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

“Questions arose. Like, what in the f*ck was going on here, basically.” - Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon

The bastard child of America’s runaway entertainment complex - Punk Rock Jesus by Sean Murphy

Live Until You Die - Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper

Hellequin’s Horde - The Ghost Riders of Ordebec by Fred Vargas

Soaring through History - His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik

In which I compare a lovely YA writer to the master of horror. In a good way. - Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

Trying to Drown Out the World - Body Respect by Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor

Plog - An Uncertain Place by Fred Vargas

Let’s spend a little time in Calla Bryn Sturgis - Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower #5) by Stephen King

I almost forgot how to book review - Bayou Moon (The Edge #2) by Ilona Andrews

Fun and creepy - Magic by William Goldman

A contemporary romance with panic attacks - Suddenly One Summer by Julie James

The game is afoot - Every Breath by Ellie Marney

The secrets that we keep - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

a/s/lovestory? - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

The con woman and the dissolute Duke - The Duke and the Lady in Red by Lorraine Heath

The Party Princess and the Thug - Into the Shadows by Carolyn Crane

Get some, go again - Before the Chop: LA Weekly Articles 2011 - 2012 by Henry Rollins

Do not try to sing the title to the tune of “The Circle of Life” - The Story of My Tits by Jennifer Hayden

A Mystery Wrapped in a Theological Tour of the Gospels - The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell

A Finishing School of Covert *itchcraft and Social Wizardry - Etiquette and Espionage (Finishing School series, book 1) by Gail Carriger

Deception! Scandal! Intrigue! - The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse by Piu Marie Eatwell

Even Though You Have No Logical Reason to Be in This Meeting, Madam, Please Stay and Hear the Plot Unfold - Embassytown by China Mieville

Surviving the wilderness, surviving your family. - Our Endless Numbered Days by Claire Fuller

This book is great, and you can too! - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Yes, I too Liked This Book (don’t let it keep you from reading it). - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

We’re all just dreamers in a doll’s house. - The Sandman (Vol. 2): The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman

What does it take to be a Kingsman? - Kingsman: The Secret Service by Mark Millar

The world of Dream - The Sandman (Vol. 1): Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman

There’s nothing like a war to bring down morals - The Darkroom of Damocles by Willem Frederik Hermans

I very badly want to quote Monty Python here but I’m afraid it would be a spoiler. - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

1, 2, the Chandrian’s comin’ for you… - The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle Book 1 by Patrick Rothfuss

Hey Yeah-e-Yeah, Superman’s Dead - Firefight by Brandon Sanderson

Who Knows If Clark Kent is A Superman? Or If He’s Just An A–hole - Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

Oh no! Not the Bees!! - The Bees by Laline Paull

“And if you say that’s because you lot barged into her home like a herd of mentally deficient sheep, I’m disowning all three of you.” - The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

Two great graphic novels reviewed in one hurried post. Typed on my phone, no less! - Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal and Afterlife with Archie: Escape from Riverdale by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Francesco Francavilla, G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona

A Scandal to Love - Love in the Time of Scandal by Caroline Linden

That gif, tho - The Hook Up by Kristin Callihan

Tell them Carl Sagan Sent You! - Atomic Robo Volume 3: Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time by Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener

I need recommendations for more by John Scalzi! - Lock In by John Scalzi

Vampires should always be this sexy - New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear

Short Stories for Short Attention Spans - One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories by B.J. Novak

We’re done here - Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

You Use Your Tongue Prettier Than a Twenty Dollar Whore - Wraiths of the Broken Land by S. Craig Zahler

Chopping Down the Ol’ Family Tree - Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Learning from the master - The Ultimate Hiker's Gear Guide by Andrew Skurka

Holly Black Gives Stephenie Meyer The Bird - The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

“Love is a one-way street. Love, like respect isn’t something you get; it’s something you give” - Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, read by Humphrey Bower

Getting the Scoop with Lois Lane - Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond

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