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

Not as much bang for the bosh - Bosh! On a Budget by Henry Firth, Ian Theasby

Miserable people described beautifully - Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

I am big and still learning - When I’m Big by Ella Bailey

Love, Love me do - Love Rules: A Family’s True Story of Adoption and Unconditional Love by Andrea Melvin

Grandma’s story - When I Was a Fairy by Tom Silson

“Maybe one day I’ll live somewhere and then I’ll have an address and I’ll send you a picture postcard and you can put it in your damn address book, since you seem so damn concerned about it.” - Killing Floor by Lee Child

Lots of Good Info - The Book About Getting Older by Dr Lucy Pollock

Proud Pride - This Little Rainbow: A Love-Is-Love Primer and Pride 1 2 3 by Joan Holub; Pride 1 2 3 by Michael Joosten

I’m really getting into these Nobrow Press books - The Perfect Rock by Sarah Nobel

One flighty cat - Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Space (This Is a Reissue of a Previous Edition) by Dominic Walliman

Schooling the class - Agatha May and the Anglerfish by Nora Morrison and Jessie Ann Foley

The Perfect Neighborhood - The Perfect Neighborhood by Liz Alterman

Surprised Pikachu Face - The Ex by Alafair Burke

Circling Back to You - Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes - White Bones (Katie Maguire #1) by Graham Masterton

There’s Always Room in My Life For Middle Grade Mysteries - The Bell, The Book, and the Spellbinder by Brad Strickland; The Chessmen of Doom by John Bellairs

When a tumbleweed learns a little mindfulness - Slow Down, Tumbleweed! by Haven Iverson

Take a hike - The Hike: (Nature Book for Kids, Outdoors-Themed Picture Book for Preschoolers and Kindergarteners) by Alison Farrell

Tiny Monster Big Ol’ Heart - Anzu the Great Kaiju V01 by Benson Shum

The Grifter and the Heiress - Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

More Like the Book of Old Cases, Right? - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

Christmas in June - Christmas Romance by Catherine Hart, Betina Krahn, Linda Ladd, Barbara Dawson Smith, Katherine Sutcliffe

The Bad Friend We Can’t Resist - Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

I think I might end up reading Dare’s entire back catalogue at this point - Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

the challenges of an author’s back catalogue - The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

finale (for now) - Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

things do take a turn for the worse - Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

‘“There is nothing to talk about” she said. “I’m just a freak that’s all.”’ - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

STEMinist definitely isn’t my favorite but… - Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood

Something old and something new - Drrr!! SH x1 by Ryohgo Narita, Suzuhito Yasuda

not for me, but ymmv! - Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

a more successful out of season christmas read - The Lights on Knockbridge Lane by Roan Parrish

whoever said you can’t go home (to spindle cove) might be right - A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare

bit of a power disparity at play here, ymmv - The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare

another castle, another lord - When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare

Support your local drag queens! - 50 Drag Queens Who Changed the World by Dan Jones

I would live your life so much better than you, if I had your face. - If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

I had a book read to me part two - Dear Little One by Nina Laden; Paletero Man by Lucky Diaz

Word of the Day: Kindness - Can Sophie Change the World? by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace; A Small Kindness by Stacy McAnulty; Hundred Feet Tall by Benjamin Scheuer

I had a story read to me! - Aalfred and Aalbert by Morag Hood

Good for what it is - White Bird by R.J. Palacio

Really, LA County Library, I’m still reeeeeeeading it! - Lush Life by Richard Price

Basic But Not Bad - Essential Managers: Managing People by Philip L. Hunsaker and Johanna Hunsaker

Sophy is fine, Charles is a pill - The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer

“Maybe she is reaching out because she has sent another man to his grave prematurely. Or maybe she wants to know if I can buy eggs on the way home. Either way, I’m not picking up.” - My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

“The world had teeth and it could bite you with them anytime it wanted.” - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

south asian P&P adaptations never really do it for me 🙁 - Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron

not memorable HR double header - Girls Before Earls by Anna Bennett; The Duchess Hunt by Lorraine Heath

Eat the Rich. - Strip Jack by Ian Rankin

romance novel jobs are hilarious to me - Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey

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