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

“It’s strange how you give the people you love so much power over you” - Educated by Tara Westover

Roadtrippin’ - Bordersnakes by James Crumley

Ghost Ships and Magic - Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django Wexler

The front seat is for people who’ve never been kidnapped by bloody numpties. - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

The Best Little Beauty Pageant in Texas - Dumplin' by Julie Murphy

She was Feeling Irrationally in Love - Acute Reactions by Ruby Lang

I know, it’s only rock n roll but I like it! - Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock by Steven Hyden

The precarious shitshow that is the life of the mind. - Golden State by Lydia Kiesling

The place felt like a weapon expertly crafted to strip you of all humanity - The Witch Elm by Tana French

Mindfreak Mystery - Bangkok Haunts by John Burdett

It’s Not Just You, The World is Collapsing - The Trouble With Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time by Brooke Gladstone

Enjoyable Contemporary Romance - Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay by Jill Mansell

“… these are the differences that determine the fate of the universe.” - Last Day on Mars by Kevin Emerson

There is No Such Thing as Failure in This Endeavor - Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess by Rachel Hoffman

It feels like somebody took my heart and dropped it into a bucket of boiling tears. - My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan

Being 34th In Line to the Throne Is Not So Bad… - A Royal Pain by Rhys Bowen

Being a woman means being at the mercy of men. - Paradise Reclaimed by Halldór Laxness

I, too, live with a kid OBSESSED with world records - Ghost (Track #1) by Jason Reynolds

Does what it says on the tin. - Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1) by George R.R. Martin

Days of Our Trying Not to Get Humanity Blown into Smithereens - Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

“I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible” - Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

“Two hearts girl get the job done” - The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang

It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Journey - The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

I did not expect this. - Blended by Sharon Draper

It is time to enjoy the snow! - Little Owl's Snow by Divya Srinivasan

The cookbook I never knew I always wanted, mostly - Smith & Deli-Cious: Food from Our Deli (that Happens to be Vegan) by Shannon Martinez and Mo Wyse

No fate but what we make - A Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell

Even better than the first - Shadowhouse Fall by Daniel José Older

Let’s All Have Some Tea and Muffins - At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie

A defiant girl in a man’s world - The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden

Who knew fly-tyers were kind of the worst? - The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

A little more time with Lady Julie Beaufort-Stuart - The Pearl Thief by Elizabeth Wein

“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?” - Becoming by Michelle Obama

Four people on the verge of retirement, each one of us living alone, and without any close relative near – that’s us - Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym

Blowing smoke up your ass used to be literal - Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen

Wonderful Romance Book - Sorry Not Sorry by Sophie Ranald

Great Continuation of Davenport - Naked Prey by John Sandford

Strong Ending to the Brothers Sinister Series - The Suffragette Scandal by Cour

CBR11 #3 – Fat Girl Finishing School by Rachel Wiley - Fat Girl Finishing School by Rachel Wiley

Cats and their Owners - What's Michael?: Michael's Album by Makoto Kobayashi; What's Michael?: The Ideal Cat by Makoto Kobayashi; What's Michael?: Off the Deep End by Makoto Kobayashi

At first you might not be aware of it. - Within the Walls by Giorgio Bassani

The Front Page of Absurdity - Chicago by David Mamet

Just take out a loan to buy food, Sophia. Grocery stores will work with you, if you can’t afford to eat… - Our Spoons Came From Woolworths by Barbara Comyns

S.O.S. - Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

Set Fire….to the Rain - Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

Realistic Look at Marriage With Bumps in the Road - The Truth About Ever After by Rachel Schurig

I’d long since known what was in those trucks. - The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney

Three Girls and a Wedding - Three Girls and a Wedding by Rachel Schurig

An unending tale of sorrow, blood, and love - The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

London is drowning and I live by the river - Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London #7) by Peter Aaronovitch

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