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5 Star Reviews

The one percent control magic, too! - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

It’s Never Been Fair - The Color of Law- A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

“Things are as they are, and I am part of them.” - Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

Cannonballing to the end of the world with Sandman Slim - King Bullet by Richard Kadrey

Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

When the Friday Night Lights Go Out - The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurty

“Cal feels like he ought to stand on a street corner handing out warnings, little pieces of paper that just say: Anyone could do anything.” - The Searcher by Tana French

“Has anyone noticed this whole city is looking for us, mad at us, or wants to kill us?” “So?” said Kaz. “Well, usually it’s just half the city.” - Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

“These scratches are a history. They tell a story.” - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

“Then he slid one big, warm hand over the nape of her neck, squeezed, and said, “Don’t look so surprised. You know I love your brain.” - Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

The sinister side of suburbia - The Road Through the Wall by Shirley Jackson

“And if I speak of Paradise” - A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson

A perfect example of what modern fantasy can do. - Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy, #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett

Scathing indictments lightly cloaked in humorous, beautifully written prose. - The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King

Consider the Lobster – David Foster Wallace (2005) - Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace

Dramarama (and a delayed CANNONBALL)! - Giant Days, Vol. 1 (single issues 1-4) by John Allison, Lissa Treiman; Giant Days, Vol. 2 (single issues 5-8) by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, Max Sarin; Giant Days Vol. 3 (single issues 9-12) by John Allison, Max Sarin, Jim Campbell, Lissa Treiman

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution – Bernard Bailyn (1967) - The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn

A powerful story of belief, grief, and belonging - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

How Racism Takes Place – George Lipstiz (2011) - How Racism Takes Place by George Lipsitz

Kids can be very scary - We Hear Voices by Evie Green

Remarkable women in a remarkable time - The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

Pandemic-Era Picture Books - And The People Stayed Home by Kitty O'Meara; Lucy's Mask by Lisa Sirkis Thompson; While We Can't Hug by Eoin McLaughlin & Polly Dunbar

ROLEPLAYING! - TROIKA! by Daniel Sell

“Plant a Bomb on the First Page” - The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells by Ben Bova

Horizon (2009) and Knife Children (2019) by Lois McMaster Bujold - Horizon by Lois McMaster Bujold; Knife Children by Lois McMaster Bujold

Parable of the Sower – Octavia Butler (1993) - Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

The Souls of Black Folks – W.E.B. Du Bois (1903) - The Souls of the Black Folks by W.E.B. Du Bois

Shit, Actually – Lindy West (2020) - Shit Actually by Lindy West

Drop whatever you’re doing and read this book right now - The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan

One Life - One Life by Megan Rapinoe

“We are the farting children of Heaven, blessed be our slippery viscera” - Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

“The world is a dangerous place, full of people who don’t trust each other. This is why I am staying up in this tree.” - Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link

Her Heart Was an Overfilled Inkwell - The Kraken King by Meljean Brook

Absolutely delightful book/audiobook about terrible subjects. - Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright

Sexxxxy History - Royal Harlot by Susan Holloway Scott

Magical Teenager – just a bit more contemporary than Harry - What Abigail Did That Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

This is the Menopause Book I Will Recommend to Every Body - What Fresh Hell is This? by Heather Corinna

Hey Ladies! – A Very Specific Type of Book That Tickles Me Endlessly - Hey Ladies! by Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss

Money Never Sleeps - Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis

A Layer Cake of a Book - Battle Royal by Lucy Parker

I Just Saunter Amok These Days - Ballistic Kiss by Richard Kadrey

“We’re all just falling apart in different ways.” - Yes & I Love You by Roni Loren

“Don’t dismiss your emotions and your self-protection as just a fucked-up decision. Don’t reduce something so complex and real and important to nothing.” - Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Obama-rama pt.1 - A Promised Land by Barack Obama

Powerful Essays - The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master’s House by Audre Lorde

Murderbot is back and hosin’ hostiles once again, baybee - Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

No Name in the Street – James Baldwin (1971) - No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

I’m Wearing Out My Copy - Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King

Time Enough for Love – Robert Heinlein (1973) - Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein

“Writing is the most important thing.” - The Notebook by Agota Kristof; The Proof by Agota Kristof; The Third Lie by Agota Kristof

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