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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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A Subject With Many Facets

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human by Siddhartha Mukherjee

May 7, 2023 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Damn, sometimes you come across an author who’s skill you envy so much that it hurts. Siddhartha Mukherjee is abosolutly one of these. I wish I could communicate the intracies of biology in the way Mukherjee does, while keeping it both interesting and easy to digest. I sometimes struggle to do this in person, but in writing? It’s a daunting task.  Both of Mukherjee’s previous books— The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer; and The Gene: An Intimate History—are both excellent books, that […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cancer, CBR15Passport, Cell Biology, evolution, Genetics, immunology, No literal singing, Non-fiction (Science), Siddhartha Mukherjee

LittlePlat's CBR15 Review No:8 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cancer, CBR15Passport, Cell Biology, evolution, Genetics, immunology, No literal singing, Non-fiction (Science), Siddhartha Mukherjee ·
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A very emotional read

Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story by Catherine Pioli

November 9, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Author and illustrator Catherine Pioli chronicled her journey as a leukemia patient in Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story. At first, I thought it would be some “sad sack poor me” story. I was wonderfully surprised it was nothing like that. I wasn’t halfway through this graphic novel (reading a reader copy online through Edelweiss) before I know it was going to be a five. And unless some huge middle finger happened it would stay a five for the sheer power of it. Instead, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: cancer, Catherine Pioli, Death / Grief / Bereavement, Diseases & Conditions, family relationships, France, Health & Fitness, personal narrative, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphom

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:554 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: cancer, Catherine Pioli, Death / Grief / Bereavement, Diseases & Conditions, family relationships, France, Health & Fitness, personal narrative, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphom ·
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Oh Olive…

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

September 1, 2022 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

I picked this up because it kept coming up in CBR14 reviews. After researching it a little bit, it seems that it is hugely popular. I was intrigued to find out what made it more than the average romcom-type romance. Plus I was very curious to find out whatever it has to do with ReyLo. Olive, a struggling biology grad student, kisses a random guy in her lab, her intent being to show her best friend that she has completely moved on from her ex […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: academia, Ali Hazelwood, all the tropes, biology, cancer, fake dating, forbidden love, graduate school, self-esteem

carmelpie's CBR14 Review No:24 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: academia, Ali Hazelwood, all the tropes, biology, cancer, fake dating, forbidden love, graduate school, self-esteem ·
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O, Canada and Terry Fox!

Terry Fox (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

August 3, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Who is Terry Fox? In the picture book, Terry Fox (Little People, Big Dreams) we see who this young person was and how they influenced not only his own country of Canada but influenced people around the world in the search for a cure for cancer. Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara created a book that is a love or hate book, with little in between. Though, as a reviewer I am on Team In Between. I like that there is a picture book biography of someone […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports Tagged With: Canada, cancer, Disabilities & Special Needs, Marathon of Hope, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, T. Connor, Terry Fox

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:432 · Genres: Children's Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Sports · Tags: Canada, cancer, Disabilities & Special Needs, Marathon of Hope, Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, T. Connor, Terry Fox ·
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For the love of all the things, correctly labelling genre and providing content warnings matters.

Always, in December by Emily Stone

January 15, 2022 by faintingviolet 6 Comments

I don’t normally suggest reviewing a book while angry at it, but here we are. I should probably wait to further reflect on why I’m feeling this way. But. But I have already angrily thrown it into the return slot at the library and after four hours of being annoyed, and having it come right back to front of mind the moment I was done watching the finale of the Station Eleven adaptation I have decided to try to purge my anger into digital ink […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Always in December, angry review, cancer, communication fails, Death, don't read this, Emily Stone, faintingviolet, fat phobia, grief, needed content warnings, not romance, overwritten

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Always in December, angry review, cancer, communication fails, Death, don't read this, Emily Stone, faintingviolet, fat phobia, grief, needed content warnings, not romance, overwritten ·
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Once upon a school year a girl named Izzy had feelings and more

Izzy Kline Has Butterflies by Beth Ain

July 9, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr13bingo FREE In late June 2021 I started Izzy Kline Has Butterflies while sitting at a table, outside the local café which was closed, and I was eating a greasy piece of pizza from the shop up the road. But I figured the owners would not mind. I know them well enough, and it was not like I was being disrespectful while enjoying this treat. Besides, it was too nice to sit inside.  Therefore, it was only appropriate that I finish Beth Ain’s book sitting […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry Tagged With: Anxiety, Beth Ain, bullies, cancer, cbr13bingo, divorce, family, Free To Be You and Me, friendship, school, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:194 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Poetry · Tags: Anxiety, Beth Ain, bullies, cancer, cbr13bingo, divorce, family, Free To Be You and Me, friendship, school, Social Themes ·
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