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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Timely Novel on Race from almost 90 Years Ago - Passing by Nella Larsen

Can we talk about California as the Hellmouth? - The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F. C. Yee

‘In the stories, they only come for the wild maiden.’ - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Jo Nesbo does it again!! - The Thirst by Jo Nesbo

Geopolitics 101 - Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall

Let the Children March - Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson

Monstrously wonderful - My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

Can We Talk About What Happened? - What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

That’s nothing like the book! And deeper lessons learned on re-reading decades later - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

The Poet X - The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Ineffable - Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

If you’re going to judge a book by its cover, this should be the one. - The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo

My Possession Obsession - Possession by A.S. Byatt

Best Audiobook of the Year (Yes, it is only February, don’t care!) - Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

“We’re here because we’re here because we’re here because we’re here…” - Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

They glowed, but they also died - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

Put down the random similie generator and no one will get hurt. - Infinite Home by Kathleen Alcott

Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed…It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality. - Native Son by Richard Wright

Good news everyone! Oscar Wilde’s reputation is still well deserved! - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Best Christmas present EVER! - Death Note Black Edition 1 by Tsugumi Ohba

A Crazy Good Ride - The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Crying, waiting, hoping - Oathbringer: Book Three of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

9: Braving the Wilderness - Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown

8: Turtles All the Way Down - Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

5: Tears of the Giraffe - Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith

4: The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

3: The Making of Jane Austen - The Making of Jane Austen by Devoney Looser

2: I’m Judging You - I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi

All we ask is to be allowed to remain the writers of our own story - Being Mortal by Atul Gawande

I really liked this book - Bonfire by Krysten Ritter

Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten - Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten by Laura Veirs

Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race - Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

Let Music Ring! - Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song by Gary Golio Chris Barton

That Timeline Would Have Been Better - What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

The MPAA rating of this book should be R(R). - Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Putting the Blitz in Blitzkreig - Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler

“Saying “yes” doesn’t mean I don’t know how to say no, and saying “please” doesn’t mean I am waiting for permission.” - Yes Please (audiobook) by Amy Poehler

“It’s Drivin’ Me Mad, It’s Makin’ Me Crazy” - The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

Chinese New Year - Home for Chinese New Year by Wei Jie

Do not read if you are not doing carbs right now - Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Cest la vie said the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell - Zap: The Rise and Fall of Atari by Scott Cohen

Living Strong - Fierce: How Competing For Myself Changed Everything by Aly Raisman

The Book That Got Me Shook, or, My Heart in Novel Form - Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

There’s more to that Studio Ghibli film… - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Box Set) by Hayao Miyazak

Learning to live with the unimaginable – THUG LIFE - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Alli Reviews “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth” - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield

Do you disapprove of minstrels, too? - A Strange Scottish Shore by Juliana Gray

Just as good as you remember - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

So how do the robots eat or drink anyway? HOW DO THEY KISS WITH NO MOUTHS. - Saga, Volume 8 (Saga, #8) by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

A Tsunami of Oratory - Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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