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

Mr. Penumbra strikes again - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

To understand the nature of a thing, it must be taken apart - Dismantled by Jennifer McMahon

A Retelling of Great Gatsby That Works - Great by Sara Benincasa

BETRAAAAYYYYAAAAAAAAALLL - Mastiff (Beka Cooper, #3) by Tamora Pierce

Fractured Fairy Tales: The Robber Bridegroom - The Robber Bridegroom by Eudora Welty

Hell House by Richard Matheson - Hell House by Richard Matheson

Eight Hundred and Two Thousand Seven Hundred and One years into the future and beyond. - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

A poignant tale of motherhood and finding your place in the world. - The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang

My favorite Tamora Pierce book (so far). - Terrier (Beka Cooper, #1) by Tamora Pierce

On Warfare, Camaraderie, and Malingering Corporals - The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie

Inside Job - Inside Job by Connie Willis

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Discussing the Experiences of Black Women in the US - Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa V. Harris-Perry

Sailing Ships in Outer Space! - The Daedalus Incident by Michael J. Martinez

Exit, pursued by a wampa. - William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher

A monster awakens - The Call of Cthulhu by H P Lovecraft

Looking for Alaska by John Green - Looking for Alaska by John Green

Dr. Frankenstein’s no good very bad life - Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

So what do you do when the rock star you fancies moves into your home? - Play by Kylie Scott

Mrs. Dalloway - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Confessions of a Teenage Stalker - Notes to Boys by Pamela Ribon

A lot of things can change in six months - Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

There’s a monster in the woods that tears people’s hearts out - The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman

Life-long friends fall in love while hunting for spies - The Masque of the Black Tulip by Lauren Willig

I am the Walrus. - Final Crisis by Grant Morrison

Let it go, let it go . . . Oh, Elsa, I wish you were real. - Faerie After (Bones of Faerie, #3) by Janni Lee Simner

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon - The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon

This is not Zaphod’s ship, but it’s still pretty cool - Heart of Gold by Sharon Shinn

I got those faerie winter blues. - Faerie Winter (Bones of Faerie, #2) by Janni Lee Simner

The Curious Incident of the Brilliant Book - Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer

Metaphorical poetry masquerading as prose - Solo by Rana Dasgupta

A Long Time Ago… Oh, You Know the Rest - Veronica Mars: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham

She blinded me with magic - The Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews

Space Rapunzel is a socially mal-adjusted hacker and I love her. - Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer

The Lives of Others in Hotel du Lac - Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner

Trilogy Tour #5: Mistborn #3 - The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Take that, Lauren Oliver! - Ask the Passengers by AS King

Morning in Angola - Good Morning Comrades by Ondjaki

Running is the new slow - What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami

How to make cheesecake with a microwave and laughing cow cheese - Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? - Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Who’s got the power, the power to read (among others)? - Matilda by Roald Dahl

What is now? What is the story of now/Nao? - A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki

On Vengeance, Collateral Damage, and Horrifying Eye Prosthetics - Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

Bluebeard’s Egg by Margaret Atwood - Bluebeard's Egg by Margaret Atwood

Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz - Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov – Review #14 for AamilTheCamel - Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov

There’s magic just beyond… - Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Half of a Yellow Sun - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Just Like Riding a Bike - The Girls' Bicycle Handbook by Caz Nicklin

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