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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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He opened his eyes, and yes, there it was, the perfect knowledge: Anything was possible for anyone.” - Anything Is Possible (Amgash 2) by Elizabeth Strout

Easy and Breezy - Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

And the worms ate into his brain - Surfacing by Margaret Atwood

It cleared a low bar - Euphoria by Lily King

Good, but not as good as the author thinks it is - The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

No more nipples, but we DO get a purple tornado and lightning… - Wildfire by Ilona Andrews

Has he ever met a person? - The Circle by Dave Eggers

“If you mean Miss Austen, I don’t find her particularly romantic,” Tasmin declared. “Can’t say that I care much about the marriage arrangements among the middle classes.” - The Berrybender Narratives parts 1 and 2: Sin Killer, Wandering Hill by Larry McMurtry

Not as exciting as I expected - Commonwealth by Ann Patchett

Engaging Series, but a Little Too Plodding Here for my Tastes - Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

Charley Davidson, Private Eye and Grim Reaper at your service - First Grave on the Right: Charley Davidson, Book 1 by Darynda Jones

A somewhat problematic murder mystery - The Fashion in Shrouds by Margery Allingham

The Wrong Girl? - The Right Girl by Ellie O'Neill

Becoming more human - Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

Just a few long-leggedy beasties - Beats of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang

Turns out I’m not boring! I just play boringly. - Play: How it shapes the brain, opens the imagination, and invigorates the soul by Stuart Brown

The best mechanical octopus tv cat person professor ever - The Wrong Dead Guy by Richard Kadrey

Further adventures in terrible book covers - White Hot by Ilona Andrews

Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol - Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol #01 The Haunted House Next Door by Andres Miedoso

My first self help book was…okay - What To Say When You Talk To Your Self by Shad Helmstetter Ph.D

Actress, knitter, author. Is there anything she can’t do? - Bonfire by Krysten Ritter

Can you hear me now? - Crosstalk by Connie Willis

You don’t kill someone you’re indifferent to - A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton

Reading is Fundamental; Reading the Right Words is Power-full - The Librarian by Mikhail Elizarov (tr. Andrew Bromfield)

Thanks, kind Cannonballer… - Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews

The French are Coming – Wait, What? - Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik

The moonlit wings reflect the skies that guide me towards salvation - Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik

The fire’s starting to die out a bit now - Heart on Fire by Amanda Bouchet

While he was sleeping. - The Girl With the Make-Believe Husband (Rokesbys, #2) by Julia Quinn

Liked it, wanted more. - Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown

Impossible, Improbable, the Truth - The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Science behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases by E.J. Wagner

Sisters Forever - Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

An interesting personal history/expose made weaker by mediocre writing - Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill

Continuing on past the end of the world, after the end of the world - Deacon - Gideon's Riders #2 by Kit Rocha

Six Degrees of Separation - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

This is a series I am still reading. - Faith of the Fallen (The Sword of Truth, #6) by Terry Goodkind

Werewolves in Love - Romancing the Werewolf (Supernatural Society #2) by Gail Carriger

What’s the title of this book? I didn’t hear the first 20 times you said it. - The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu

Joey had reasons. They were threefold. - The Sea King by C.L. Wilson

Missing the Beatles and Norse Insults - Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

Schwab sticks the landing (mostly) - A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic Book 3) by V.E. Schwab

Potter Adjacent - The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

A poignant romance - The Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren

Polish prosecutor Teodor solves murders and maybe also murders people? - Rage by Zygmunt Miloszewski

X is for xtremely dull - X by Sue Grafton

Did she say yes to the dress? - My Real Children by Jo Walton

“Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.” - The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

An Average but Enjoyable Trip to Grouchy England - Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

At least there’s no GD ghost bear. - A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6) by Diana Gabaldon

Nevertheless she persisted - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

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