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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Based on truth, lies, myths, and rumors - Al Capone by Swann Meralli

Stranger Than Fiction, Sort Of - The Woman Who Lied by Claire Douglas

“This killer was just herself turned inside out. Her fatal inversion.” - Deadly Animals by Marie Tierney

A heartwarming book I adore - The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

From Child to Political Prisoner - The Boy from Clearwater Book One by Yu Pei-Yun

“I just pretended to be someone else…. And I won an Oscar!” Audrey Hepburn - Audrey Hepburn by Michele Botton

It’s Brutal Out Here (Or “Saw for rich people”) - Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson

A farm? What the hell was I supposed to do with a farm? - Love in Bloom by Lucy Eden

Elves, Santas & Mayhem - All by My Elf by Olivia Dade; Merriment and Mayhem by Alexandria Bellefleur; Only Santas in the Building by Alexis Daria

Funny, Charming, and Bittersweet - Nimona by ND Stevenson

Ultimately Comforting and Hopeful - All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny

“You won’t necessarily win against fate, but you should at least put up a fight.” - Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

Weird and Sweet - Cat Lady by Dawn O'Porter

“He is a person, complicated and confused. Just like you.” - Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

Gripping mystery, easy read - Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf

“Some of us exist just a little too loudly for the comfort of those who would prefer we did not exist at all” - The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Did we really need this? - One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus

Just one more chapter… and then its been 2 hours - One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Rage against the dying of the light - Men Have Called Her Crazy (2024) by Anna Marie Tendler

“I shrugged. “There’s a war on.” “Yes,” she said, “and you’re winning it.” - The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

A Dystopian Alternate History of WW2 - Widowland: A Novel by C.J. Carey

Great, other than one of the main charachters - The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

Good as long as no essay is required - Animal Farm by George Orwell

Mother-daughter dueling reviews - Trell: Nothing But The Truth by Dick Lehr

“Everything’s a game. Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in life is if we play to win.” - The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

“Sometimes it didn’t matter if you broke. You kept going. You weren’t given a choice.” (Bingo) - When a Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

The sibling bond - The Firelight Apprentice by Bree Paulsen

“Actually though, uh…. I do need to use the bathroom after all.”  - Orchard of the Tame by Marlo Meekins

I read (almost) everything Barack Obama tells me to - This Other Eden by Paul Harding

Murderbot is back again - Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

Keep thinking that I’m just a silly old woman. It will make it easier for me to do whatever I’m going to do to stop you - A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

Sweet Memoir With A Touch of Self-Help - I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You by Miranda Hart

Scandalous handbag scheme - Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen

“Your silence on the issue of people trying to kill you is deeply disturbing.” - The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Extra, Extra Innings - Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game by Dan Barry

La Brea Tar Pits: The Undercover investigation - Stuck! The Story of La Brea Tar Pits by Joyce Uglow

I’d Rather Be an Other Bird - Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen

“I don’t know what to say,” she said, after a pause. “I don’t want to tell you a lie, and I don’t know the truth.” - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

1st half was better - Dune by Frank Herbert

Well that was a lot… and there’s still more - Dune by Frank Herbert

Why does having multiple values cause you to be a minority? - Divergent by Veronica Roth

For everyone who was born before us, your story matters. - Back Then: A queer journey back in time by Ralf König and Łukasz Majcher

“If yes is no and once is never, then how many sides does a triangle have?” - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

If Agatha Christie wrote The Wind in the Willows - Shady Hollow by Juneau Black

Interestingly written biography - Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

Murderbot is not OK but the reason why is [redacted] - System Collapse by Martha Wells

The Navajo Lens - Shutter by Ramona Emerson

How Many Lies, How Many Truths - The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

Liar Liar Pants Incredibly on Fire - First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

Who Wants to Be the Next Caliph? - American Caliph by Shahan Mufti

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