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

I’d say they should marry other people but they are both annoying aholes so … - The Transformation of Philip Jettan by Georgette Heyer

I wanted to like this much more than I did - You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

I know I’m finicky about SA stories but still… - Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

A fantastic magic system weighed down by an unnecessary narrative structure - The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

A Lazy Book Not Recommended As An Overview of Hasidism - The Pious Ones by Joseph Berger

It’s what happens when you keep trying to write about a limited subject. - Love People, Use Things: Because the Opposite Never Works by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus

Thought It Was For Me But It Is Not - Bold Ventures: Thirteen Tales of Architectural Tragedy by Charlotte van den Broeck

Christmas in March? not the most ridiculous thing re: this book - How the Dukes Stole Christmas by Tessa Dare, Sarah MacLean, Sophie Jordan, Joanna Shupe

Faith and Deprivation on the Channel Islands - An Island At War by Deborah Carr

So much left unsaid - Somewhere in France: A Novel of the Great War by Jennifer Robson

In this life, you just never know what’s around the bend, be it a dead man or your next date. - The Maid by Nita Prose

One loud and proud baby - Bye Bye Binary by Eric Geron

A successful send-up is tricky to do, and I don’t think this one works - The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

“I think most people are confused about life, because it’s not just one thing going on,” said Elner. “It’s many things going on at the same time. Life is both sad and happy, simple and complex, all at the same time.” - The Whole Town's Talking (Elmwood Springs #4) by Fannie Flagg

“The world’s like that. What matters in one moment, it doesn’t matter the next. Things that fall apart eventually come back together again.” - Lucky by Marissa Stapley

I Guess He Had to Be There - James Acaster's Classic Scrapes by James Acaster

Beats a very low bar – barely - Enchanted Pilgrimage by Clifford Simak

When reality plays whack-a-mole - At the End of Your Tether by Adam Smith

Something is Rotten in a Made-Up Balkan State - The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie

A few good motivational ideas - It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life by Trevor Moawad, Andy Staples

These Things are Like Potato Chips - Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden

Refrigerators have stories too - Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast V05 The Great Caper Caper by Josh Funk

A fire hydrants tail - Lou by Breanna Carzoo

You’d Be Lucky to Have Your Body Found - The Vanishing Triangle by Claire McGowan

The King of the Nerds Falls Flat - Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons and Dragons by Michael Witwer

Whose history? - Train Dreams by Denis Johnson

Self-Help For Dummies - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Disclosure - Disclosure by Michael Crichton

No - Partner Track by Cat Wynn

And you thought eating pizza was easy - No Ordinary Pizza: A Story about Interconnection by Sara Marlowe

Confusing Book - Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach

“In love and life, we never know when we are telling ourselves stories. We are the ultimate unreliable narrators.” - Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok

Hi, May I ask your Pronouns? - The Pronoun Book by Chris Ayala-Kronos and Melita Tirado

My Wife is Missing - My Wife is Missing by D.J. Palmer

“The feeling was so strong, so absolute. There was something out there, and it was watching me, and it was hungry.” - Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry

Finally Done and Good Riddance - Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Gwendy’s Final Task - Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King

Another book with an interesting concept that meandered aimlessly and ran full steam ahead into despair - Anthem by Noah Hawley

This is the second book I read this year, and it was nearly as painful as the first! - The Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine

I started this book on a plane, and it got me through takeoff and landing. Those are the pros… - Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King

Must Love Books - Must Love Books by Shauna Robinson

Faye & Felix & Sage & Dreamcatchers - Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell

Oh my god. If they say “movie in my mind” one more time, I’m gonna lose it! - Survive the Night by Riley Sager

We’re not sleeping with the fishes, but visiting the turtles - Gilbert #4: The Island of the Orange Turtles by Art Baltazar

“What do you read, my lord?” “Words, words, words.” - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Getting better but not by much - Kaguya-sama Love is War vols. 2-3 by Aka Akasaka

Dumb but Strong Gets Boring, or Enough with the Cream Puff Gags, or Why Harry Potter and Black Clover Don’t Mix - Mashle: Magic and Muscles, vols. 4-5 by Hajime Komoto

The Bridesmaids Union - The Bridesmaids Union by Jonathan Vatner

A conclusion that doesn’t stick the landing - The Excalibur Curse by Kiersten White

what a ridiculous, ridiculous book - The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

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