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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Sailing with a cat, dog, parrot, rat and some humans -  Trim Sets Sail  by Deborah Hopkinson; Trim Helps Out  by Deborah Hopkinson; Trim Saves the Day. by Deborah Hopkinson; Trim Sails the Storm  by Deborah Hopkinson

Romance Old and New - The Devil Drives by Jane Arbor; Sweep Me Up, Baron by Kate Archer

Skin - Perdition U.S.A. by Gary Phillips

If books could kill. (I do not regret this pun.) - Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs

Foe: a domestic science fiction thriller - Foe by Iain Reid

Definitely worth every penny! - Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Great Documentary Photography of American Teenagers - It's Complicated: The American Teenager by Robin Bowman

A Bittersweet Read - The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

Among misfits you’re family - Misfit Mansion by Kay Davault

Stories and ads tell the tale - Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers

A Fey with some actual character makes some bargains with sometimes interesting results - The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss

“That’s all in the name of good drama. The past is boring anyway.” - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

A Slow Burn Magic Story - Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

There’s oil in those hills….and a lot of sh** too - Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

Baking Competition Heats Up When a Contestant and Judge Have Immediate Chemistry - Love At 350˚ by Lisa Peers

Didn’t expect to find myself looking in the mirror… - The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

Kept Me Guessing - The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

The end of an era but not really - My Hero Academia Vigilantes, vols. 14-15 by Hideyuki Furuhashi, Betten Court

“The stories in this anthology trust their worlds and characters completely, and because we can sense the author’s confidence, we are willing to trust them in return.” - The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 by Edited by R.F. Kuang

Nevertheless, they persisted - Bright Young Women: A Novel by Jessica Knoll

Lady Green Snake and the Golden One - Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim

“We shall be useful. But just as importantly we shall be defiant, occasionally ill-mannered, and completely indomitable.” - The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman

Not All Books about Books are the Same - The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin; The Bookbinder by Pip Williams

“Disobedient bodies don’t just look a certain way, they act.” - Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty by Emma Dabiri

A Strong Collection of Horror Stories - The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One by Edited by James D. Jenkins & Ryan Cagle

Midwestern soil reminds me a lot of New England - A Man with a Rake by Ted Kooser

The Truth Doesn’t Matter - Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

A fairy tale turned horror story - Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran

I’m the Prophecy - Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

I know it may be wrong but, I’m in love with [Sadie’s] mom - Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakely-Cartwright

Books and Spooks - Silverview by John Le Carré

Ancient beings, modern sensibility - Circe by Madeline Miller

Man makes our art story - Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art by Hannah Salyer

Does this count as Sweater…Sweater? - Sink or Swim by Annabeth Albert

Inside A Serial Killer’s Fantastically Disturbing Life - Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbo

The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind small - Zanzara by Gloria Vitanza Basile

“So if you don’t mind, I need your stupid brain and maybe a reassuring glasses cleaning or two.” - Slayers: A Buffyverse Story by Amber Benson

Of Mice and Metaphors - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

perhaps this will be the year of expanded worlds both IRL and fictional (yes, I mean maybe I’ll finally get around to the Cosmere) - Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson

thoughtful villains to start the year off right - Starter Villain by John Scalzi

Bittersweet Coming of Age Manga - The Golden Sheep Vol. 1-3 by Kaori Ozaki

I Choose Darkness - I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson

Selkies are hard to resist - Selkies Are a Girl's Best Friend by Molly Harper

“Art was dangerous, it gave you ideas.” - Normal Rules Don't Apply by Kate Atkinson

“When we’re mindful, we notice sooner when we’re barreling into mental “time travel.” We come back to what’s in front of us, which otherwise may not get much attention at all. We recognize when thoughts make a challenging situation even more challenging.” - Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Teen ADHD: Build Executive Functioning Skills, Increase Motivation, and Improve Self-Confidence by Mark Bertin and Karen Bluth

An adorable YA romance from Talia Hibbert - Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

Caught up on Mercy Thompson - Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs; Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

The monster, the thief, and the vampire lover - Monstress Volume One: Awakening by Marjorie Liu; Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost; Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron

“I do not believe I could ever be frightened of someone who cannot stir out of doors if his cloak has a wrinkle.” - Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

More Nick and Charlie, just in time for Christmas - Heartstopper volume 5 by Alice Oseman

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