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

With malice toward none, with charity for all. - Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

All the torments of a high school girl and more - Just Listen by Sarah Dessen

omg omg omg - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane - The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane

The Worst Day of My Life, So Far by M.A. Harper - The Worst Day of My Life, So Far by M.A. Harper

WILD - Wild: from lost to found on the pacific crest trail by Cheryl Strayed

Sex, Drugs, and Pom-Poms - Dare me by Megan Abbott

Marian Foster and Holly Golightly are not so different from each other - A Lost Lady by Willa Cather

A gorgeous short story collection - Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood

A Portrait of the Artist as a Chef - The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais

Matty is now the Messenger - Messenger by Lois Lowry

“Sometimes it was harder to change the past than it was the future.” - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Ridiculously fun fairy-tale, murder-mystery spoofing nonsense. - The Fourth Bear (Nursery Crime, #2) by Jasper Fforde

- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

Light on perks, heavy on wallflower - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Kate Daniels’ world just keeps getting bigger and badder - Magic Slays / Magic Rises / Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews

Down the Yellow Brick Road and Beyond the Rainbow - The Wizard of Oz FAQ by David J. Hogan

A Fallen Woman and a Dark Little Raincloud Find Love - A Kiss for Midwinter by Courtney Milan

Wild by Cheryl Strayed - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed by Cheryl Strayed

Not my favorite Scalzi, but fun all the same. - Lock In by John Scalzi

I wasn’t a blubbering mess at the end of this one, but it was still pretty good. - One Plus One by Jojo Moyes

Nothing will ever be as good as reading Scott Pilgrim for the first time - Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Mally

The Hundred-Foot Journey - The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais

Or, The Shock of the Fall - Where The Moon Isn't by Nathan Filer

Moby-Dick, ten years later - Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

Serialized novels are like, so retro, you guys. - The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5) by John Scalzi

A dense and multi-layered novel about art, misogyny and the power of masks and perception. - The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt

Ben Affleck is an asshole - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

A captivating true 19th century Chinatown murder mystery - Frog Music by Emma Donoghue

“He kissed her like she knew she was meant to be kissed. - Austenland by Shannon Hale

this is where i leave you - This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper

Short but sweet take on Rapunzel. - Golden: A Retelling of Rapunzel by Cameron Dokey

I want to be Persis Blake when I grow up. - Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

A sci-fi adventure on the evils of imperialism - Half Way Home by Hugh Howey

Suggestipe: Read this book - My Drunk Kitchen: a guide to eating, drinking, & going with your gut by Hannah Hart

- Dark Summit by Nick Heil

Reservation to the Danger Zone - American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

“Never let a kitten sharpen claws on your balloon.” - Kids Pick the Funniest Poems (Poems that Make Kids Laugh) by Bruce Lansky

Kim Harrison finishes a series and I finish my double Cannonball - The Witch with No Name by Kim Harrison

Winter is coming for Toby Daye - The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire

Oberon the wolfhound is my favourite character - Hounded by Kevin Hearne

What if the Scarlet Pimpernel were a teenage girl in a dystopian future? - Across the Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

A Young Adult Novel that Reveals How Far Haiti Has Come, and How Far It Has To Go - In Darkness by Nick Lake

The Children Act (.) - The Children Act by Ian McEwan

Rainbow Rowell is growing up - Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Unlucky Jason (a more painful Lucky Jim, in letters) - Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher

Confession: I like cheese. And cupcakes. - The Tastemakers: Why We're Crazy for Cupcake but Fed Up with Fondue by David Sax

Science fiction young adult Jane Austen. It’s good, I promise - For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund

“Having to murder you would make me unhappy.” - Thicker Than Water by Mike Carey

Sweet (?) Sixteen - Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet & Bitter Birthday by Edited by Megan McCafferty

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