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

Too sweet - Kitty Sweet Tooth by Abby Denson

“Having [the kids] in a confined space after traveling for thirty-six hours was like chain-smoking in a fireworks factory.” - We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year by Charles Wheelan

An Illustrated History of WWI - The First World War: An Illustrated History by AJP Taylor

A Disappointing and Weirdly Removed Second Book in the Trilogy - Early Warning by Jane Smiley

Courts of Chaos - Courts of Chaos by Roger Zelazny

Scars of war and colonialism - The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

Two books that I think would be great for young readers but I have personal mixed feelings about - Stepping Stones by Lucy Knisley; Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley

“Maybe my values are outdated, but I come from an old school of thought. I think that men ought to treat women like something other than just shorter, weaker men with breasts.” Oh, buddy. You were so close. - Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Drum solo please - Lupe Lopez: Rock Star Rules! by E. Charlton-Trujillo and Pat Zietlow Miller

More than 40 sisters inside. And I have trouble with one! - Spectacular Sisters: Amazing Stories of Sisters from Around the World by Aura Lewis

Superhero 101 - Naomi Season One (TV Tie-In by Brian Michael Bendis

I didn’t love it. - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Plot Twist - Plot Twist by Bethany Turner

I might be softly done with this series, but ymmv - Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert

Next time, can I have a little less science fiction? - On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

Good ideas for living your best life, if not overly practical. - Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way by Dan Buettner

Why wait for the holidays to celebrate? - Everyday Celebrations From Scratch by Maria Provenzano

Get Your Own Damn Coffee - Between the Dark and the Daylight by Ed Gorman, ed.

Cult Revolt - Manhattan Cult Story: My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival by Spencer Schneider

“Men were too often nervous to learn of things that contradicted their dearest falsehoods.” - The King at the Edge of the World by Arthur Phillips

Daughters Unto Devils - Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics

Not as much bang for the bosh - Bosh! On a Budget by Henry Firth, Ian Theasby

Miserable people described beautifully - Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh

I am big and still learning - When I’m Big by Ella Bailey

Love, Love me do - Love Rules: A Family’s True Story of Adoption and Unconditional Love by Andrea Melvin

Grandma’s story - When I Was a Fairy by Tom Silson

“Maybe one day I’ll live somewhere and then I’ll have an address and I’ll send you a picture postcard and you can put it in your damn address book, since you seem so damn concerned about it.” - Killing Floor by Lee Child

Lots of Good Info - The Book About Getting Older by Dr Lucy Pollock

Proud Pride - This Little Rainbow: A Love-Is-Love Primer and Pride 1 2 3 by Joan Holub; Pride 1 2 3 by Michael Joosten

I’m really getting into these Nobrow Press books - The Perfect Rock by Sarah Nobel

One flighty cat - Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Space (This Is a Reissue of a Previous Edition) by Dominic Walliman

Schooling the class - Agatha May and the Anglerfish by Nora Morrison and Jessie Ann Foley

The Perfect Neighborhood - The Perfect Neighborhood by Liz Alterman

Surprised Pikachu Face - The Ex by Alafair Burke

Circling Back to You - Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes - White Bones (Katie Maguire #1) by Graham Masterton

There’s Always Room in My Life For Middle Grade Mysteries - The Bell, The Book, and the Spellbinder by Brad Strickland; The Chessmen of Doom by John Bellairs

When a tumbleweed learns a little mindfulness - Slow Down, Tumbleweed! by Haven Iverson

Take a hike - The Hike: (Nature Book for Kids, Outdoors-Themed Picture Book for Preschoolers and Kindergarteners) by Alison Farrell

Tiny Monster Big Ol’ Heart - Anzu the Great Kaiju V01 by Benson Shum

The Grifter and the Heiress - Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

More Like the Book of Old Cases, Right? - The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

Christmas in June - Christmas Romance by Catherine Hart, Betina Krahn, Linda Ladd, Barbara Dawson Smith, Katherine Sutcliffe

The Bad Friend We Can’t Resist - Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

I think I might end up reading Dare’s entire back catalogue at this point - Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare

the challenges of an author’s back catalogue - The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

finale (for now) - Heartstopper Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

things do take a turn for the worse - Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

‘“There is nothing to talk about” she said. “I’m just a freak that’s all.”’ - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

STEMinist definitely isn’t my favorite but… - Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood

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