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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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“What is it that brings me here to stand like a rock in this river of sound?” - Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History by Robin Wall Kimmerer

“It is my destiny to know people who abuse punctuation.” Same, Joe. Same. - Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

Cats, as you know, are quite impervious to threats. - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

Underwhelming, hopefully the Netflix show is better. - The Last Wish (The Witcher, #1) by Andzrej Sapkowski

The lies that bind us - The Girl Who Drank The Moon by Kelly Barnhill

California Love - The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald

If the clothes fit, wear them - What Riley Wore by Elana K. Arnold

Ramblin’ Rose - Rose Madder by Stephen King

The Princess and the Fangirl - The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston

Who hasn’t know a Unicorn? - Unicorn Is Maybe Not So Great After All by Bob Shea

My main issue with this book is that I just wanted more of it! - A Duke in Disguise (Regency Imposters, #2) by Cat Sebastian

This Time, You Were Wrong, Bookseller - Normal People by Sally Rooney

“If no one says, This is me, this is what I believe in, and this is why I’m different, and this is why that’s okay, then what’s the point?” - When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

I can barely remember having read this one. Not a great selling point, I know. - Love in the Time of Scandal by Caroline Linden

My first DNF in years - Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World by Rachel Swaby

If you’ve read one foodie mystery you’ve almost read this - Cookin' The Books by Amy Patricia Meade

The Literary Equivalent of Junk Food - Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones

You’re not heavy you’re my twin - Twins: A Picture Book by Mike Ciccotello

New generation of Avengers, with Kamala Khan’s Ms.Marvel and Miles Morale’s Spider-man (bonus review from Ysakitty) - All-New, All-Different Avengers Vol. 1: The Magnificent Seven by Mark Waid (author), Adam Kubert (illustrator), Mahmud Asrar (illustrator)

Prequel to Beginning of Series Offered No New Insights - A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George

Five coworkers reluctantly go into the woods, four come back… - Force of Nature by Jane Harper

My mom was a Barbie Doctor - My Mama is a Mechanic by Doug Cenko

One of the richest women in the world spent her last years living by choice in a series of decrepit hospital rooms. - Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell Jr.

A fun, but forgettable detective romp - What the Lady Wants by Jennifer Crusie

He was a coward at heart, you see, although I never said the word out loud to him —not then and not ever. - Dolores Claibourne by Stephen King

I think I only appear smart by staying quiet as often as possible - Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Living in the Past - This Storm by James Ellroy

Sign up for Taloyoak’s annual Christmas Jigging Dance Contes - Simonie and the Dance Contest  by Gail Matthews

I just wanted to do my job. - Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey

Advice to Young Journal Keepers. Be lenient with yourself. Conceal your worst faults, leave out your most shameful thoughts, actions, and temptations. - Invitation to the Waltz by Rosamund Lehmann

Stories without endings can do nothing but go on forever, and to be caught in one means that you must die before your part in it is played out. - City of Glass by Paul Auster; Ghosts by Paul Auster; The Locked Room by Paul Auster

You might as well take your punishment and get it over with. - The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammet

A silly tale of the end times - Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

A Tidy Little Mystery - Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

Nobody comes off particularly well - Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of "The View" by Ramin Setoodeh

DC for the Raina Telgemeier crowd - Black Canary: Ignite by Cabot, Meg

Learn about your different voices - I Am Kind: A Little Book about Abraham Lincoln by Brad Meltzer

Should Have Stuck with One POV; Also the Book Was Pretty Grim - Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum

History of Those Who Have Left Us - Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

Very Pretty, But Not Practical for My Life - Modern Mediterranean: Sun-drenched recipes from Mallorca and beyond by Marc Fosh

What Is Normal? - Eggshells by Caitriona Lally

Rich People Problems - You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld

Where was she bound to? - Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers

Martin Beck thought about these things a lot. - Cop Killer by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo

Nobody has a good name in a bad mouth. Nobody has a good name in a silly mouth either. - The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington

I was looking at a hole…a Black hole, and as I looked, the hole opened up. - Black Hole by Charles Burns

But seriously, f*ck politeness - Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark

A tribute to big brothers - Just Like My Brother by Gianna Marino 

“Let us be what we are.” - The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation by Mark Kurlansky

Men who hate women, parts 2 & 3 - The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

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