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

Pretty Fly for an Antiquated Gay Stereotype - The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

Well I definitely learned a lot! - How to Be Black by Baratunde R. Thurston

I had The Zombies song stuck in my head for a week - She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

From Vacant Lot to Thriving Garden - Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman

Time to get your 80’s on in a nerdy, techie way - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

The only rival to the cold detachment of science is the cold detachment of Arthur C. Clarke - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

More Scalzi sarcasm, in teenage girl form - Zoe's Tale (Old Man's War #4) by John Scalzi

Sleeping Giants - Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

My Dad is a Paranoid Megalomanic Wizard Who Refuses to Respect my Boundaries. - Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews

A Book Full of Interesting Eddies - The Brutal Telling (Inspector Gamache #5) by Louise Penny

Can’t believe I almost skipped this one - Faithful Place by Tana French

Modern Romance - Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg

We are all just dust jackets for books. - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

For trust not him that hath once broken faith - Once Broken Faith by Seanan McGuire

“You’re like a crazy cat lady, but you collect killers instead of fluffy cats.” - Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews

Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman - After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie by Jean Rhys

The Fibonacci Novel - Speak: A Novel by Louisa Hall

“His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about.” - Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

*Thursday* - We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Small Southern towns - The Risen by Ron Rash

Norman Ollestad, Boy Wonder - Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad

“Forget Orson Welles, and heed Walt Whitman: “I am large, I contain multitudes.” - I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong

It’s hard not to root for Stella - How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan

The Variants are coming! The Variants are coming! - Extinction Age (Extinction Cycle) (Volume 3) by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

Hockey boys fallin’ in love - Him & Us by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy

Sweet and fun fairytale update - An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn

Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride by Cary Elwes and Joe Layden

The GOAT - Forward: A Memoir by Abby Wambach

The football player and the detective - First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Nick Fox is no Ranger, but that might not be a bad thing - The Pursuit: A Fox & O'Hare novel by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg

We all go a little mad sometimes - Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson

I read this book…when? If you haven’t already, you should too. - The Martian by Andy Weir

The Hot Mess We All Want to See - A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love - A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet

“Beautiful women – they think they can get away with anything.” - Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little

Books Vs. Computers - Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Fight the Power - Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

This silver fox can write poems. - Gulf Music by Robert Pinksy

They’re Just These Two Guys, You Know? - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

One hell of a trilogy - The Captive Prince trilogy by C.S Pacat

Anne Boleyn and the Case of the Unreliable Narrator - The Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan Bordo

This book was an absolute punch in the gut. - The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

A story of pain, suffering and regret - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

“Plots set in the future are about what people fear in the present.” - The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 by Lionel Shriver

“I was a smart-ass, born and raised. This had been my curse and would continue to be so.” - Naked by David Sedaris

“You only need one ray of light to chase all the shadows away” - A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

Football Is Back – And For Some Folks That’s Not A Good Thing - Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape by Jessica Luther

Shellfish Allergy Alert - Shucked: Life on a New England Oyster Farm by Erin Byers Murray

Born This Way - Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley

I think this might be the last of the CSU series? - Freezer Burn: A C.S.U. Investigation by D. H. Dublin

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