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5 Star Reviews

Hemlock & Silver - Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher

If anyone can do magic, there’s definitely going to be a reality competition show about it. - Witch You Would by Lia Amador

Such Compelling Characters - Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb

Bright Young Women Puts the Focus Where It Belongs - Bright Young Women by Jessica Knolls

Sadie didn’t so much like people as suffer her own attraction to them. - Let’s Give ‘Em Pumpkin to Talk About by Isabelle Popp

Mooses? Meese? Why No Plural? - Massacre Pond by Paul Doiron

Thunder rolled… It rolled a six. - Pyramids by Terry Pratchett; Guards! Guards by Terry Pratchett

So, I took this book with to a Dr appointment to read in the waiting room… - Notes from a Sickbed by Tessa Brunton

Lost Souls Meet Under A Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura, Yuki Tejima (Translator) - Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon by Mizuki Tsujimura

“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.” - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

Life’s a Game - The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

In a distant country, war is affecting Theo in his safe home - Planting Sunshine by Andrée Poulin

I forgot  to take a photo of the book I had, so borrowed from internet, but that’s ok as it’s the book itself that really matters - Drawing from Memory by Allen Say

Cats Being Cats - Cat + Gamer vol. 4 by Wataru Nadatani

Because love isn’t just for the sane, undamaged people - Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

Just a truly lovely piece of high fantasy - The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

Never mind Ms O’Leary’s Cow - The Fifth Floor by Micheal Harvey

A spy thriller set in a fascinating post-climate-change-collapsed world - Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North

Advanced Studies in Bird Criticism. - A Dumb Bird's Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever by Matt Kracht

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Re-Writes Your Story? - Long Live Evil: Time of Iron Book One by Sarah Rees Brennan

Crystals: The Modern Guide to Crystal Healing by Yulia Van Doren - Crystals: The Modern Guide to Crystal Healing by Yulia Van Doren

Table for Two by Amor Towles - Table for Two by Amor Towles

Wakey wakey! - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

There is nothing a dragon loves more than gold, except for maybe bread. - The Bakery Dragon by Devin Elle Kurtz

We’re Traveling, We’re Traveling—Off the Page and Down the Rabbit Hole - Conspiracy Nation: Exposing the dangerous world of Australian conspiracy theories by Ariel Bogle; Cam Wilson

The Best Dick is Mysterious Dick - Ubik by Philip K. Dick

“You had a chance to ask the universe for something,” Jamie says. “But instead you chose to register a complaint.” - Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

Brainwarp Time - The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

“I Notice You” Her whole life she tried hard not to be noticed, but it never felt as dangerous as it was when this man – all strong hands and set jaw – noticed her. As if she didn’t have enough mess to contend with.” - These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean

“Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.” - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

Rapport by Martha Wells - Rapport by Martha Wells

The Great Great Gatsby - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Come Fly With Me - Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life we Breathe by Carl Zimmer

“The past is the future” - Obasan by Joy Kogawa

Are we the baddies? - Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

A Timeless Play about Love and Gay Life - Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein

The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn - The Re-Write by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

“But still, still, it was a time she missed, a place she’d fly back to in a heartbeat” - The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

In Cloughie We Trust - I Believe In Miracles: The Remarkable Story of Brian Clough’s European Cup-winning Team by Daniel Taylor

If you want the sweet of The Snowman, look somewhere else - When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs

Network Effect by Martha Wells - Network Effect by Martha Wells

Not all men, but certainly a lot of them. Especially rich, white ones. - The Change by Kirsten Miller

A Great Conclusion to the Duology - The Jasad Crown by Sara Hashem

A Delightful Queer Romantasy - Prince of Fortune by Lisa Tirreno

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” - 1984 by George Orwell

“Art is what we leave of ourselves in other people” - My Friends by Fredrik Backman

Cannonball! “Armed with a burrito, Edie rounded her car and sprinted to intercept the zombie.” - Zomromcom by Olivia Dade

Soft adorable romance! - Last First Kiss by Julian Winters

“Whether or not you find your own way, you’re bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it’s quite rusty.” - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, illustrations by Jules Feiffer

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