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5 Star Reviews

The Haunting of Rookward House is my new favorite Darcy Coates novel - The Haunting of Rookward House by Darcy Coates

Amma is walking along the promenade of the waterway that bisects her city, a few early morning barges cruise slowly by - Girl Woman Other by Bernadine Evaristo

When There’s Nothing Left to Burn - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

We’re all obsessed with this, right? - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Heroes Aren’t Born, They’re Made - An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

The short story as an interlude - Sabrina and Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

The Perfect Astrology 101 Course - You Were Born For This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas

The War of Emotion - Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility Book 1) by Yukio Mishima

William Stoner entered the University of Missouri as a freshman in 1910, at the age of nineteen. - Stoner by John Williams

I sent one boy to the gaschamber at Huntsville. - No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

GET OUT OF THERE!!! - Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

Home is something carried with us, in our blood, for better or worse - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Please get the audiobook version - Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A Beautiful Modern Fairy Tale from Neil Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

The power in small stories - Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence - Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

“And then, inexplicably, you had the absolute audacity to love me back. Can you believe it? Sometimes, even now, I still can’t.” - Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Future Required Reading - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Stick with it, trust me - Trust Exercise by Susan Choi

Let’s Talk About Death, Bay-Bee - From Here to Eternity - Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty

Agatha Christie’s ugly, beautiful, unimportant, and interesting truths - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The coach from Ellsworth to Butcher’s Crossing was a Dorothy that had been converted to carry passengers and small freight. - Butcher's Crossing by John Williams

The New Era of Speculative Fiction - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

THIS is how you win a Pulitzer Prize… - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Fifth Season: The Earth Really is Trying to Shake Us Off - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

Why Did I Wait So Long - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

“Slick” sci-fi for the middle school set - Friendroid by M.M. Vaughan

“the potential of nothing is everything” - How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

Starting the new year with the most depressing book I’ve ever read - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

A young heart and an antique soul - Little Weirds by Jenny Slate

“Reading…is fun to do and it lets you feel superior to other people.” - Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results by Josh Gondelman

“There’s a body on the Gurney Street tracks.” - Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Ronan Farrow’s Old Bosses at NBC Probably Don’t Talk to Him Any More - Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow

a fine final read of 2019 - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. - Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

There’ll be peace when you are done? - Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

Last book of the year! - Starsight by Brandon Sanderson

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A journey into the Alaskan wilderness - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

New to me sci fi romance where we jump across galaxies - Grimspace by Ann Aguirre

A Volume That Shows the Power of Graphic Novels - Hawkeye, Volume 5: All-New Hawkeye by Jeff Lemire

Reader, this was an absolute delight - Reader, I Married Him by Tracy Chevalier (editor)

“My father told me once that the most important thing every man should know is what he would die for.” - Faithful Place (Dublin Murder Squad, #3) by Tana French

Once I finished, I immediately wanted to read it again. - The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

“You’re twenty-two, twenty-three, time is sort of infinite. It’s like a pool where you can’t touch the bottom.” - Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

“all girls should have a poem written for them even if we have to turn this God-damn world upside down to do it” - Rommel Drives Deep into Egypt by Richard Brautigan

“The Greeks created gods that were in their image” - Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

Just some rambling thoughts about a book I love. - Prince's Gambit (Captive Prince, #2) by C.S. Pacat

CANNONBALL! Two years in a row! - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Important Tips for Doing a Theme Park Right - The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando 2020 by Seth Kubersky

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