaslight - They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

More Memoir-Manifestos, please! - All Boys Aren't Blue by George Matthew Johnson

A rose in the concrete - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

A tale of war with no heroes - Bolla: A Novel by Pajtim Statovci

Bodied - You by Caroline Kepnes

Yes, yes, we see what you did there… - Loveless by Alice Oseman

Now I’m starting to see the differences… - Heartstopper, Volume 2 by Alice Oseman; Heartstopper, Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

Stephen Graham Jones is a genius. That is my opinion but it is a correct one. #CBRBINGO – New - My Heart is a Chainsaw (The Lake Witch Trilogy, #1) by Stephen Graham Jones

So Practically Perfect it is Perfect - Once Upon a Book by Kate Messner and Grace Lin

Compelling origin stories aren’t just for superheroes - Secret Identity by Alex Segura

Magically Heartwarming - The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

This was my missing diamond… - Mouston Abbey: The Missing Diamond by Nick Page & Joanna Bicknell

If only it were so simple… - The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

Saving Grace - Saving Grace by Julie Garwood

Heartstopper indeed - Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Who knew importing coffee could be so dangerous? - The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers

“If you can see me, it’s because I’m letting you see me.” - The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

They share a lot, astronomy and childhood. Both are voyages across huge distances. - Bewilderment by Richard Powers

Still, thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me; the present only toucheth thee - O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker

The Girl on the (Subway) Train - One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Stunning debut novel inspired by Chinese mythology - Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

“Here it is possible to be instantly and completely happy.” - A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson

Kill me or save me, but do something. - The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

“In any event,” Percy went on, “what I had thought were principles were merely manners, and they’re utterly insufficient for my present circumstances.” - The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

This Is My Childhood - This Is Paris by Miroslav Sasek; This Is London by Miroslav Sasek; This Is Rome by Miroslav Sasek; This Is Venice by Miroslav Sasek

Hallmark, But Make it Gay - Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

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