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5 Star Reviews

I’m probably one of the last people to read Maus - The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman

The store in which the Justice of the Peace’s court was sitting smelled of cheese. - Collected Stories by William Faulkner

I hesitated a long time before writing a book about woman. - The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

I’ve discovered fanfiction! - Not From Others by FloreatCastellum

Two new books in my favorite series - Bullets and Beads by Jana DeLeon; Gators and Garters by Jana DeLeon

Killing people to save their lives - The Dispatcher by John Scalzi; Murder by Other Means by John Scalzi

Dune – A Father’s Perspective - Dune by Frank Hebert

An argument for the arts - The Night Circus: A Novel by Erin Morgenstern

A country without a language is a country without a soul - The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood by Hugo Hamilton

The Subversive Power of Choosing Joy - The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan

Twisty Turny, More Please! (Bingo – Orange) - The Lost Man by Jane Harper

“Luxury is the total fulfillment of all five senses at once.” - The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

“Name one hero who was happy” (CBR12Bingo2: Debut) - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

A spectacular debut YA novel - Color Me In by Natasha Diaz

I fell in love with this book a little. - Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1) by Robin Hobb

Absolutely and wonderfully bonkers read - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

cbr12bingo – Repeat (and TWO Bingos!) - Luster by Raven Leilani

I Am Used to Going Astray - Schubert's Winter Journey: Anatomy of an Obsession by Ian Bostridge

The hegemony consul sat on the balcony of his ebony spaceship and played Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C-sharp Minor on an ancient but well-maintained Steinway while great saurian things surged and bellowed in the swamps below. - Hyperion by Dan Simmons

The best #Pandemic read I could ask for - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

2020 Would Be Better with Cookie Golems - A Wizard's Guide To Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

A Welcome Return to a Favorite Series - Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews

Battling with Geometry - The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson

Do you like kickass superheroes? - Mockingbird Volume 1: I Can Explain by Chelsea Cain and Kate Niemczyk; Mockingbird Volume 2: My Feminist Agenda by Chelsea Cain

The mules strained forward strongly, hoofs stomping, harness jingling. - Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith

My journey was different, but I can relate - The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

From Reality Star to Kick Butt Author! - Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick; Hilo V02 Saving the Whole Wide World by Judd Winick

A spoiler but I’ll warn you where! - My Best Friend by Julie Fogliano

cbr12bingo – Happy! - Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms by John Hodgman

A quiet tragedy - On The Beach by Nevil Shute

A Long Due Quest - A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire

You gotta do what makes you Happy - Super Powereds: Year 1 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley; Super Powereds: Year 2 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley; Corpies by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley; Super Powereds: Year 3 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley; Super Powereds: Year 4 by Drew Hayes, read by Kyle McCarley

“It might be that saving the world is idiotically simple. Maybe we just need to connect and care for one another.” #CBRBingo – Shelfie - A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2) by Hank Green

Andy Hirsch how do you know so much about so many different subjects? - Trees: Kings of the Forest by Andy Hirsch

I now know why a dog acts like you insulted his ancestors when you fart. - Science Comics: Dogs: From Predator to Protector by Andy Hirsch

CBR12 Book Bingo – Pandemic - All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

CBR12 Book Bingo – No Money! - Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

CBR12 Book Bingo – Happy - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

“There is no moral. I just felt like telling you a story.” - Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John

OMG I’m a Crow! - Arlo & Pips: Kings of the Birds by Elise Gravel

“The nature of the criminal justice system has changed. It is no longer primarily concerned with the prevention and punishment of crime, but rather with the management and control of the dispossessed.” - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

”My name, since you raise the topic, is Arthur Aloysius Kimberley de Brabazon Secretan. What would you do in my place?” “Leave the country … You poor bastard, you never stood a chance.” #CBRBingo – The Roaring 20’s - Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures, #1) by K.J. Charles

Are you Longing for some Longing? - Normal People by Sally Rooney

Lyrical, Soulful, Compelling - Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugan

Baking Hollywood Style and It’s Actually Worth It - How To Bake by Paul Hollywood

The bridge is love - The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder

It’s Two Mysteries In One - Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

Stepping into one of the most detailed worlds imagined - Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

“They began their lives in deficit. Not only were most of them born into working-class families, but they were born female. Before they had even spoken their first words they were regarded as less important than their brothers and more of a burden in the world than their wealthier female counterparts. Their worth was compromised before they had even attempted to prove it.” - The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul. - Dune by Frank Herbert

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