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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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December 2023, the last set

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

System Collapse by Martha Wells

The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J Evans

The Gentleman’s Gambit by Evie Dunmore

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace

Heartstopper #5 by Alice Oseman

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

The Third Reich in Power by Richard J Evans

December 31, 2023 by wicherwill 1 Comment

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske Ah, the first of the many, many books that I was going to read on vacation. Which I finished on December 13th, with my vacation having start on (checks) November 18th. Excellent, excellent, I am SO glad to be moving to a new job that respects the idea of holidays… The final and largely satisfying end to the The Last Binding triology set in a regency(?) England which is so very queer, the pieces that have been slowly moving […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History Tagged With: Adalyn Grace, alice oseman, becky albertalli, Bernadine Evaristo, evie dunmore, Freya Marske, Jeanette McCurdy, LGBTQ, martha wells, murderbot, nazis are weird like that, Richard J Evans, Sally Rooney, The Last Binding, the league of extraordinary women

wicherwill's CBR15 Review No:78 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History · Tags: Adalyn Grace, alice oseman, becky albertalli, Bernadine Evaristo, evie dunmore, Freya Marske, Jeanette McCurdy, LGBTQ, martha wells, murderbot, nazis are weird like that, Richard J Evans, Sally Rooney, The Last Binding, the league of extraordinary women ·
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Just Every Trigger Warning Imaginable

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

November 30, 2022 by GentleRain 2 Comments

I am too old to have watched Jeanette McCurdy on Nickelodeon, but I was vaguely aware of her before she started promoting this book. I also follow a lot of eating disorder recovery stuff, so I’d seen her podcast being suggested before this came out and was thus aware that the book was going to deal with her eating disorder a lot. Up front I will say that if you have an eating disorder and/or are in recovery from one, this book is super, super […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: child abuse, child star, cw: eating disorder, Jeanette McCurdy, Mormonism, mother daughter relationships

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:135 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: child abuse, child star, cw: eating disorder, Jeanette McCurdy, Mormonism, mother daughter relationships ·
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