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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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1 Star Reviews

700+ words on how much I disliked this book - The Rose Field by Philip Pullman

No more - The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley

Pay no attention to the elephant behind the curtain - Strange Pictures by Uketsu

Dan might be a dolphin, but James the Stanton needs help! - I Think Our Friend Dan Might Be a Dolphin by James the Stanton

Do you think the author was doomed to only binge works himself? - Dissolution by Nicholas Binge

“That’s me in the corner, that’s me in the spotlight” - All The Way To The River (2025) by Elizabeth Gilbert

Groan - The Firm by John Grisham

A Merciful Death by Kendra Elliot - A Merciful Death by Kendra Elliot

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes - The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

Going Through Hell - Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

Twee But Bearable Until a Gross Joke - XOXO by Kathryn R. Biel

Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert - Death in the Family by Tessa Wegert

No Exit by Taylor Adams - No Exit by Taylor Adams

The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones - The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

Popular Doesn’t Mean Good - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell - The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

Well, this was a bait and switch - The Summer We Ran by Audrey Ingram

I read this so you don’t have to - The Bane Witch by Ava Morgyn

Beauty and the Yeast Infection - A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

Slamming My Head Into A Wall Would Have Hurt Less Than Reading This Book - Over a God's Dead Body: A Supernatural Comedy by Joel Spriggs

Unreadable Things - Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones - I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

The Walking Dull - Zone One by Colson Whitehead

I am Jack’s waste of paper - Jack Serpent by E. A. Field

From Tedious to Fine to Enraging - The Love Haters by Katherine Center

Never Flinch - Never Flinch by Stephen King

Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger - Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Swimming Lessons by Mary Alice Monroe - Swimming Lessons by Mary Alice Monroe

Misery by Stephen King - Misery by Stephen King

Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts - Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts

It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. - The Devil's Best Trick: How the Face of Evil Disappeared by Randall Sullivan

I Can Think of Three Things Wrong With This Title - Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

This Book Could Have Stayed A Secret - The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Life is too short for all these tomorrows - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

“Hatred is the sincerest form of flattery.” - If We Were Villains: A Novel by M.L. Rio

Am I Supposed To Like Him? - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by MIchael Finkel

Terrestrial History by Joe Mungo Reed - Terrestrial History by Joe Mungo Reed

The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine - The Next Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

Lost in the Weeds - Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood

Space ship psychologist becomes a not-great detective on a mysterious mission - We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen

Welcome to the Land of Missed Opportunity - Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Where’s The Abyss When You Need It? - Murder on Canvas by Aaron Ben-Shahar

I Mean Sure, But Also No - The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins

I Would Die For You by Sandie Jones - I Would Die for You by Sandie Jones

Raise the Red Flag - All Fours by Miranda July

Yawn - The High Mountain Court by A. K. Mulford

First book I’ve not finished in a while - The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

Circling and Circling - Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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