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5 Star Reviews

So long, pop! I’m off to check my tiger trap! - The Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Adorable cozy series - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman; The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman

I wasn’t expecting such a serious book based on the title - Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre by Max Brooks

I wish Stephen Fry was my BFF - Heroes: Mortals and Monsters , Quests and Adventures by Stephen Fry

What the flying monkeys did I just read? - Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen

Bridging the Firmament of Death - The Temple Of Dawn (The Sea of Fertility Book 3) by Yukio Mishima

“She wondered, for the thousandth time, who got to decide one tradition was right and another was wrong.” - The Butchers' Blessing by Ruth Gilligan

In the remote border town of Q., which when seen from the air resembles nothing so much as an ill-proportioned dumb-bell, there once lived three lovely, and loving, sisters. - Shame by Salman Rushdie

Devil in a Black Dress (Belated Bingo – Money) - Devil's Daughter (The Ravenels, #5) by Lisa Kleypas

My oh my: a little book with a big punch (Reader’s Choice) - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

The master at some of his best work (Belated Bingo – White Whale) - 11/22/63 by Stephen King

this novel, much like a duck’s uterus, is a tangle of paths and twists - Family of Origin by C. J. Hauser

Brutal beauty - Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett

‘Because nobody should have to feel like a pointless little weirdo alone’ - Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

Submerged secrets - The Survivors by Jane Harper

Mistborn Era 1 - The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson; The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson; The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Claustrophobic and Expansive - The Creak on the Stairs by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir

So Much I Didn’t Know - Black and British: A Short, Essential History by David Olusoga

Dial L for Love - Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone

Looking for a great debut fiction novel? Look no further! (Belated Bingo – Book Club) - If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

This is the book you did not know you needed! - The Screaming Hairy Armadillo and 76 Other Animals with Weird, Wild Names by Matthew Murrie

The song might be “Who wants to live forever?” But Freddie knew he would - Queen: The Unauthorized Biography (Band Records 4) by Soledad Romero Marino

The Best of the Trilogy - The Stone Sky by NK Jemisin

A Writer’s Life - Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson by Robert Polito

Thank God they were British. He took a deep breath. “Cup of tea?” - Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles ; The Sugared Game by KJ Charles

Move over, Bridget Jones: I’ve seen the future of romantic fulfillment and it’s a smuthaton - 40-Love by Olivia Dade; Teach Me by Olivia Dade; Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

Middle Earth or New Zealand for this BINGO square; it’s a toss up. #CBRBingo – I Wish - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

“My book-ordering history is definitely going to get me flagged by some evil government algorithm. Lots and lots of books about Vichy France and the French Resistance and more books than any civilian could possibly need about spy craft and fascism. Luckily, there is a Jean Rhys novel in there and a book for Eli called How to Draw Robots. That’ll throw them off the scent.” - Weather by Jenny Offill

“We need new songs.” - The Silence of the Girls: A Novel by Pat Barker

I get the willies when I see closed doors. - Something Happened by Joseph Heller

Maybe it was a suddenly acute awareness of being “thirtysomething.” - Friday Night Lights by HG Bissinger

Spoooky - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

A must read. - Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

I admit didn’t finish, but you know you’ve a hit when the first 4 pages have nothing horrible about them - Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

Misty water-colored memories…. (CBR12Bingo 2: Nostalgia) - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

It’s the nuances of desire that hold the truth of who we are at our rawest moments. - Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

“Of course it doesn’t make sense—what business do you have expecting things to make sense?” - Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

When T-Rex honked - Everything Awesome about Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Beasts! by Mike Lowery

Best Buds - A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself by William Boyle

“What you get out of being loved, it’s supposed to be worth the compromise. When it’s good, it makes you want to compromise.” #CBRBingo – Yellow - Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters, #2) by Talia Hibbert

Well what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today! (CBR12Bingo: Cannonballer says) - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Make sure you vote! - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Hogwarts, but even MORE racist! - The Black Mage by Daniel Barnes, D.J. Kirkland

Immense beauty and infinite kindness - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

So it goes. - Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

f-bombs and fire extinguishers - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

“You keep going, you’ll eventually realize that the one true answer to all your questions is: Of course it doesn’t make sense—what business do you have expecting things to make sense?” (Bingo #3) - Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

Bingo! (CBR12Bingo 2: Book club) - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

Kitchen Staple/Bingo Blackout - I’m Just Here for the Food by Alton Brown

Fantastic start to what I’m sure will become my new obsession - A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

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