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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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It’s a fact that every minute you hold a child, it triples in mass. - Someone Could Get Hurt by Drew Magary

That’s how confident they are. No one would dare stand in front of our house and watch us, they think. - Looker by Laura Sims

“A soft heart only makes it easier for a knife to slip in.” - The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken

A Long and Complicated Read - A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Middle book syndrome? Or just me? - The Golem's Eye (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, #2) by Jonathan Stroud

Sex and Travel (Emphasis on the Sex) - Wanderlust by Elizabeth Eaves

It is not because we are rats that we tend to abandon people who are down, it is because we are embarrassed. - A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark

White Feminism: A Novel - The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer

CBR11 #1 – Salt by Nayyirah Waheed - Salt by Nayyirah Waheed

Fairy tale update with a Latinx spin - Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore

Marry Groundhog Day With Clue and Quantum Leap…and then do weird stuff - The 7 and 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

THIS REVIEW: might not be a popular opinion. But it is mine after this reading of it. - When Sadness Is at Your Door by Eva Eland

Proudly Perfectly Peculiar - The Peculiar Possum by Tracey Hecht

We all do things in a certain individual way, according to our temperaments. - The Benson Murder Case by SS Van Dine

Oftentimes these ministers of darkness tell us truths in little things, to betray us into deeds of greatest consequence - Tales from Shakespeare by Mary and Charles Lamb

What might happen if a fan got to live inside her favorite story. - The Fandom by Anna Day

Daughters of the Lake - Daughters of the Lake by Wendy Webb

Good, but wants more meat… - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Outlander meets Criminal Minds - A Murder in Time by Julie McElwain

High School Drama + Magic + Alabama + Hipsters - Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

Home Improvement - Sideswipe by Charles Willeford

Maybe Don’t Bind Your Fate to First Hottie You Meet - Smoke & Summons (The Numina Series, Book 1) by Charlie N. Holmberg

Slow but steady wins the race… but not always? - The Discovery of Slowness by Sten Nadolny

A Severance Package at the End of the World - Severance by Ling Ma

Ending with a Zombie Killing Porn Star and a Priest in a Bar - Devil Said Bang by Richard Kadrey

He was a user of his own consciousness, but he did not have owner privileges - Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

So Jacob galloped over the fields of Essex, flopped in the mud, lost the hunt, and rode by himself eating sandwiches… - Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf

A little too familiar - 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad

A short little homage to Richard Matheson - Elevation by Stephen King

It is a truth universally acknowledged that I am a sucker for a decent Austen retelling. - Jane of Austin by Hillary Manton Lodge

This is my year of not apologising for reading romance - Highlander by Julia Sykes

Diamonds and death - Secrets in the Stones by Tessa Harris

A little Heart attack can be a good thing - My Heart by Corinna Luyken

Fast times at DC High - DC Super Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis by Shea Fontana

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum - Vox by Christina Dalcher

I wanted so much more from this one - This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Philipps

Holmes would not be amused - The Mangle Street Murders by M.R.C. Kasasian

Abner and Ian try to get it right (side up) - Abner & Ian Get Right-Sided Up by Dave Eggers

Mostly Likely you’ll love this book if you give it a try - Tomorrow Most Likely by Dave Eggers

“We’re all just satellites in your orbit.” - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Sable *in context* means black, and other crafting annoyances. - Ami Ami Kittens: Seriously Cute Crochet! by Mitsuki Hoshi; Literary Yarns: Crochet Projects Inspired by Classic Books by Cindy Wang

Princess Sparkle Destroyer of Worlds - Sanity and Tallulah by Molly Brooks

Her Bloody Heart Tumbled Into My Lap - Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

XOXO, Gossip Girl - My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren

Groovy kind of love - Pete the Cat's Groovy Guide to Love by James Dean

I just can’t quit you, Lauren Oliver. - Broken Things by Lauren Oliver

“[We’ll] never know how much of this book the squirrel wrote.”—Mindy Kaling - My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper

In which the cute cooking manga takes a depressing turn - Kitchen Princess: Vol. 5 by Natsumi Ando (artist), Miyuki Kobayashi (writer); Kitchen Princess: Vol. 6 by Natsumi Ando (artist), Miyuki Kobayashi (writer)

Taking leave of my publisher, I went to consult an artist friend on my future prospects. - A Rogue's Life by Wilkie Collins

Palaces for the People - Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg

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    on “I’d looked into the face of death. I’d mistaken him for a friend.”
    The apartment is highly aspirational for sure. Great review!
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    Fully agree about Angel.
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