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

I don’t know if you remember this… - Remake by Connie Willis

How would blemmyae react to cussing? - The Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan

The night will always win - Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

Not the Eddie Murphy one - The Golden Child by Penelope Fitzgerald

Button Button - Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

“Of course I’ve got a conscience, he’s sitting right next to me.” - Jackdaw by KJ Charles

I liked this better two months ago. - Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) by Sarah J. Maas

Kind of dips back into familiar territory. - Unexpected Stories by Octavia E Butler

If you like the title, you’ll like the book? - The People of Forever are not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu

Okay, But I Have Questions - The Passage Trilogy by Justin Cronin

Fluffy. But I Needed It - How to be Parisian Wherever You Are by Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan, Caroline de Maigret, Sophie Ma

History AND true crime? Yes please. - Underworld London: Crime and Punishment in the Capital City by Catharine Arnold

NPR: the book - Spark: how creativity works by Julie Burstein

More fun than the DaVinci Code and at least as plausible - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Too much of the latter, not enough of the former - Thinking fast and slow by Daniel Kahneman

Say Yes to the Marquess - Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

Oofta - The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel

Making out in the food truck is definitely a code violation - North to You (Journey to the Heart #1) by Tif Marcelo

I think she got her subtitle wrong - Life Moves Pretty Fast: Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies by Hadley Freeman

When you dedicate a book to Han Solo, odds are I’m going to like it. - Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel

We are not all heroes - Clariel: The Lost Abhorsen by Garth Nix

Interracial contract babies for the win - 40 Something’s Black Babies for the Billionaire by Nicki Jackson

Who new books about FBI agents and attorneys could actually be fun? - Something About You, A Lot Like Love, About That Night by Julie James

Everyone’s Favorite Belgian Detective - The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

Stars Without a Cause - Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema by Anne Helen Petersen

Not a super fun novel - Real World by Natsuo Kirino

Wade wants to roast marshmallows while all creation burns. - Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe by Cullen Bunn, Dalibor Talajic

An Unreliable Narrator Escapes to Freedom - Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden

Little Jordan, Little Jordan - Little Jordan by Marly Youmans

The Cider House Rules - The Cider House Rules by John Irving

Mortal Engines - Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve

Wonder Woman: The True Amazon - Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson

Checks the Boxes, But Has A Big Issue - Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned Form Eighties Movies by Hadley Freeman

Divided we fall - Annihilation (The Southern Reach Trilogy #1) by Jeff VanderMeer

“Straight people have it so much easier. They don’t understand. They can’t. There’s no such thing as openly straight.” - Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg

The Loneliest Man on the Planet - Mr. Adam by Pat Frank

“Back at the hotel Lord we got such a mess.” - Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles and so-called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky

Assassination Vacation (literally! I listened to this on vacation) - Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell

We need to talk about Peter - A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

Claustrophobia: A Study - Disquiet by Julia Leigh

Conflicted. Still, till death. - Rat Queens Volume 3: Demons by Kurtis J. Wiebe and Tess Fowler and Bonvillain

Ask a Manager: The Book - Company by Max Barry

Urban Decay - Blue City by Ross Macdonald

Some Great Essays, But A Couple Not Good Ones - Dying in the Twenty-First Century: Toward a New Ethical Framework for the Art of Dying Well by Lydia Dugdale

Am I out of breath from laughing or running? - How to Lose a Marathon: A Starter's Guide to Finishing in 26.2 Chapters by Joel Cohen

Mega Review!! Three pieces of crap, one unremarkable episode, and a nugget of purest green! - Filthy and Rich: A Billionaire Menage Romance Box Set by Multiple Authors, most of whom are crap and Charlotte Stein who is a jewel.

And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler - What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

The title makes me want to hate this. - The Museum of Dr. Moses. by Joyce Carol Oates

Americans have a lot of hangups but - Swimming Home by Deborah Levy

Another Story in Verse - Who Killed Mr. Chippendale?: A Mystery in Poems by Mel Glenn

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