★★★★★ I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you. Hole. Lee. Shh. This sequel is stunning. I have not been this entertained and enthralled with a series since my high school Twilight craze. And I realized—I realized how badly I'd been treated before, if my standards had become so low. If the… Continue reading A Court of Mist and Fury – Sarah J. Maas

★★ Great premise, lukeworm execution I loved the concept! Rebecca Cordeaux, an undergraduate working in a research lab, lives in a world where robots have taken over just about everything. On purpose Robots do the menial tasks, the high precision tasks and all of the tasks humans just don't want to do...only there's nothing really left for humans… Continue reading Uncanny Valley – C.A. Gray

★★★★★ The first half sucks but keep reading There's no way around it. From page 1 to about 200, Feyre is anannoying, blindingly stupid and obstinate main character. I nearly put this book down half a dozen times. BUT, midway through the book, things turned around magnificently. And I cannot wait to read the sequel. Feyre is hunting in the… Continue reading A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas

★★★★ Who says the customer is always right? This book brings out a whole new definition of "retail therapy." Derrick Payton, assistant manager, just received a huge promotion. He's the new manager of a local branch of The Design -a one-stop-shop for all home remodeling needs. And while this promotion is something he's been waiting on for… Continue reading Who’s Minding the Store? – David Lucero

 ★★★★★ Humans who think we don't understand them are the stupid ones. Perfect. Absolutely perfect. Hiro Arikawa is a masterful storyteller. I loved every word. I laughed, I cried, I was an emotional whirlwind in the best way possible. Satoru, a young businessman, attempts to befriend a young feral cat with a crooked tail. After a few… Continue reading The Travelling Cat Chronicles – Hiro Arikawa (translated by Philip Gabriel)

 ★★★★★ As for Stella King, she was unexpectedly pregnant with the unborn child of the Beast. It could have happened to anyone. Funny, witty, exciting and engaging!  Thoroughly entertaining and thought-provoking throughout - this book had it all. I have a strong feeling that I will be diving back in for a re-read before the year is… Continue reading The Book of the Dog – Lark Benobi

★★★★★ Between global warming, AI, and genetic engineering, something was going to end us in the next fifty years. Maybe this was just a reset button to extend the long game Pax, Kevin, Todd, Michael and Jaden do everything together - whether it be comicon prop design to impress the girls or acts of supreme juvenile… Continue reading The Tribe of Iodine Wine – Brian Pacini

★★★★★ She wasn't interested in telling other people's futures. She was interested in going out and finding her own. You know that feeling when a book is so perfect that you just want to shove it down everyone's throat? Ok. Good. I thought I was the only one. I adored this book. I've already read this series… Continue reading The Raven Boys – Maggie Stiefvater

★ We just received word that Amber Lake, our miracle woman, the only woman on our planet to conceive in the last five years, has suffered a miscarriage. Pretty interesting concept, right? The world is inexplicably sterile and no one knows what to do. Everyone is despairing. And, equally inexplicably, the first 30% of the book is child… Continue reading The First Conception: Rise of Eris – Nesly Clerge

★★★ Is this what happens even after you play by all the rules growing up? I thought there would be more. Ohhh, he's definitely got me pegged. Nobody cares. This has been one of the most alarming and fascinating components of entering adulthood. This one is a bit of a surprise - a quasi self-help,… Continue reading Then We Grew Up – Andrew Marc Berman