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

Whales… in… space! - Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden

Excellent recommendation, definitely second! - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

You Can’t Always Get What You Want - The Better Liar by Tanen Jones

Lower animal content, higher angst for this sequel - Best Laid Plans by Roan Parrish

The Players and the Game - The Rage by Gene Kerrigan

The Wheel of Time (Part I) - The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan; The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan; The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan

A is for Anchovy - Cook, Eat, Repeat: Ingredients, Recipes and Stories by Nigella Lawson

Do You Want to Win the War on Terror, or Not? - A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carré

What to do with the murderous siblings? - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Bodily Farm - The Farm by Joanne Ramos

Hands All Red - Maids by Katie Skelly

Other Men’s Daughters – Richard Stern (1973) - Other Men's Daughters by Richard Stern

Supporting restaurants with some DIY - Chefs at Home by 54 leading chefs

The journey is the point, not the destination - Lord Perfect by Loretta Chase

A history of Australia that’s far from dry - Intoxicating: Ten drinks that shaped Australia by Max Allen

450 from Paddington – Agatha Christie (1957) - 450 from Paddington by Agatha Christie

“You need to find the story that means something to you” - Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher

“Only godless savages eschew the series comma.” - Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer

The 99% Invisible City – Roman Mars (2020) - The 99% Invisible City by Roman Mars

“There is always a road back. If we have the courage to look for it, and take it. I’m sorry. I was wrong. I don’t know. I need help. These are the signposts. The cardinal directions.” - A Great Reckoning (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #12) by Louise Penny

“I think many a trouble begins with love, and it’s important to remember that when life feels like the shit scraped off Death’s boot sole.” - The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye

I can see why she won the Pulitzer for this, but it wasn’t completely to my tastes. - The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Two Tickets to Paradise and a bottle for rumrunners - Turtle in Paradise: The Graphic Novel by Jennifer L. Holm

Do you want a treehouse, too? - Everything You Need for a Treehouse by Carter Higgins

Readers bring a lot of baggage to their reading material - The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein

And then there were… - The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

Didn’t even try to visualize anyone other than Chris H as the lead in this one - Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase

I wish this book had been around when I was in high school - Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen

Never Tell Me the Odds - Cypher System Rulebook by Monte Cook

Healthcare Was Different Then - Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s by Jennifer Worth

File this under “things I’d never thought about but found very interesting.” - The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas by Adrian Miller

A Few Drops of Water to Keep the Peace - The Wife in the Attic by Rose Lerner

Particles - Underworld by Don DeLillo

True crime and queer history. - Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

ART is everyone’s favorite - Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Heaven Goes to War with Heaven and Mummies try not to fall apart - Grave Importance by Vivian Shaw

A difficult to find book but very worthwhile read - Juniper by Monica Furlong

Nothing wrong with seeking out things that you know you’ll like - Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West

Less Frog Demons Than Expected - What Ho, Frog Demons! by Chris Kutalik, Luka Rejec

If the rest of the series is like this one, I just might turn into a mystery fan - In the Woods by Tana French

So Many Tiny Hearts of Light - Victories Greater than Death by Charlie Jane Anders

A hurricane that never lets up - Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

So are people just getting you down? What if they just. . . weren’t there? - Dissipatio H.G. : The Vanishing by Guido Morselli

Bookticle Club, Now with 100% More Murderbot - All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Another solid re-read - The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson

Mr Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder – Lawrence Weschler (1995) - Mr Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder by Lawrence Weschler

Later – Stephen King (2021) - Later by Stephen King

These murder club meetings are becoming a regular thing. We need a new name, though. - One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

In the 19th Century she was first - What Miss Mitchell Saw by Hayley Barrett

The Perfect Thriller? - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

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