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5 Star Reviews

Love in an elevator - The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

Sometimes, rarely, you get precisely what you want in life. This is one of those times. - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

I think I’ve read this book at least four times - The Season of Passage by Christopher Pike

Playing catch up on my faves - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Its Jolabokaflod time!! - Book Exchange by Book Exchange

Get the tissues ready for this one! - Marley and Me by John Grogan

You better watch out! Cannonball! - Krampus! by Brian Joines

The Belgariad: Not all tropes are bad - The Belgariad by David Eddings

It’s 90 degrees here. This made it feel like winter. - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

There was death in the big room. - Collected Stories by Raymond Chandler

Attention! - The Association of Small Bombs: A Novel by Karan Mahajan

A lovely surprise from ElCicco! - Book Exchange 2018 by Book Exchange 2018

Grumpy Sexy Polish Fantasy - The Last Wish: Introducing The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

Do what you love and you’ll love what you do - Born to Dance: Celebrating the Wonder of Childhood by Jordan Matter

“Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride.” - Beartown by Fredrik Backman, Neil Smith (Translator)

Women of her class are molded to be ornaments - The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

Heckin’ Yes – The Power - The Power by Naomi Alderman

Do not give the sirens call a listen - We Slept Here by Sierra DeMulder

My favourite book this year - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Thank you, mathildehoeg!!! - The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

A 6 Star book!!!! - The Mountain Story by Lori Lansens

Cannonball! – I crushed my goal with Ms. Marvel - Ms. Marvel: Crushed by G. Willow Wilson (writer), Elmo Bondoc (artist), Takeshi Miyazawa (artist)

YAY TO MY FRIEND BETH KANELL! (Yes, little name dropping there!) - The Long Shadow by Beth Kanell

He writes, raps, educates and isn’t hard on the eyes either! - A Love Song, a Death Rattle, a Battle Cry by Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre

The calendar was a mathematical progression with arbitrary surprises. - The Towers of Silence; A Division of the Spoils by Paul Scott

The Alpha of Alphabet books - Animalphabet by Julia Donaldson

“Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime of poets. As if there can be no story unless we crawl and weep.” - Circe by Madeline Miller

I am now a Tade Thompson fanboy - Rosewater by Tade Thompson

By the Stars We Hope - Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers 3) by Becky Chambers

Thank you emmalita - From Crook to Cook and My Squirrel Day by Snoop Dog and Ellie Kemper

All this, and Helen ends up back with her husband anyway - Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Radium…the wonder drug. Oh wait, nope. - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

Tana French – take my money. - The Witch Elm by Tana French

A Dark Fantasy Metaphor for Internalized Misogyny - Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Strike Re-read Completed, Bring on Book Four - Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling pseudonym), Robert Glenister (narrator)

My favorite book of 2018 - How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee

This series is so great, I can’t recommend it enough. - Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) by Martha Wells

Won’t you please Won’t you please Please won’t you be my neighbor? - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers

Compelling mystery with a supernatural twist - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (AKA The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle) by Stuart Turton

Where are my Lady Sherlock fans? - The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

I NEEDED This Book - Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly

The perfect ending to a spellbinding series - The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden

Staging a space mutiny, one day at a time. - The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts

A Moving Look at Grief, Love, and Friendship - We are Okay by Nina LaCour

A Powerful Story of Family - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

“The world in my head has been far more real than the one outside” - Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

“There are certain qualities of light that blur the years.” (CBR10Bingo Blackout!) - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Fly Evangelist - The Secret Life of Flies by Erica McAlister

If you were waiting to read the first one, go ahead, because this is a good ending. #CBRBingo - Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer, #2) by Laini Taylor

#CBR10Bingo: So Popular! – Revisiting a favourite (Bingo #9 and #10) - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

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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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