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5 Star Reviews

Novik’s books aren’t just about magic; they are magic - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Drunk book choices are the best book choices - Kenny and the Dragon by Tony DiTerlizzi

Looking for a punch in the gut? Read this. - A Suicide Bomber Sits in the Library  by Jack Gantos

Their names written on water. Or scorched into the earth. Or atomized into the air. Legion. - A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson

No malware detected - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Poetry as Prose - Orphaned by Eliot Schrefer

The Best in a Great Series - I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett

You know your love keeps on lifting me, lifting me higher and higher - Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Big Little Cannonball - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Emma Thompson is a goddess and should always be treated as such. Oh, and BINGO. - Emma by Jane Austen

From multiple attempts, I stab at thee! - The Time Travelers Almanac by Ann vandermeer and Jeff Vandermeer

#CBR10Bingo: Fahrenheit 451 – The Hate U Give - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Not to be confused with the famously terrible Tommy Wiseau film - Room by Emma Donoghue

I’ll be up at night from reading this book - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

Damn, That Was Good - Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Reunited and it feels so good - Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer

CBR Bingo: (Grammy) Award Winner - The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

Living in a Serial World (CBR10 BINGO) - Sadie by Courtney Summers

“Our purpose is to present the most humane, most spiritual, most moral, most communal model of life for a world in chaos around us.” - How to Live: What the Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning, and Community by Judith Valente

For she was of that generation who, having found nothing in religion, had formed themselves through literature. - A Proper Marriage by Doris Lessing

The gift that keeps on giving - The Girl With All the Gifts by M. R. Carey

Together We’ll Fight the Long Defeat - 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson

This book is delightful, and now I want a tea dragon - The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'Neill

Okay I loved this but don’t read it until there’s more!!! - Fence, Vol. 1 by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad

When one book gives you a lot of slow kicks - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Amazing, absolutely breath taking. One of My Top 5 Reads This Year. - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

The One I’ve Been Waiting For - The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

Have you ever heard a blindfolded octopus unwrap a cellophane-covered bathtub? - The Phantom Tollboot by Norton Juster

Want to fall in love with Trevor Noah? - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Sunshine in book form - Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonny Sun

The sun and this book are kind of a really big deal - The Sun is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Suluk

New adventures in an old favorite - Jim Henson's Labyrinth Tales by Corey Godbey

I Believe Her - Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

As good as I remember - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Want the best financial future for your kids? - Barefoot Investor for Families: The Only Kids’ Money Guide You’ll Ever Need by Scott Pape

Ready to be inspired? - Still Me by Jojo Moyes

Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it (Bingo #5 & 6) - The Wizard of Oz; The Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum

I didn’t know what was going on half of the time, but I’m okay with that. - The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

A wonderful twist that makes a better story - The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Future publication that you should know about now - Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable

Oh! To be sixteen once again - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Every book is a different hood, a different country, a different world. - Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Our culture might be in jeopardy and I still had to make the damn pun - Planet Funny by Ken Jennings

Bad blood carries. Bad blood comes out. - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Narwhal and Jellyfish have delightful adventures – CBR10 Bingo: Award Winner - Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea - (Narwhal and Jelly Book 1) by Ben Clanton

Coffee is a food group - The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers

World War I Novels Never End Happily - The Ghost Road by Pat Barker

Ebeneza Petty and the Toxic Masculinity (With Spoilers) - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Unfiltered, pretentious drivel of the best kind - Generation X by Douglas Coupland

Whoa, a little too real! - American War by Omar El-Akkad

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