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

Growing Up is a Treacherous Endeavor - The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne Valente

The Happiest Hooker - The Crimson Petal and the White by Michael Faber

Deals with demons rarely end well… - Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison

In Which I Read my First Steampunk Book (& kinda like it) - Fate of Nations: Einstein Must Die! by Chris Kouhout

The Santaman came reeking of love into this place and we did not know him. - If Dragon's Mass Eve Be Cold and Clear by Ken Scholes

Not as tear-jerky as the movie - Brave (Little Golden Book) by Tennant Redbank

A time lord, a bounty hunter and a captain walk into a church… - Doctor Who: The Krillitane Storm by Christopher Cooper

A Book For the Anti-Sanctimommy - Motherhood, Smotherhood by JJ Keith

In search of a bodice ripper (Reviews 27 – 31) - The Wallflowers Series by Lisa Kleypas

Discovering Sarah Addison Allen (Reviews 23-26) - (Almost) Complete Works by Sarah Addison Allen

Only one Bad Wolf mention? - Doctor Who: Winner Takes All by Jacqueline Rayner

Sire, the night is darker now / And the wind blows stronger - Mystery in White: A Christmas Crime Story by J. Jefferson Farjeon

And – which is more – you’ll be a Man, my son! - The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education by Craig M. Mullaney

There is a lot going on in these books. Makes for good reading. - For A Few Demons More; The Outlaw Demon Wails; White Witch Black Curse by Kim Harrison

Don’t Half-ass Two Things, Whole-Ass One Thing. - Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman - Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

The Harm in Asking by Sara Barron - The Harm in Asking: My Clumsy Encounters with the Human Race by Sara Barron

A gripping and horrific memoir of sorts about religion, music, obsession, electricity, and powers that exist beyond our world. - Revival by Stephen King

Go ahead, break that 4th wall. - The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak

“Orange” you glad I didn’t say banana? - My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me by Kate Bernheimer

A historical romance with kissing and scheming guardians - The Promise in a Kiss by Stephanie Laurens

With so many exciting parts of the American Revolution you could have written about, Diana, why is there so much boring in the first half of this book? - An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon

More Please - Yes Please by Amy Poehler

Allie Brosh is the hero we need - Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

Don’t Blink in Wink…New Mexico. - American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett

Ground Control to Major Tom - An Astronauts Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield

Tin gods and scary suburbia - The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi

The Power of Unbroken - Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

A sadly relevant tale: the 1970 murder of an innocent black man by three white men - Blood Done Sign My Name by Timothy B. Tyson

Alternative Victorian London with Reptilian Royalty - The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar

Managing for Newbies - Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders by Lindsey Pollak

“More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn’t read.” - The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Station Eleven: Clever Post Apocalyptic Tale - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

“Go write me a thriller based on dark matter that doesn’t insult my intelligence” - The Eidolon by Libby McGugan

Get Read to Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way. - Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain

If a dead body falls in the woods, and no one hears it. . . . - 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie

War: What is it good for? - The Art of War by Sun Tzu

Reincarnation + Time travel= Mixed Feelings - Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick

You should be a bad feminist - Bad feminist by Roxanne Gay

Finally read past the famous first line - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

A historical romance with deep secrets and surprise revelations - Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah Maclean

Holiday Love Stories to Make Feel You Warm and Fuzzy - My True Love Gave To Me by Edited by Stephanie Perkins

The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons (Bernie Rhodenbarr #11) by Lawrence Block - The Burglar Who Counted the Spoons (Bernie Rhodenbarr #11) by Lawrence Block

An Anomaly - Anomaly by Tonya Kuper

The horror of losing yourself - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

The first “must read” book of 2015 has arrived - The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins

There’s no need to fear! Underdog is here! - David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

Better than expected - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

Another Historical Romance, But With a Recommendation - Ridiculous by D.L. Carter

Awesome Feminist - Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay

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  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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