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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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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

Not the emotional wreckage I was told to expect - A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

Some cool bits in here, and Very Silly, but not great. - The Last Continent (Discworld, #22) by Terry Pratchett

- Play it Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar by Brad Tolinski and Alan Di Perna

There are worse excuses… - The phantom tollbooth by Norton juster

And there are also Bees! - Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

Frivolous Filler - Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes: a short story by Karin Slaughter

omg - God: A Human History by Reza Aslan

Cute town, cute people, cute book - How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry

Where’d You Go, Bernadette? is a Question I Didn’t Really Need Answered - Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

It’s not about Gender, it’s about Power. - The Power by Naomi Alderman

Meditation with a Back Story - 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing my Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works - A True Story by Dan Harris

Some Perspective… - What It Is Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes

Outdoorsy Love in NYC - Sunset in Central Park by Sarah Morgan

I don’t think I’m supposed to be siding with the guy in this one … - Sleepless in Manhattan by Sarah Morgan

There was no cry of “Special” this time, and nothing false or pretended about the urgency they felt to be out of the place. - The Collected Stories of Peter Taylor by Peter Taylor

Identity crisis - Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

Robbing banks with a twist - Nemesis by Jo Nesbo

OMG… Is He Also a Witch?! - OMG... Is He Also a Witch?! by Talia Aikens-Nunez

Murder, intrigue and the London tube - I See You by Clare Mackintosh

Seeing comes before words. - Ways of seeing by John Berger

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