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5 Star Reviews

Eat Up - The Dinner by Herman Koch

B*tch is not the New Black. - Nice White Ladies by Jessie Daniels

“Are you confused?” - Poison For Breakfast by Lemony Snicket

Please read this book. - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

A Deadly Education- I reread this to prep for the sequel coming out and OMG it totally holds up - A Deadly Education by Naomi Novak

Prisoner’s Dilemma – Richard Powers (1988) - Prisoner's Dilemma by Richard Powers

“Power taken and not returned incurs a debt. And the universe, and the debt, will always come to collect, one way or another.” #CBRBINGO – Mythic - Legendborn (Legendborn, #1) by Tracy Deonn

The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter - Mr. Wilder & Me by Jonathan Coe

The Writers’ Holy Grail? - Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain

The Sweetest Punch to the Face - Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly

I came into this thinking Brandon Sanderson was a master. I underestimated him – the Wheel of Time: Book 12 (review part VIII) - The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson

What is the distinction between magic and technology? - Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennet

A beautiful but heartbreaking read - Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

Salty Dog - Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

Batman Begins - Batman: Year One by Frank Miller

Come for the plot, stay for the doggo. - Let’s Play Volumes One by Leeanne M. Krecic; Let’s Play Volumes Two by Leeanne M. Krecic

Beware: At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease. - Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler

When You’re Too Hard Core for Raymond Chandler - Fast One by Paul Cain

Birthdays and Friendships - Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

“I brought you a cow once, remember? And I killed that chimera for you in fifth year.” - Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

Octavia Butler Predicted MAGA - Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler

“You don’t know how many forks I’m packing.” - The Devil You Know by Kit Rocha

Origins of Totalitarianism – Hannah Arendt (1951) - Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

A Cozy Mystery in a Luxury Retirement Community - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

Three little words. - Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

Gateway to Science Fiction and Octavia Butler - Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

Like the circles that you find in the windmill of your mind - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Sorting the science from the fiction - So you think you know What's Good For You? by Dr Norman Swan

An excellent, atmospheric Australian mystery and family drama. - The Lost Man by Jane Harper

Helter Skelter – Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry (1974) - Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry

“I don’t do that kind of negativity. If you put your energy into thinking about how much the fall would hurt, you’re already halfway down.” - Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad, #4) by Tana French

“Hope was no longer a tiny, flickering flame. It was a bonfire.” - Some Assembly Required: A True Story of Love and Organ Transplants by T.J. Condon

I Aspire to Big Harpy Energy - All the Feels by Olivia Dade

Every man you ever meet is nothing but the product of what was withheld from him, what he feels owed. - What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

Pumped Up Kicks - Three Hours by Rosamund Lupton

“And it wasn’t fair. That was the thing that was at the heart of my reluctance and my resentment. Some people make it out of their stories unscathed, thriving. Some people don’t.” - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

“Killing a calf is the worst of the worst you know. Beside it, breaking a promise is nothing really. Nothing at all.” - The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

It was the ring of counterfeit Elvis robots that did it for me, honestly. - The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood

Don’t skip this series just because they books are children’s novels, please! - Sandry's Book by Tamora Pierce

I wish I could live inside Lisa Hanawalt’s head… most of the time - Hot Dog Taste Test by Lisa Hanawalt

Total Football - The Barcelona Complex: Lionel Messi and the Making -- and Unmaking -- Of the World's Greatest Soccer Club by Simon Kuper

a feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness - Euphoria by Lily King

A House in Pieces - The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

“The things we fear the most are often the things we should fear the least. It’s irrational, but it’s what makes us human. And if we’re able to conquer those fears, then there is nothing we’re not capable of.” - The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

“So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?” - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

“Pardon me if it’s obvious when two people are into each other.” - Battle Royal by Lucy Parker

And then they all died - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Steamy and Cute - Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell

A Totally Biased Review - Giving Back by Edward A. Joseph

“…wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.” - The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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