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

All systems meh - All systems red by Martha Wells

My love for the beautiful cover did not translate to love, or even like, of the book. - The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

How to suck the soul out of running - Feet in the Clouds: A Tale of Fell-Running and Obsession by Richard Askwith

A series that peters out like a sad fart. Is that mean. If it is, let me know and I will change this title. - A Sky Beyond the Storm (An Ember in the Ashes, #4) by Sabaa Tahir

Oh dear Great Spaghetti Monster, they know not what they say in your name - Super Spaghetti by Rebecca Donnelly

My high hopes for horror were halted - Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez

Could have been a 10 minute TED talk - Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

No Lazy Dogs Were Jumped Over - The Quick Red Fox by John D. Macdonald

Take your medicine, boy: The Wheel of Time (Part III) - The Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan

End of Days - The Rat by Günter Grass

After School Times to Pass On - After School Hanako-kun by Aidalro

Why, oh why, hast thou forsaken me, Pattykins? - Dream Spinner by Kristen Ashley

No really they are a witch - Lola’s Super Club V02 My Substitute Teacher is a Witch by Christine Beigel

Who are all these people and why should I care? - The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

Brother, Can You Spare a Nickel? - American Buffalo by David Mamet

Inside Yawn-More - Inside Broadmoor by Jonathan Levi and Emma French

Didn’t work for me, but I think that’s my problem. - Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade

Siege and Storm- Oh My Lord the Love Interests SUUUCK - Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

All Clear – Connie Willis (2010) - All Clear by Connie Willis

A good start with a disappointing finish - Planetfall by Emma Newman

This was not the book I was looking for. - Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married by Nancy Rubin Stuart

I am skeptical of our justice system but if there was someone who should have been prosecuted… - Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

I can’t get behind this exclusionary manifesto - The Menopause Manifesto by Jen Gunter

Full speed rant ahead - Slow Burn by Autumn Jones Lake

This Could Have Been SO Good - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

Sell, Sell, Sell! - WRITING 21ST CENTURY FICTION – High Impact Techniques for Exceptional Storytelling by Donald Maass

Heaven’s Prisoners – James Lee Burke (1988) - Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke

Disappointed and Deceived - D: A Tale of Two Worlds by Michael Faber

“No doubt you thought I was dead. I sometimes think I am myself.” - An Event in Autumn by Henning Mankell

I’d rather not - Look for me by Lisa Gardner

Disaffected emotionally stunted (Indian-American) manchild??? SIGN ME UP!!1 - Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian

Sorry, guys, this just wasn’t for me - This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Those Who Can Do, Can’t Teach - How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card

Too much and not enough - Songs for the End of the World by Saleema Nawaz

On the Edge – Edward St Aubyn (1998) - On the Edge by Edward St Aubyn

Knife – Jo Nesbo (2019) - Knife by Jo Nesbo

James Bond is alright, I guess. - From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming

His wife is acting different and it smells like infidelity - Full spredning: en legeroman (Natural Causes) by Nina Lykke

River of words where I couldn’t catch the wave - River of Consciousness by Oliver Sacks

A Classic Meh on the Reread - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

What’s going on under there? - Something’s Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear by Jory John

Why can’t my book club ever pick books I like? - The Salt Path by Raynor Winn

But did they try more cowbell? - Severance by Ling Ma

A Long Time Ago, We Used to Be Friends and Now There’s a New Book To Take You Back There - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

A Very Quaint Quarantine - Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak

Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn, and caldron *shrug* - The Factory Witches of Lowell by C.S. Malerich

Unfortunately this one falls short for me - Sakina's Restaurant by Aasif Mandvi

The end ruined it for me - The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe

An emotional support rooster walks into a bar… - Hopeless Romantic by Marina Adair

I Know Why the Caged Nerd Sings - Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

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