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5 Star Reviews

There is No Chef Without a Homeland - The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

things that weren’t yours to lose - Arcadia by Lauren Groff

Nichols tells about the flocks that inspired Flocks - Flocks by L. Nichols

Days of Future Past - A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers by Victor LaValle

What happens to a dream deferred? - Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem by Daniel R. Day

Dating is Exhausting! - How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway

Higher. Further. Faster. YAY! - Captain Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Hero, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick; Captain Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Hero, Vol 2 by Kelly Sue DeConnick; Captain Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Hero, Vol 3 by Kelly Sue DeConnick; Captain Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Hero, Vol 4 by Kelly Sue DeConnick

“They were enemies” - Swami and Friends by RK Narayan

The notice informed them of a temporary matter. - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Wonderful mental health discussion in super hero comic aimed at young girls - DC Super Hero Girls: Out of the Bottle by Shea Fontana (author), Marchelo DiChiara (illustrator), Agnes Garbowska (illustrator)

Now Hear This - The Poet X: A Novel by Elizabeth Acevedo

…Nearly every American hungers to move - Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

The Original YA Novel: Classic for a Reason - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

He was in his fifties. He’d wasted his entire life. Such people were very dear to those of us who’d wasted only a few years. - Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson

Between the Oceans and the Mountains is a Wild Forest. - Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Antique Roadshow, But Deadly - Invisible Prey by John Sandford

Be Our Guest, Be Our Guest, Put Our Service to the Test… - The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

The Story of You - You by Caroline Kepnes

Wonderful Installment in Prey Series - Broken Prey by John Sandford

Lovely Description of Growing Up - Calling My Name by Liara Tamani

Best Booze Memoir I’ve Read - Drunk Mom: A Memoir by Jowita Bydlowska

Right there with ya - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Compelling And Satisfying - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

When White Allies are Enemies - Our Nig by Harriet E. Wilson

“Rumors are born with legs that can run a mile in less than a minute. Rumors eat up dreams without condiments. Rumors do not have expiration dates. Rumors can be deadly. Rumors can get you killed.” - Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D Jackson

A wholly satisfying ending to a great fantasy trilogy - The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

Bird Box – The Post-Apocalyptic Book that Dreams (Nightmares) Are Made of - Bird Box by Josh Malerman

You think you know a guy… - Second Hand Curses by Drew Hayes

Enduring a hundred humiliations, I can only cry in vain - Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 by Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, and Judy Yung

A Satisfying Follow up - On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

One simply cannot invite people to engage in a spot of justifiable homicide - A Dangerous Collaboration (A Veronica Speedwell Mystery) by Deanna Raybourn

With a nibble here and a nibble there, here a nibble there a nibble…. - A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin

Fall 2019 Needs to Hurry Up - Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

I’d like to be/under the sea - The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden

Bite-sized sorcery and sunshine - GMorning, GNight! little pep talks for me & you by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain, and art is an interpretation of that miracle. - The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

If you want your heart to break repeatedly - A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum

She Doesn’t Owe Us Her Story, I’m Glad She Chose to Tell It. - Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

How long ’til black future month? - How Long 'Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

A heartbreaking YA mystery - Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Last Woman on Earth - The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

Male, Pale, and Yale - The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

Shuffle - The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

Please come back oh god I miss you so much - Becoming by Michelle Obama

Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Eat But Were Afraid to Cook - Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking: Authentic Dishes for the Home Cook by Maangchi

Cozy re-read. - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

…and then I creeped their entire family on Facebook. - Educated by Tara Westover

“I am glad I am done being in love with him….” - Emma by Jane Austen

“My expectations for a husband had lowered.” - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park is apt - All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

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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.
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