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5 Star Reviews

“I think there is just one kind of folks. Folks.” - To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

“As cynical as I can be, there’s always a part of me that believes in love and the fairy tale.” - Fairy Tales From Many Lands by various, illustrations by Arthur Rackham

Big responsibility on little shoulders - The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko

Where Men Are the Worst, and Menopause Gives You Magic Powers - The Change by Kirsten Miller

Lucky Tomorrow by Deborah Jiang-Stein - Lucky Tomorrow by Deborah Jiang-Stein

Catch and Keep by Erin Hahn - Catch and Keep by Erin Hahn

Full Exposure by Thien-Kim Lam - Full Exposure by Thien-Kim Lam

The Good Stuff. - Peter and Wendy/ Margaret Ogilvy by J. M. Berrie

Connecting a community one sock at a time - Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All by Chanel Miller

A new way into Batman comics - Absolute Batman 1-6 by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta

Better the devils you know - The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

A Bus On The Ocean Floor - The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen

“You must do something to make the world more beautiful.” - MIss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

A fantastic story of consequences and regrets - Blood for the Undying Throne by Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton Hur

A Bear Would Also Have Worked Here - East of the Sun & West of the Moon by Mercer Mayer

Twas the Night - The Night Before Christmas by by Clement Moore, illustrated by Gyo Fujikawa

Sir George and the Dragon, but make it kid-friendly - Sir Small and the Dragonfly by Jane O'Connor (Author), John O'Brien (Illustrator)

Alas, No Pagan Rituals Involved. But Still a Fun Read. - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain - The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain

With Enemies Like These - A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

Are You Happy? by Lori Ostlund - Are You Happy? by Lori Ostlund

“If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.” - Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran, illustrated by Barbara Cooney

“There is no safety. There is no end…the dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.” - The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin; Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin; Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin; The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin

To family and Faerieland and pizza and stories and new beginnings and scheming great schemes. I can toast to that.” - The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

But how do I get from learning his name to getting a kiss so I can possibly break this time-loop curse? - Time Loops and Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau

The Rough-Face Girl Had Faith In Herself and She Had Courage - The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin & David Shannon

Princess and the Amazing Technicolor Fur Coat - Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck & Anita Lovel

Simple Pleasures - The King Who Learned To Smile by Seymour Reit

I might have known it’d be fudge - Dorrie and the Wizard’s Spell by Patricia Coombs

Behaving like a princess is work. It’s not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It’s more about how you are inside - The Paper Bag Princess by Story by Robert Munsch, Art by Michael Martchenko

The anger is palpable, but so is the sorrow - All My Rage: A Novel by Sabaa Tahir

A Nymph, An Immortal Pirate, And the God of Love and all Growing Things go do Diplomacy - Daughter of Tides by Kit Rocha

A Love So Powerful You Remake the World For Them - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo - The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

And My Girl Nailed the Landing! - The Empire of Gold by S. A. Chakraborty

Nostalgia and Elegy - Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

“Once upon a time, there was a human girl stolen away by faeries, and because of that, she swore to destroy them.” - The Wicked King by Holly Black

A Holmesian Mystery-Horror Set at Sea - The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

Lost and Found - The Terror by Dan Simmons; The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Boingy boingy goes the car and the jacket and the money and the shovel and the…. - Are We There Yet?: The First Road Trip Across the USA by Stacy McAnulty

Describe in two words: FREAKING WOW - Chance: Escape from the Holocaust by Uri Shulevitz

“Normal is a terrible thing to aspire to,” Patrick had said. “Aim higher.” - The Guncle (The Guncle #1) by Steven Rowley

Let’s talk about [redacted], baby! - It's NOT the Stork! by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley; It's So Amazing! by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley; It's Perfectly Normal! by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Come On, Guys, Bear Just Being a Bear. - The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron

“The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions” - The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

“Those little bastards were hiding out there in the tall grass.” - James by Percival Everett

She had come to save this world and it was already dead. - The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O’Keefe

“Nice things don’t happen in storybooks or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it.” - The Cruel Prince: The Folk of the Air Book One by Holly Black

Doomsday Do’s and Doomsday Don’ts - Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

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