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

Float like a butterfly sting… well you know the rest…. now here’s the best - Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali by Marc Bernardin

I had high hopes, but they didn’t fly as far as I wanted… still a good book - Teen Titans: Starfire by Kami Garcia

Dragons will make thing right - The Weirn Books V02: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon by Svetlana Chmakova

The Heart of the Lion - Lion Dancers by Cai Tse

About hair and life - Knots by Colleen Frakes

The Cheese don’t stink - Lisa Cheese and Ghost Guitar (Book 1): Attack of the Snack by Kevin Alvir

Magic Sunday - Sunday by Marcelo Tolentino

A song that lead to a anti-captivity movement and understanding of a wild creature - Whalesong: The True Story of the Musician Who Talked to Orcas by Zaqchariah Ohora

Not so picture-perfect - Bunt! Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu

When there is trouble, call for these cousins - Blue Stars Mission One: The Vice Principal Problem by Kekla Magoon, Cynthia Leitich Smith

The Brain Game - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks

Meet Allon, Gabriel Again - The Cellist by Daniel Silva

A Sweet Romance Set in the Countryside - A Change of Location by Margaret Porter

The Trilogy Comes to a Close with a Few Surprises and Some Bonkers Events - Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

Intriguing, but Confusing - The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

The littlest (quietest) revolutionary - The One & Only Googoosh: Iran's Beloved Superstar by Azadeh Westergaard

I like uni uni unicorns! And cats! This book! And Venus (okay not her) - Unico V01: Awakening by Samuel Sattin

A heck of an ol’ gal! - Big Bertha: How a Massive Tunnel Boring Machine Dug a Highway Under Seattle by Amanda Abler

My mummy has fleas, she got them from meeeeee! - Mummy & Me: A Monster's Tale by Danesh Mohiuddin

Race against the tide - Crystal Cave (Sueño Bay Adventures, Volume 5) by Nancy Deas and Mike Deas

My books; not your books…. - All the Books by Hayley Rocco

Fluffy lamby and blood - Cult of the Lamb Vol. 1: The First Verse by Alex Paknadel

The Food Cart, The Girl and the Community - Noodle & Bao by Shaina Lu

“You never leave jail, and jail never leaves you.” - I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of Kids in Adult Lockup by David Chura

Healing Grief in the Ashes - House of Frank by Kay Sinclaire

Everything is connected - The Secret Network of Nature: The Delicate Balance of All Living Things by Peter Wohlleben

“One’s house is very important. It is the third and outermost of the shells that encase us.” - Old Madam Yin: A Memoir of Peking Life by Ida Pruitt

“If there is any lesson to be learned from the intervention in Afghanistan, it is perhaps the difficulty of learning lessons.” - Losing Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention by Noah Coburn

Macho, macho man. I gotta be a macho man. - The Burnt Toast B&B (Bluewater Bay Book 5) by Heidi Belleau and Rachel Haimowitz

Clown Vs Teenagers - There's No Way I'd Die First by Lisa Springer

The New Gang in Town - We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

Politics, Economy and Gender of Gaming - In Real Life by Cory Doctorow

I picked the nice online images from the book - Twig by Skottie Young

“Inconsequential Good” - Absolution by Alice McDermott

Frankie is the Gal with the Pals! - Frankie and Friends: The Big Protest by Christine Platt; Frankie and Friends: The Lost Tooth by Christine Platt

Ok I’m bragging, but who will if I don’t? Cannonball #9 - The Duel: A Story about Peace by Ines Viegas Oliveira; A Stronger Home by Katrina Chen and Elaine Su; My Dear Sea by André Carrilho

Not just for the best holiday ever, Halloween - Griselda Snook’s Spectacular Books by Barry Timms

Too much of a good thing and traveling through time can upset more than your tummy - Olivia Wolf and a Million Olivias by José Fragoso; Olivia Wolf and the Trip Through Time by José Fragoso

A seasonal book that takes a season to read - Seasonal Fears by Seanan McGuire

Some really beautiful moments don’t necessarily add up to a masterpiece of a novel - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

What can I say that hasn’t already been said? - The Secret History by Donna Tartt

When Fiction Gets A Little Too Real - Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry

You’re the right kind of sinner to release my inner fantasy. - Here for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang

Life on a Cult TV Show – While Also in an Actual Cult! - Dinner for Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz

Renovation Horrorshow (Or “I don’t deserve to be haunted by cows”) - Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker

Everything is 100% off if you don’t buy it. - Don't Be Trashy: A Practical Guide to Living with Less Waste and More Joy: A Minimalism Book by Tara McKenna

The food she ate, the wine she drunk, and the sexy times in between - An Age of License: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley

Treasures around us - Pearl of the Sea by Anthony Silverston

Just an ordinary non-binary trans teen - Ciel in All Directions by Sophie Labelle

Connecting after two months of boot camp - Camouflage Mom: A Story About Staying Connected by Sarah Hovorka

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  • W Pagee
    on This novel could have been an embroidered pillow (and also a rant about unnecessary italics)
    I was intrigued by the concept of the boxes showing up at everyone's home at the same time, and I...
  • Liz
    on Would have been better without the forced thriller/mystery angle
    Hi i agree with your review, i became tired of the Hank story and the relentless focus on violence and...
  • Emmalita
    on “Maybe I just thought I was a nonviolent person because in my old life, nobody had ever backed me into a corner with a knife to my throat.”
    Maybe they’ll share it when they do a special edition box set after the third (?) book comes out.
  • Jen K
    on The Daevabad Trilogy: “Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Revenge. Giants. Monsters. Chases. Escapes. True love. Miracles.”
    I’m about to read them for the third time (book club choice and of course I won’t stop after just...
  • Malin
    on “Maybe I just thought I was a nonviolent person because in my old life, nobody had ever backed me into a corner with a knife to my throat.”
    Yeah, they talked about it in the Live Chat they did in connection with the release (It's available on YouTube)....
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