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5 Star Reviews

Crazy New BEST Friend?! - I Want to be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

I want to wrap myself up in this book cover and live happily ever after. -

Poetry in prose, and a beautiful life - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

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

Meaning in the Muddle - Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at its Best by Eugene H. Peterson

“Your hand is unconscionably soft, Miss Eversea” - What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long

Thank you, Bothari43, I now know how I’m starting cbr13! -

Somewhere beyond the sea, cement shoes are waiting for me - Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

5 stars out of 5 just because it’s that darn different - Oscar’s American Dream by Barry Wittenstein

- The Paper Menagerie & Other Stories by Ken Liu; All the Flavors by Ken Liu; The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary by Ken Liu

Stuxnet and Cyberwar - Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers by Andy Greenberg; Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon by Kim Zetter

“When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever he is.” - A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Definitely my favorite new (to me) author - Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane

The risks and rewards of a life spent in public service - The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

Art wasn’t supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something - Flight by Sherman Alexie

Murderbot! - All Systems Red by Martha Wells; Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Devastatingly beautiful. I cried, not because it was necessarily sad but due to the amount of emotion. - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

“Maybe this was how adult friendships happened: by accident, embroidered over time, visible only from the height of years.” - Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia

In this game of life, your family is the court and your ball is your heart. - Crossover by Kwame Alexander

…seeing people as the problem, instead of the policies that ensnare them. - How to Be an AntiRacist by Ibram X. Kendi

Vroom vroom! - Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars by Paul Ingrassia

“Being with the wrong person is lonelier than being on your own.” - If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane

A perfect late autumn read: atmospheric with a twist - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Journey before Destination! - The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson; Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson; Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson; Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson

The Chicago Way - Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago by Max Alan Collins

She rather be watching TV - We Saw Scenery: the Early Diaries of Merrill Markoe by Merrill Markoe

snapshot of a sculpture - Galatea by Madeline Miller

All hits, no misses - Hits and Misses by Simon Rich

Books don’t usually make me cry; this book was clearly an exception. - The Haunting of Brynn Wilder by Wendy Webb

Although American political life has rarely touched on by the most acute varieties of class conflict, it has served again and again as an arena for uncommonly angry minds. - The Paranoid Style in American Politics by Richard Hofstadter

I’m Going to Buy the Paper Copy Too - The Guilty Feminist: From Our Noble Goals to Our Worst Hypocrisies by Deborah Frances-White

Rachel Bloom is the Rachel Bloom-iest and I lurv her - I Want To Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

Thank You, CoffeeShopReader! -

When you love a series you don’t want it to end… - The Dragon Prince Graphic Novel V01: Through the Moon by Peter Wartman; Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures by Bryan Konietzko

In 1947, George wrote again to Myra, saying that now the war was well over she should come home and marry him. - Stories by Doris Lessing

To Boldly Read Where No One has Read Before - I Am Captain Kirk (Star Trek) by Frank Berrios; I Am Mr. Spock (Star Trek) by Elizabeth Schaefer; Too Many Tribbles! (Star Trek) by Frank Berrios

Try for me, Eve. That’s all. Just try. - Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

Jude Continues to Be Awesome - The Wicked King by Holly Black; The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

Fact to the future - Factfulness by Hans Rosling

So much more than fly over country - Prairie by Candace Savage

Thoughtful, history-full memoir - Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto

To Do And Do Not - A Promised Land by President Barack Obama

If you want to know what happened after the last season of Avatar: The Lat Airbender - Avatar: The Last Airbender The Promise by Gene Luen Yang; Avatar: The Last Airbender The Search by Gene Luen Yang

When a Coworker tells you “Don’t judge her, the book is for her dad” You don’t, but find your own copy. - A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection by Steve Martin

“It is cause for celebration whenever anyone is, to the best of their ability, making their own choices free from pressure—and also working to change the social and political structures that will let everyone else have that same sexual freedom, and freedom of other kinds, too.” - Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society & the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

When Asking A Goddess for a Boon, Be Careful How You Word Your Request - Take A Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

I need a Rafe of my own - Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon

There is nothing new to say about these books, so these are my idle thoughts. - The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien; The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien; The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien

Clever and Cruel - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Bearmuda Triangle - A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

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