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5 Star Reviews

The Years – Annie Ernaux (2008) - The Years by Annie Ernaux

If the improv form Harold were depressing and tragic - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

“There isn’t anything wrong with love. There isn’t anything embarrassing about love.” - Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

A book I loved years ago is still great on re-read. - The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) by Helene Wecker

…and people say you can’t judge a book by its cover - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Kiss and Make Up - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Excellent Ammo for Writers - The Fantasy Fiction Formula by Deborah Chester

playing catch-up while playing bingo! - Kink: Stories by R. O. Kwon, Garth Greenwell; Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki; A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway; A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers; Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices by Swapna Krishna, Jenn Northington; Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor; Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen

The Clouds All Form a Geometric Shape - Boom Town by Sam Anderson

“…loving Blackness enough to see its assets so that dark children matter.” Dr. Bettina L. Love - Hair Story by NoNieqa Ramos

Girlhood, friendships, and lies that go too far - We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida

News of the World – Paulette Jiles (2016) - News of the World by Paulette Jiles

This is about the woman and the house that had never been—until one day, they were undeniably there. - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova

The Book We Need For This Moment - Reign of Terror: How The 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump by Spencer Ackerman

Ride like the wind, Princess! - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (Vol. 1) by Hayao Miyazaki

This Is How You Break Your Readers - This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

Why free money for everyone is a good idea - Utopia For Realists And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman

READ. THIS. BOOK. (Johnny Appleseed) - Johnny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

This will be one of my CBR13 favorites - Finding Freedom: A Cook’s Story; Remaking a Life From Scratch by Erin French

Romance’s Big Mama - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

How This Got Made - The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco by Julie Salamon

I really want to go to the Dark Forest at Sugar Fair – why does it have to be fictional? - Battle Royal by Lucy Parker

Civil War: A Narrative part III – Shelby Foote (1974) - Civil War: A Narrative part III by Shelby Foote

Insidious horror with a deft touch - The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

This was great! When is the second book coming? - The Councillor by E.J. Beaton

“I saw the forest burn, when I was young.” - Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North

The Rights of Women and Machines - The Haunting of Tramcar 015 by P. Djeli Clark

How to teach your kids to build a “better, fairer, stronger world” - How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes by Melinda Wenner Moyer

An Unbelievable Life - Born Again Blakfella. by Jack Charles; Namila Benson

In which I finally rectify having never read an American master of writing - Beloved by Toni Morrison

A Goddess Rewoven - Circe by Madeline Miller

‘I’m shadowed by doubt that I didn’t have it bad compared to others. But racial trauma is not a competitive sport.’ - Minor Feelings: A Reckoning on Race and The Asian Condition by Cathy Park Hong

“All any of us can do – is work to be something positive instead. That is a choice that every sapient must make every day of their life. The universe is what we make of it. It’s up to you what part you will play.” - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

“Fine,” Caleb said, annoyed to discover that his complacency could be purchased with coffee and pie. - Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian

“The wind blows itself out, and dawn comes to the window cold and still in a clear gold-green.” - The Searcher by Tana French

“No mistakes…” “just happy accidents” - With You Forever by Chloe Liese

I keep my heart safely between the pages of this book… - Overseas by Beatriz Williams

Charming with Dark Undertones - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

A raging fire that begins to surface - The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado

Excellent Novella - Assembly by Natasha Brown

TFW The Trenches of WWI Beat Life at Oxford, Any Day - Good-Bye to All That by Robert Graves

There are different kinds of darkness. - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

There was no other way I could go with the Self Care BINGO square than by reviewing a fanfic. #CBRBINGO – Self Care - Dan Westchester, Hello Kitty Enthusiast by violue

So much careful reflection, such a treat 🙂 - A Promised Land by Barack Obama

“There are no true stories; there are only facts, and the stories we tell ourselves about those facts.” #CBRBINGO – People - We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper

Love &…well, more love… - Love & Olives by Jenna Evans Welch

The GOAT - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

“Keep Reading. Keep Writing. Keep Fighting. We’re all still here.” - This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

A book overflowing with queer kindness - Tell Me Anything by Skye Kilaen

Clockers – Richard Price (1992) - Clockers by Richard Price

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