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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Can You Follow Your Dreams Without Selling Out? - On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

No mothers, no food - Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

A Lot of Story Packed into a Novella - Jy Yang by The Black Tides of Heaven

Great Title for an Average Feminist Essay Collection - Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

An Academic Look at a Fun Subject – Latinx Rock - Rock the Nation: Latin/o Identities and the Latin Rock Diaspora by Roberto Avant-Mier

Riding the Rails - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

CBR11Bingo: Classics - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

“I shall tell you where we are. We’re in Hell.” - From Hell by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell

Magical words, friendships and a dog named Rex - Wondrous Rex by Patricia MacLachlan

Could I have an assistant to manage dating for me, too? - The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms

New Trilogy Set in a World That Still Has So Much to Explore - Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews

And this one is just a grab bag! - Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky ; Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey; My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite; We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

Celebrate you with celebrity writer, Karamo Brown - I Am Perfectly Designed H by Karamo Brown

Here’s the scoop - Whose Poop Is That? by Darrin Lunde

This post is a grab bag of fiction - Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah ; A Lily in the Light by Kristin Fields ; The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

We get it, they’re out to get you. - The Trespasser by Tana French

The scope of the short story is inevitably restricted. - The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories by PD James

“I’m writing to you in the hope that we will not be the last” - To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

Bruce One Grumpy ol’ Bear - Bruce’s Big Storm by Ryan T. Higgins

Tom Cruise, though? REALLY? - The Killing Floor (Jack Reacher #1) by Lee Child

Here a book, there a book, everywhere a book! - The Library by Sarah Stewart

Bingo is really making me branch out! - Agatha Christie: the Lost Plays by Agatha Christie

As I sat there with my eyes squeezed shut, the light faded. - The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

Life is too kind to men, whatever their color. - I, Tituba Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde

I listen to way too many mediocre thrillers on audio book - Need to Know by Karen Cleveland; Hide and Seek (Criminal Profiler #1) by Mary Burton ; Her Last Word by Mary Burton ; I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll; The Night Before by Wendy Walker ; The Forgotton Ones by Steena Holmes

Fireflies, Wildflower Moon, Black Widow and Rebirth - Season of the Sorceress: Poetry and Prose by Melody Lee

Not Bad - Time to Murder and Create by Lawrence Block

Come on James just tell me what to listen to so I’ll be cool. - Perfect Sound Whatever by James Acaster

I don’t respond. - After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Grown-Up Me May Have Overthought Things in Places but Wins in the End - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankenweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

“Well-behaved women seldom make history” - Cranky Ladies of History by Tehani Croft Wessely, Tansy Rayner Roberts (editors)

“Propelled through all this madness by your beauty and my sadness” - Rosewater by Tade Thompson

Smaller Mass Update #3: Books about a guy who owns a dog or two - Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt; First Degree by David Rosenfelt; Dog Tags by David Rosenfelt

Spencer and his Pet go on an adventure - Spencer's New Pet by Jessie Sima

Weep For What Is Lost Forever - The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey

Still No Kids For Me, Thank You - Why Have Kids by Jessica Valenti

A Character Study in a Suspense Novel - Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane

Third Book A Bit Meh, Honestly (CBR11 Bingo) - The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory

Welcome to the Grand Palace on the Thames - Lady Derring Takes a Lover by Julie Anne Long

Hang Ten and save the day - Moby Shinobi and Toby, Too V01 Surf's Up by Luke Flowers

Unicorn Diaries are similar to yours….maybe - Bo's Magical New Friend: A Branches Book (Unicorn Diaries #1) by Rebecca Elliott 

The Scope May Have Been Too Wide/Ambitious - The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo

I Might Prefer the Movie Because of the Perfect Casting Decisions - Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon

And This is Why You Don’t Make Deals at the Crossroads - That Ain't Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire

Perhaps Better as a Text Book - Do I Make Myself Clear? by Harold Evans

Emotional ride - Autopsy by Donte Collins

Urban Fantasy in London – Yay! - Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch

Not all I had hoped for, but there’s enough here to bring me back. - RASL (Vol. 1): The Drift by Jeff Smith

A Decent Enough Story But Hurt By Comparisons to Another Popular Novel - The Cactus by Sarah Haywood

“Most people would probably call me a ghost” - Remember Me by Christopher Pike

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