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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Family Friendly Cautionary Tale - Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan

The classic to end all classics, or is it? - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Cell – Stephen King (2006) - Cell by Stephen King

*Insert Always Sunny Duster Comments Here* - Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Remind me that once I was free, once I was cool, once I was me - The Secret Place by Tana French

It’s like “Oklahoma!” But for Texas - Simon the Fiddler: A Novel by Paulette Jiles

A Few Things Get Lost in Translation from Podcast to Book - Sawbones: the Horrifying, Hilarious Road to Modern Medicine by Dr. Sydnee McElroy, Justin McElroy

50 Shades of 9/11 - Small Town by Lawrence Block

A rather Gothic mystery - The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber

CANNONBALL!!! - Balck Widow, Volume 1: The Finely Woven Thread by Nathan Edmondson

Wonder Woman, Cheetah, and Dr. Cyborg Walk Into a Bar… - Wonder Woman, Volume 4: Godwatch by Greg Rucka

Ares + Aphrodite = PROBLEMS - Wonder Woman, Volume 3: The Truth by Greg Rucka

When You Think You’re Identity is All a Lie, Or the Gods are Playing a Trick on You - Wonder Woman, Volume 1: The Lies by Greg Rucka

Genghis Khan: A guy from a long time ago who was very important. I know some things about him now! - Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

Wonder Woman Fights Modern Day Ills - Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by Laurie Halse Anderson

News from back then - Strange Victoriana: Tales of the Curious, the Weird and the Uncanny from Our Victorian Ancestors by Jan Bondeson

Didn’t super like this one, but also didn’t give it a fair shake. - The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) by R.F. Kuang

The reviews I forgot to post, part 4! - Here Comes the Night by Rob Jones

The reviews I forgot to post, part 2! - Unplugged and Unpopular by Mat Heagerty, Tintin Pantoja, and Mika Amante

Re-read a Year in Provence instead - Hotel Pastis by Peter Mayle

I guess I just don’t get the “narrative in verse” sensibility. - SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson

The King who brought back partying - A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration by Jenny Uglow

Best read with tissues handy - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

“You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become?” - Hogfather (Discworld #20) by Terry Pratchett

The Justice Bits are the Best - Defy or Defend by Gail Carriger

“A good man is made through a lifetime of work. Great men are made by their monsters.” - The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold

Hubris is the name of the game. - Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

Leopard lovers - Mine to Possess (Psy-Changeling #4) by Nalini Singh; Hostage to Pleasure (Psy-Changeling #5) by Nalini Singh

Star Scouts! Star Scouts! They’re the best! (Yeah baby!) - Star Scouts V03 The Invasion of the Scuttlebots by Mike Lawrence

Blood in the streets - Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury

Sadly, one of my biggest disappointments of the year - Gul book (Yellow Book) by Zeshan Shakar

into the woods to see the troll, to meet the boy, to sell the girl, to trick the teens, to catch the murderer, to erase the memories, to exact revenge… - The Prince and the Troll by Rainbow Rowell; Hazel and Gray by Nic Stone; The Princess Game by Soman Chainani; The Cleaners by Ken Liu; The Wickeds by Gayle Forman

I Just Wanted a Nice Soothing Book about Murder - The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth

maybe THIS is what Quibi was supposed to be? - Snow Flakes by Ruth Ware; Treasure by Oyinkan Braithwaite; Slow Burner by Laura Lippman; Buried by Jeffrey Deaver; The Gift by Alison Gaylin; Let Her Be by Lisa Unger

A cozy mystery for coffee geeks - On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle

One of my least favorite characters gets her own story; not a lot is accomplished. - Avatar the Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru

Books to buy with gift cards: Picture books - Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone by Michelle Meadows; Simon at the Art Museum by Christina Soontornvat

I really wanted to like this one; I really, really tried. - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow

BFL: Big Friendly Leviathan (Or not) - Doodleville V01 by Chad Sell

A moody Vampire falls in love with an Ice Fey-Valkyrie - Untouchable (Immortals After Dark Book 7) by Kresley Cole

Lunch was less than satisfyingly, but these picture books made up for it - Here Comes Ocean by Meg Fleming; My Rainy Day Rocket Ship by Markette Sheppard; Hurry Up!: A Book About Slowing Down by Kate Dopirak; Smashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman; The Ocean in Your Bathtub by Seth Fishman; Meet the Latkes by Alan Silberberg

Cozy mystery involving spies and Girl Scouts - Merit Badge Murder by Leslie Langtry

Sailing sailing the ocean blue - Kondo & Kezumi Visit Giant Island by David Goodner

Fly My Pretties! Oh wait, wrong witch…. ! - Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse

You wish there were only lions and tigers and bears in this forest - Kerry and the Knight of the Forest by Andi Watson

Battle on my Cousin! - 13th Street V01 Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats by David Bowels

Adorable child or annoying brat? You decide! - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley; The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley; A Red Herring without Mustard by Alan Bradley

Realizing that I need to review some of these books so that I remember I actually read them this year. - The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams; Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone

A Great Story Ruined by Some Incel Behavior - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Read This for the Backstory of the Show - Watchmen by Alan Moore

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