Project Hail Mary
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Project Hail MaryBy: Andy WeirMy Rating: FIVE out of Five Stars (All the stars!)Best for: 14 and up (Safe for mature 12+ year olds) Project…
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Snow Crash
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Snow CrashBy: Neal StephensonMy Rating: One out of Five StarsBest For: No one (Strictly 18+ for those who insist) Snow Crash: Consider This Your Warning…
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Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (Theodore Boone, #1)By: John GrishamMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 12 and up Theodore Boone: John Grisham’s “Idiot’s Guide…
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Magpie Murders
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Magpie MurdersBy: Anthony HorowitzMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up Magpie Murders: A Brilliant Meta-Mystery That Doubled My Fun This was…
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Swiss Family Robinson
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Swiss Family RobinsonBy: Johann David WyssMy Rating: Two out of Five StarsBest For: Readers 16+ (who have a high tolerance for boredom) Swiss Family Robinson:…
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Water for Elephants
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Water for ElephantsBy: Sara GruenMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 18 and up Water for Elephants: A Gritty, Heartfelt Trip to the Depression-Era…
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Little Thieves
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Little ThievesBy: Margaret OwenMy Rating: Three out of Five StarsBest For: 18 and up Little Thieves: Great World-Building, But a Rough Road to Travel I…
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Dragonborn
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Dragonborn (Dragonborn, #1)By: Struan MurrayMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 10 and up Dragonborn: It’s Harry Potter, but with Dragons. Need I Say…
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The Square of Sevens
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained The Square of SevensBy: Laura Shepherd-RobinsonMy Rating: FIVE out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up The Square of Sevens: A 5-Star Historical Mystery That…
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The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained The T.O.A.S.T. MysteriesFramed! (The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries, #1)Vanished! (The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries, #2)Trapped! (The T.O.A.S.T. Mysteries, #3)By: James PontiMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: All…
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The Widow
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained The WidowBy: John GrishamMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up The Widow: Grisham is Back in the Courtroom with a Twist…
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Cloud Cuckoo LandBy: Anthony DoerrMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 16 and up Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Beautiful, 600-Page Meander Through Time I…
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City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained City of Last Chances (The Tyrant Philosophers, #1)By: Adrian TchaikovskyMy Rating: Four out of Five StarsBest For: 18 and up City of Last Chances by…
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The Impossible Fortune
The Impossible Fortune (The Thursday Murder Club, #5)By: Richard OsmanMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 14 and up The Impossible Fortune: Retirement Fun, Murder, and the Playing the Old Person Card! I wasn’t expecting another Thursday Murder Club Mystery, so I was absolutely thrilled when this one arrived…
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The Secret of Secrets
The Secret of SecretsBy: Dan BrownMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up The Secret of Secrets: Prague, Puzzles, and Non-Local Consciousness! This is the most fun Robert Langdon story since The Da Vinci Code! Dan Brown hasn’t changed as a writer, and that’s a very good…
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Klara and the Sun
Fly your book-nerd flag high! Get your book-nerd T-Shirts and more here!Find more One Man Book Club Reviews here!The Value of a Star: Ratings Explained Klara and the SunBy: Kazuo IshiguroMy Rating: THREE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up Klara and the Sun: A Brilliant AI with a…
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The Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom TollboothBy: Norton JusterMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 10 and up The Phantom Tollbooth: A Clever Book with a Bland Story Somehow I escaped childhood without ever reading The Phantom Tollbooth! So when a mysterious tollbooth appeared on my Kindle, I decided it was time to remedy…
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The Ogress and the Orphans
The Ogress and the OrphansBy: Kelly BarnhillMy Rating: THREE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 10 and up The Ogress and the Orphans: A Clever Fable That’s a Little Too Sweet Kelly Barnhill is a quality middle-grade author, and her book The Ogress and the Orphans is a clever fable with a lot…
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The Eagle’s Claw: Midway’s Historic Sea Battle
The Eagle’s Claw: A Novel of the Battle of MidwayBy: Jeff ShaaraMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up The Eagle’s Claw: The Greatest Sea Victory in US History Just like I loved his dad Michael’s take on The Battle of Gettysburg, I absolutely loved Jeff Shaara’s…
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Exploring Love and Video Games in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowBy: Gabrielle ZevinMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 18 and up Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A Love Story about Video Games (and People) I’m a bit torn on this one. I definitely liked it, but I was disappointed in the content and the…
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To Wake the Giant: Pearl Harbor Uncovered
To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl HarborBy: Jeff ShaaraMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up To Wake the Giant: A Day That Lived in Infamy, Brought to Life Just like I loved his dad Michael’s take on The Battle of Gettysburg, I absolutely loved…
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Flybot: A Sci-Fi Mystery with a Killer AI Review
FlybotBy: Dennis E. TaylorMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up Flybot: A Deliciously Fun, Sci-Fi Mystery with a Killer AI As a huge fan of the Bobiverse books, I’ve been following Dennis E. Taylor for a long time. So when I heard he was releasing a…
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Royal Gambit Review: Supernatural Intrigue and Humor
Royal Gambit: A Novel (The Checquy Files, #4)By: Daniel O’MalleyMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 18 and up Royal Gambit: X-Men, X-Files, and a Whole Lot of Tiaras The Checquy Files are my favorite guilty pleasure! They are SO much fun to read, and this book is no…
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Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Adventure
Isles of the EmberdarkBy: THE Brandon SandersonMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 14 and up (for the Cosmere-aware) Isles of the Emberdark: The Cosmere’s Past and Future, All at Once! Are you fully Cosmere aware? Then you’re in for a treat—just like you are with every single dang…
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Silverborn Review: A Magical Adventure Awaits
Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow (Nevermore, book 4)By: Jessica TownsendMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 12 and up Silverborn: The Next Harry Potter Grows Up! Another one of my favorite middle-grade series is back, and I’m happy to say that after four books, things are looking pretty…
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R.F. Kuang’s Babel: Language, Colonialism, and Power
BabelBy: R.F. KuangMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 18 and up Babel: A Smart, Reimagined History with a Linguistic Twist This is a SMART book. R.F. Kuang delivers a really cool take on historical fiction—or more like reimagined history—that will make you feel smarter just by reading it.…
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The War of the Maps: A Magical Finale
The War of the Maps (The Vanishing Kingdom, Book 3)By: Jonathan AuxierMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 12 and up The War of the Maps: A Perfectly Magical Conclusion to a Perfect Trilogy! One of my favorite middle-grade series has come to a close, and I have to…
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Anxious People: A Heartfelt Comedy by Fredrik Backman
Anxious PeopleBy: Fredrik BackmanMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 18 and up Anxious People: A Poignant Comedy about the Human Condition Fredrik Backman is one of my favorite authors, and after reading this one, I think I’ve read every book in his bibliography. He just gets us. He…
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How to Seal Your Own Fate: A Cozy Mystery Review
How to Seal Your Own FateBy: Kristen PerrinMy Rating: FOUR out of FIVE StarsBest For: 16 and up How to Seal Your Own Fate: A Clever and Cozy Return to Castle Knoll If you loved How to Solve Your Own Murder, then you’ll feel right at home with Kristen Perrin’s…
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Emotional Journey in ‘My Friends’ by Fredrik Backman
My FriendsBy: Fredrik BackmanMy Rating: FIVE out of FIVE StarsBest For: 18 and up My Friends: Here’s My Heart, Fredrik Backman. Do It Again. Fredrik Backman cheats. He writes about things that pull your heart tight, then creates moving stories and beautiful characters to keep it that way. Then he…
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