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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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When they were kids, it had felt like she was always the one saving him. - His Grumpy Childhood Neighbor by Jackie Lau

The Real Not Real High School Years - Azumanga Daioh Omnibus by Kiyohiko Azuma

“I am not political,” Jebi said - Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee

Veldt to scrub to fields to farms to these first tumbling houses that rise from the earth. - Perdido Street Station by China Meiville

Tex, if there’s anything I love more than playing Russian roulette with your standard case of rabies it’s storytelling - If the Boot Fits by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Picard: Counting down to the series - Picard: Countdown by Kirsten Beyer & Mike Johnson

“Seriously, my friend’s daughter is constantly misgendered because she favours clothes with dinosaurs on. EVERYONE KNOWS ALL DINOSAURS WERE BOYS AND THAT’S WHY THEY’RE EXTINCT.” - The Gender Games by Juno Dawson

“At the barn fire of insanity” - The Luckiest Guy Alive by John Cooper Clarke

A fun, original contemporary romance - Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Any Atwood is a good Gateway to Atwood (CBR12Bingo 2: Gateway) - The Tent by Margaret Atwood

Beautiful music together (CBR12Bingo 2: Music) - Something Wonderful by Todd S Purdum

Winnie the Pooh was inspired by a real bear named Winnie: cbr12 bingo “The Roaring 20’s” - Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall (artist)

Faerie relationship etiquette is really strange, but I really like some aspects of it. - A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire

A walk down white man memory lane (Bingo – Gateway) - Chances Are by Richard Russo

An unusual murder mystery - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Another Ilona Andrews book I absolutely loved. Are you surprised? (double bingo) - Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews

Sometimes the Horrors We Create In Our Minds Are Easier to Exist With Than Reality - The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

She was twenty-nine and had been fully with Team No Boyfriend since birth - Sweet on You: A Filipino Christmas Romance by Carla de Guzman

So this is supposed to be about the how, and when, and why, and what of reading–about the way that, when reading is going well, one book leads to another and to another, a paper trail of theme and meaning… - Ten Years in the Tub by Nick Hornby

“I’m a gallery of broken hearts” - Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Two years before leaving home my father said to my mother that I was very ugly. - The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante

“She’s my Small Wonder. I’m her Voltron” - The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

Two books about friends are better than one book about friends - Will You Be My Friend? by Sam McBratney ; The Bear and the Moon by Matthew Burgess

Just too darn cute! Read it! - The Word for Friend by Aidan Cassie

The kids are alright - Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone

“He hoped he wouldn’t need to flee anything terrible.” - The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Beyond gold-diggers and groupies - The Sport Marriage: Women Who Make It Work by Steven M. Ortiz

How do you adapt a comic book into an audiobook? (Bingo #7) - Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman; The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman; Dream Country by Neil Gaiman

Share the Love - Nala’s World by Dean Nicholson

I need a cat-chy title so Cat-ch! - A Cat Story by Ursula Murray Husted

Summarizing the entire series after reading the last five books in it - Amulet V04 The Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi; Amulet V05 Prince of the Elves by Kazu Kibuishi; Amulet V06 Escape from Lucien by Kazu Kibuishi; Amulet V07 Firelight by Kazu Kibuishi; Amulet V08 Supernova by Kazu Kibuishi

London Calling - Hard Light by Elizabeth Hand

Satisfying conclusion to trilogy with dangling threads about where the world can go next: cbr12bingo “Purple” - The Queen of Sorrow: Book Three in the Queens of Renthia Series by Sarah Beth Durst

Sho-Be - Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty by Jeff Pearlman

Courting with samosas and hot parking lot truck sex. - Tikka Chance on Me by Suleikha Snyder

A romance where the best part isn’t the romance. #CBRBingo – Book Club - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

“There is much goodness in him, and he is as noble as a man without real love can be.” - The Mussel Feast by Birgit Vanderbeke

All that glitters is not gold… - The Covent Garden Ladies: The Extraordinary Story of Harris's List by Hallie Rubenhold

Sexy Witches in Seattle - Heart of Darkness by Lauren Dane

Some places, you never leave the same - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

“The future isn’t a warning my friend, it’s a promise.” - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

‘There’s weird shit,’ I said. ‘And we deal with the weird shit, but normally it turns out that there’s a perfectly rational explanation.’ Which is often that a wizard did it. - Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch; Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch; The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

A delightful British rom-com (Bingo #6) - Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

I am a rule breaker….And can be unlike Kiku and her family in this graphic novel - Displacement by Kiku Hughes

I scream you scream for Halloween! (Or: Autumn books that can be Halloween books ) - We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt by Mary Hogan Wilcox ; She Wanted to Be Haunted by Marcus Ewert; The Little Kitten by Nicola Killen; A Unicorn Named Sparkle and the Pumpkin Monster by Amy Young

Suspense Is Killing - Hipster Death Rattle by Richie Narvaez; A Touch of Death by Charles Williams

Enemies to lovers in a dark, pre-historic world - A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane

“We gotta get out while we’re young, ’cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run” (double Bingo) - Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

Murder in a mansion on an island? Yes, please! - The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Lighthearted version of Rebecca - The Last Mrs. Summers by Rhys Bowen

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    I just read this and the sequel, really enjoyed both!
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