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5 Star Reviews

Is her blog real? I wish it was real - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Visceral, heartbreaking, with just a little bit of “huh?” - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Lie down; try not to cry; cry a lot - Saga Vol #7, #8 by Brian K. Vaughan (Writer), Fiona Staples (Artist)

For Everyone Who Knows There Was Enough Room For Leonardo DiCaprio on That Door - My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows

Moon and You - Moon and Hello To You, Moon and The Boy and the Blue Moon by Alison Oliver; Sara O'Leary; Sally Morgan

Monsters Count and Say Their ABCs - Monster ABC by Derek Sullivan

A hilarious and heartwarming book. J/k, it’s Margaret Atwood. - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Unpretentious, brilliant, engaging sci-fi. - Young Miles (Vorkosigan Saga Omnibus #2) by Lois McMaster Bujold

Awesome and doesn’t overly tax your gray matter - Dark matter by Blake Crouch

An excellent account of horrendous events - Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door by Roy Wenzl, L. Kelly, Tim Potter, and Hurst Laviana

Becoming Madeleine - Becoming Madeleine: A Biography of the Author of A Wrinkle in Time by Her Granddaughters by Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Léna Roy

Banana Squash yum - Benji and the 24 Pound Banana Squash by Alan Fox

Army Chief of Staff Reading List #12 - A Passion for Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform from Fifty Years of Public Service by Robert Gates

Let’s Take a Hike - Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes

The Rainbow Flag - Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders

I really wanna meet a dragon now. - The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ignorance is not bad faith. But persistence in ignorance is. - How to Suppress Women's Writing by Joanna Russ

Burn it all to the ground, Jim Butcher. Burn it down. - Changes (The Dresden Files, #12) by Jim Butcher

To Be Quiet or Not to Be Quiet That is the Question! - The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet! by Carmen Agra Deedy

Shaking Things Up - Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World by Susan Hood

I Want to Give This To Everyone Who Needs It - I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Becky Chambers might be my new hero - The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The powers of a Girl and the powers of a Squirrel: Doreen Green is Unbeatable! - The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World by Shannon and Dean Hale

For all dead loves and all remembered things. I have travelled through many seas. - Miss MacIntosh My Darling by Marguerite Young

“The heart apparently doesn’t stop that easily.” - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage: A novel by Haruki Murakami

The Gold Standard - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

There’s a Monster at the End of This Book - Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

But the Hedgehog knows one big thing. - The Fox and the Hedgehog: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History by Isaiah Berlin

Fish Girl - Fish Girl by Donna Jo Napoli and David Wiesner

The Horse’s Haiku - The Horse's Haiku by Michael J. Rosen

A Celebration - 50 Queers Who Changed the World: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Icons by Dan Jones

A Woman Finding Her True Power and Worth - Circe by Madeline Miller

Howl: A Graphic Novel - Howl: A Graphic Novel by Allen Ginsberg

In like a lamb, out like a lion - The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne birdsall

A Short History of White Women’s Complicity - Mothers of Massive Resistance: White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy by Elizabeth Gillespie McRae

This book is still perfection to me - The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

“I’m all hard edges, Sebastian. Hard edges and crumpled pieces and broken pieces of glass. There is no way for you to win this” - The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan

Family life is out. - Babble by Jonathan Baumbach

“Every note played is a life and death.” - Every Note Played by Lisa Genova

C is for Cookie - The Joy of Cookies: Cookie Monster's Guide to Life by Cookie Monster

Knowledge is power, but it is a terrible power when it is hoarded and hidden. - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

Commander in Cheese - Commander in Cheese #1: The Big Move by Lindsey Leavitt

Sometimes A Book Stays With You - A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Houssini

You’re Welcome to Weep - Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

If you have love, even plain cold water is sweet. - Wild Swans by Jung Chang

Big Mushy Happy Lump! - Big Mushy Happy Lump (Sarah’s Scribbles #2) by Sarah Anderson

Reese Witherspoon has really good taste - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

“It’s our memories that make us who we are – those moments that for whatever reason, big or small, stick in our brains, that make up our stories.” - A Short History of the Girl Next Door by Jared Reck

War sucks - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The duke and the chess prodigy - The Duchess War by Courtney Milan

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  • Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
  • 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...
  • Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
  • 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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