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

Nature of happiness - The Fox on the Swing by Evelina Daciute

My annoyance with Jefferson continues - Founding Gardners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation by Andrea Wulf

More of the Same Teenage Drama in Sequel to To All the Boys I Loved Before - P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

← …you have wronged me and my descendants… - The Girl in the Castle by Santa Montefiore

I am genuinely glad I finished out the series - Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

1907 vs 2007 – when would you rather have lived? - Astor Place Vintage by Stephanie Lehmann

Strong Debut - Mummy's Favorite by Sarah Flint

Bad books make for a good read - Bad Book Club by Robin Ince

“But this didn’t feel like magic. It felt a lot older than that. It felt like music.” - Soul Music by Sir Terry Pratchett

Agony and Relief: Birth Order as Curse - Secondborn by Amy A. Bartol

This SHOULD have been a duology - Renegades by Marissa Meyer; Archenemies by Marissa Meyer

Fun closed murder-mystery with a lot of men - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Jake Ballard (not that one) is a terrible boyfriend - Rock the Boat by Rachael Herron

When your neighbor is unbearably grumpy - The Snow Rabbit by Georgiana Deutsch

When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy. - Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons

The Dark Waters of Doom… - The Case of Jennie Brice by Mary Roberts Rinehart

What would you do if you were arrested for wearing pants? - Mary Wears What She Wants by Keith Negley

Why isn’t dinner on the table, and other complaints of hardworking men - Puppet for a Corpse by Dorothy Simpson

If you want to appreciate this, read the Mahabharata first. - Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

Life is a long quiet river… - La brocante Nakano (The Nakano Thrift Shop) by Hiromi Kawakami (translated by Elisabeth Suetsugu)

The Streets of Isola are a Cold, Bleak Place - The Pusher by Ed McBain

The unbearable like-likeness of the so-so book review - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

People are different in reality from the way you’ve seen them while making scenarios in your mind. - The Water's Lovely by Ruth Rendell

She asks how you make friends in a big school. He thinks about it. - Love by Hanne Orstavik

THEY DON’T EAT THE DOG - The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

“There’s no shame in devoting yourself to another person, as long as he devotes himself to you in return.” - Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

“No one is going to tell you all the things you want to hear all the time. You have to know them yourself.” - This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps

A Whole lot of lying - Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard; Flawless by Sara Shepard; Perfect by Sara Shepard; Unbelievable by Sara Shepard

We have two lives; the life we learn with and the life we live after that. - The Natural by Bernard Malamud

A Coming-of-Age Mystery - Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

Backpacking in Thailand goes terribly wrong - The Suspect by Fiona Barton

You can’t choose your family - Maigret and the Old Lady by Georges Simenon

Was More Interested in Secondary Characters - From Mum With Love by Louise Emma Clark

A Look At Three Women’s Lives Over Six Months - The Happiness Project by Pippa James

Sequel to Watership Down Does Not Quite Live Up to First Book - Tales from Watership Down by Richard Adams

Book Goes Off Rails at 50 Percent Mark - Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

What do you do with not one, but two under 20 page books that you want to review? - Baby's First Chinese New Year  by DK Publishing; Who Loves Boo? by Salina Yoon

I’m a Teacher In a Movie (or “I’m a college professor in a contemporary romance”) - My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren

Only Enjoyed One Time Period - The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

Very Strong Debut, Some Issues with Character Development and Pacing - The Forgotten Hours by Katrin Schumann

Typical Romance Read - Three Girls and a Leading Man by Rachel Schurig

Sweet Nightingale - Nightingale by Amy Lukavics

Okay Thriller and Mystery - The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

Sisters are doing it for themselves - Sugarhouse Blues by Mariah Stewart

There was a set of dictums. - The Breathing Method by Stephen King

At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored - Les Enfants Terribles by Jean Cocteau

Love me some historical messy bishes - The White Queen by Philippa Gregory

It’s our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive! - Are you my Mother? by Alison Bechdel

It finds the right story at the halfway point - Warlight by Michael Ondaatje

You’re Not Over The Hill If You Can Still Match Wits With German Spies - N or M? by Agatha Christie

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