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

It’s a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don’t give it the power to do its killing. - The Fault in our Stars by John Green

A Lopsided Rivalry – the Book Blurb Was a Bit Off on this One - The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

Come see the glory of Vermont! - Night-Night Vermont AND Good Night Vermont AND Hello, Vermont! by Katherine Sully, Michael J. Tougias and Martha Day Zschock

Look! Someone has a brain like me! - First we make the beast beautiful by Sarah Wilson

In a shocking turn of events, the book was NOT better! - The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Clothes Horse Meets Fashion Don’t - Miss Wonderful by Loretta Chase

“The love of the Rabbit unto you.” - The Rabbit Great and Terrible by Nelson Chereta

Gourmet Dining on a Pirate Ship - Cinnamon and Gunpowder by Eli Brown

It Actually IS Brain Surgery (CBR10 BINGO) - Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh

Marlowe: The Dark Knight Returns - Only To Sleep by Lawrence Osborne

I saw these books described as Zack Morris is space, and now I can’t forget it. - Steel World, Dust World, Tech World, Machine World, Death World, Home World, Rogue World, Blood World, Dark World by BV Larson

More Puns, Less Poop Please - Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne

Family Matters and Magic - Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Revelations (AND) Allies by Lydia Sherrer

People don’t want to listen to their thoughts, so they fill the world with noise. - Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly

Even if I wouldn’t touch him with yours… - Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Attention: Lena is Excited but her shoes? Not so much! - Lena's Shoes Are Nervous: A First-Day-Of-School Dilemma by Keith Calabrese

“You are not the authority on what makes others feel loved.” - This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today by Chrissy Metz

Birthday! #CBRBingo - Marita: The Spy Who Loved Castro by Marita Lorenz

I just bought it because of the cover - Kidnapped by the Pirate by Keira Andrews

They’re All Grown Up - Last Night's Scandal by Loretta Chase

Nothing’s More Important than Family, Right? - The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen

A Well-Written Romance Novel But Not Quite for Me - Pansies by Alexis Hall

It’s a bloody thing, being a vampire - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

A Lullaby for your little one - A Lullaby of Summer Things by Natalie Reif Ziarnik

Manners (and compelling eyes) - One Word from Sophia by Jim Averbeck

Saving a marriage…for a little while - Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle

Las Mariposas – Sisters standing up to a murderous dictator - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

I had to stop reading this at night - And The Sea Called Her Name by Joe Hart

Did someone order another budding chef story? - Brave Chef Brianna by Sam Sykes, Selina Espiritu, Sarah Stern

Who’s the stranger in this house? - A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena

WWCTCD: When We Come Together to Celebrate Diversity - All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman

If We Don’t Eat Our Classmates, what is a poor Dino to Do? - We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Don’t Go Hitchhiking - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

Mr. Monkey Books One and Two - Mr. Monkey series by Jeff Mack

Well lookie here….. - Look by Fiona Woodcock

“I’ve got the bad blood in me I think, the mad uncle, the bit of the bullet.” - My Wicked Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros

Don’t eat that but read this! - Don’t Eat That by Drew Sheneman

I am not your subject or your servant, and if you want a cowering mouse for a wife, go find someone else who can turn silver to gold for you. - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

So This Actually Worked … - Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

Capers are better with magic - The Paladin Caper by Patrick Weekes

An Engineer is no match for a Historian with his dander up! - Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

“…do you think it could happen in real life?” “What?” “For someone to have no conscience?” - Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott

Not every story needs a love story - All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai

All couples start off as Romeo and Juliet and end up as Laurel and Hardy. - My Ex-Life by Stephen McCauley

Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine is… fine. - Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman

Walking the Dog or Dog Walking Owner? - Walk Your Dog by Elizabeth Stevens Omlor

Cece Loves Science Experiments - Cece Loves Science by Kimberly Derting and Shelli R. Johannes

“I don’t believe in anything, but I’m too much of a gambler not to be affected by a lot of things.” - The Glass Key by Dashiell Hammett

No Mourners, No Funerals - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Rot, the Cutest in the World?? - Rot, the Cutest in the World! by Ben Clanton

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