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5 Star Reviews

“You’ll light your own bloody self on fire if you have to. And then you can pat yourself on the back and tell yourself you knew it all along. Congratulations.” - The Trespassser (Dublin Murder Squad, #6) by Tana French

I loved this. #CBRBingo – Pandemic - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

The journey we take to get where we are going - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Celebration of you - Eyes That Kiss in the Corner by Joanna Ho

This is what it means to be a woman in the world. Every step is a bargain with pain. - Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne Valente

“How real was a person if you could shed her in a thousand miles?” - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Gardening to Victory - Gardens for Victory by Jean Marie Putnam & Llyod C. Cosper

What do you tell your children? (CBR12Bingo: Uncannon) - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

I’m waiting for it; that green light, I want it (CBR12Bingo2: The Roaring Twenties) - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hot Rabbi, or why inclusion is important - Hot Rabbi by Aviva Blakeman

Allie’s not dead! She’s back and she gave us this wonderful book and she’s ok (sort of) - Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

Tana French is back with a vengeance and a penchant for Wild West-isms, and I am HERE. FOR. IT.  - The Searcher by Tana French

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien; The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien; The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien

Being a superhero can cause super problems in a relationship - Super Adjacent by Crystal Cestari

A surprising twist on a fairly well-known story - A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman

The dangers of not doing research before traveling abroad - Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

CBR12 Book Bingo – Shelfie - Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner

A journey that could not take place at the moment… - 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

Ever wonder what a dog is thinking? Now you can find out! - The Last Dog on Earth by Adrian J. Walker, read by Jonathan Aris and David John

How to best lure people into my favorite author… - The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes, read by Kirby Heyborne

This girl needs some serious therapy… - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Butterfly breathing - Already a Butterfly: A Medication Story by Julia Alvarez

“Elwood received the best gift of his life on Christmas Day 1962, even if the ideas it put in his head were his undoing.” - The Nickel Boys: A Novel by Colson Whitehead

Close is no comfort - Close Range by Annie Proulx

My childhood #Gateway into the genre I love most - The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander; The Castle of Llyr by Lloyd Alexander; Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander

Y’all Are South’ners Too - The Shameless by Ace Atkins

A family saga that isn’t so Black and White - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

CBR12 Book Bingo – Debut - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

CBR12 Book Bingo – Orange - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

CBR12 Book Bingo – Gateway - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Small but mighty, a lot of heartache in a little book (Bingo – Friendship) - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

A ray of golden light in these dark and depressing times - The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan

“People can be unpredictable in their cruelty.” - Real Life: A Novel by Brandon Taylor

Forgive Us Our Happiness - The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Money always decides whether things get better or worse. They never stay the same.” - The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood

How to Build and Lose a $9 Billion Corporation While Endangering People’s Lives in 30 Easy Steps - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

Author’s recent cancer diagnosis haunted me as I read her great, new book - Killer Kung Pao by Vivien Chien

Stone and Ash and Magic - The Obelisk Gate by NK Jemisin

Inside The Hermit Kingdom - The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un by Anna Fifield

CBR12 Book Bingo – Repeat - Beach Read by Emily Henry

Super bad. Super funny. Super (embarrassingly) relatable. - School for Extraterrestrial girls V01 1 Girl on Fire by Jeremy Whitley

Sex lessons premise + multi-layered characters + an earnest HEA = a contemporary romance that gripped my heart - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Emotions +Sight + Sound + Mouthfeel + Aroma + Taste = Flavor - The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained by Nik Sharma

A locked room mystery that is also a dark comedy and a reflection on mental health - Anxious poeple by Fredrik Backman

“I think ‘bone frenzy’ might be a term open to coarse misinterpretation, personally.” - Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. But they’d still be charged. (CBR12Bingo2: I wish) - Point B by Drew Magary

She really is smarter than everyone else - A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

Fanfic — Classics Edition - The Song of Achilles: A Novel by Madeline Miller

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it.” - The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Haunted house or horrible people? - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

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  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
  • Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
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  • Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.
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