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

But where are the crows? - The Puzzle Wood by Rosie Andrews

Night & Day by John Connolly - Night & Day by John Connolly

The Man in the Arena - Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

Failure to Launch - Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Surprisingly Dull Bones - The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist by Mary Manhein

“No other bosses but mine and my opponents’ can have your soul jerked out of your body and sent to the deepest fiery pits to suffer for eternity. Unless you work for Walmart.” - The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams

This is why you shouldn’t touch chain emails with a ten-foot pole. - The Devil's Advisor by Brad Abdul

Too Much Moral Ambiguity? - One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall

This was sadly a complete dud - The Love Haters by Katherine Center

All Cops Are… Bad at Telling a Story - From a Buick 8 by Stephen King

Friends to Lovers by Sally Blakely - Friends to Lovers by Sally Blakely

All This Can Be True by Jen Michalski - All This Can Be True by Jen Michalski

Jeneva Conventional - Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

I really did want to like this! - Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

The Crash by Frieda McFadden - The Crash by Frieda McFadden

Maybe it would work as a movie but needed more for a book - Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao

Let Me Forget - Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh

Judgy-wudgy was a bear… - No Judgement by Lauren Oyler

I give up - Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts

The Love Haters by Katherine Center - The Love Haters by Katherine Center

Invading plants from outer space - Overgrowth by Mira Grant

Hippy Shenanigans Colorful Characters Dope and Crime - Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware - One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

Battle for the Truth - Towards Zero by Agatha Christie

What If It’s You? - What If It's You by Jilly Gagnon

Pretty Weak Essay Collection - How to Ruin Everything by George Watsky

Two and a half cigarette men! - The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James

The face of the cyborg and detective - Model Five Murder: a sci-fi noir by Tan Juan Gee

Like so many things, this could’ve been better with Charlize Theron in it - 1989 (Allie Burns #2) by Val McDermid

What was the point? - The Book That Held Her Heart by Mark Lawrence

I Could Kill Stephen King - The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King

We’re All Named After Murder Victims. What Could Go Wrong? - The Family Plot: A Novel by Megan Collins

People who live in glass houses shouldn’t host baby showers on broiling hot days - So Thrilled For You (2025) by Holly Bourne

The Maid’s Secret by Nita Prose - The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose

Mediocre Mysteries - Murder by the Book by Ed. Martin Edwards

In Search of the Green Fairy - The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and the World’s Most Dangerous Spirit by Evan Rail

Made me want to re-read Six of Crows instead - To Steal from Thieves by M.K. Lobb

Goodreads Didn’t Even Have Quotes for Me To Choose a Title From. - Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers

Why does Superman always get top billing? - Superman's Good Guy Gang by Rob Justus

Sisters, secrets and dog catchers - Ruff Day (Sixth-Grade Shape-Shifter) by Steven Scott

I see the potential but … - Steelflower by Lilith Saintcrow

Elinor shook her head wearily. “You could have simply told us. Any of us. We would have kept your secrets.” - The Portrait of a Duchess by Scarlett Peckham

“This is nothing but a tower, and I am nothing but a scientist of sufficiently advanced technology, which is to say a magician” - Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Bruh. - A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Break your silence if you would/before the sun goes down for good - The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold-Hearted - Pale Gray for Guilt by John D. Macdonald

Transformers: “Transform and Roll Out!” - Transformers: Worst Bot Ever: Meet Ballpoint by Brian "Smitty" Smith 

The Bookstore Keepers by Alice Hoffman - The Bookstore Keepers by Alice Hoffman

Slither by Joseph Delaney - Slither by Joseph Delaney

A few quick reads to take my mind off things - The Holiday Disaster: A Brother's Best Friend Gay Romance (Doves of Destiny Book 1) by Rye Cox; Knot Your Average Christmas: A FFM Holiday Omegaverse story by S.R. Griffith; Affogato (BrewBiz book 1) by E.M. Lindsay

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