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

Don’t read this book unless you can commit to it. - The Leopard by Jo Nesbo

We’re All Strangers to Each Other - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

The street was made of glass sheeting - The Emissary by Yoko Tawada

Maybe the better book? - Into The Water by Paula Hawkins

“For a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me.” - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Lots of mugs, dames, and goons–not so much plot - Noir: A Novel by Christopher Moore

If you judge success by the number of enemies you make, that was a highly successful evening. - The Whispering Skull, The Hollow Boy, The Creeping Shadow, The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud

The fantasy is a lie - The Pisces by Melissa Broder

I enjoyed it but have a hard time not complaining about problems - The Nine: Thieves of Fate 1 by Tracy Townsend

That Escalated Quickly - Injustice: Gods Among Us Vol. 1 by Tom Taylor

Silent Girls Can’t Tell Who Killed Them - The Silent Girls by Eric Rickstad

That’s Better! - Game Play by Lynda Aicher

A non fiction Wonder - Ugly by Robert Hoge

Read the Book, too! - Read the Book, Lemmings! by Ame Dyckman

I feel like I’m okay with this ending - In The Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken

Don’t throw stones at the neighbors if your house is made of glass - The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth

I did like the bit where Theresa discovers how to make “magic elf-bread” - Once Upon a Marquess by Courtney Milan

An eyesore, a disgrace: tar-paper shanty with old rusty pieces of tin nailed up any which way. - With Shuddering Fall by Joyce Carol Oates

A firewoman, a horse named Trixie Skillz and the literal embodiment of Pestilence ride across post-apocalyptic North America - Pestilence by Laura Thalassa

Or just read “Girl on the Train” instead - Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

How to prove sentience? A meta-galactic version of Eurovision, of course! - Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

Couldn’t Find a More Deserving Victim - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny

Voices from the Underground Railroad - Voices from the Underground Railroad by Kay Winters

The four men responsible for this last deal in human flesh… - Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston

All the Animals Where I Live - All the Animals Where I Live by Philip C. Stead

A Night Out - A Night Out with Mama by Quvenzhané Wallis

Good Read for Summer - Cinnamon and Gunpowder: A Novel by Eli Brown

Don’t do the audiobook - The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit

Live in fragments no longer. - Howards End by E.M. Forster

Go nowhere on a horse that fades, for your dreams will betray you. - Night's Master by Tanith Lee

This fire left me feeling tepid - Home Fire and Antigone by Kamila Shamsie and Sophocles

The Movie Can Be Better than the Book - The Princess Bride by William Goldman

“The beauty of it cannot be understood, either, and when you see beauty in desolation it changes something inside you.” - The Southern Reach Trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, Acceptance) by Jeff VanderMeer

“It’s our secrets that make us sick.” - The Cruelest Month (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #3) by Louise Penny

One Cannot Live on Faith Alone - The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

Teen Suicide without a gimmick - I Was Here by Gayle Foreman

I Am Doll Parts - You'll Never Know, Dear by Hallie Ephron

The Heroine Is Not As Charming As She Thinks She Is - A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

A Roaring Start - A Duke in Shining Armor by Loretta Chase

I don’t know about you but does your Pet want a Pet too? - My Pet Wants a Pet by Elise Broach

Listen, you’re not complicated at all. You’re only…You’re just schizophrenic, or a spy… - A Girl In Exile by Ismail Kadare

I think there was no time but now when we were supposed to know each other. One thing ends and another begins. - The Driest Season by Meghan Kenny

Rabbit Moon - Rabbit Moon by Jean Kim

The Unimaginary Friend - The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat

Petra finds herself? - Petra by Marianna Coppo

So Far So Good - Hexed by Kevin Hearne

A Decent Enough Introduction - Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

Like an appetizer that just makes you want the actual meal even more - A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas

I don’t think I could name all the main characters if my life depended on it - Durarara!! vol. 8 by Ryohgo Narita

Evil Little Girl Corporate Villain vs God - The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 1 by Carlo Zen, Shinobu Shinotsuki (character design), Chika Tojo (artist)

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