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

A trivial comedy for serious people - The importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

A Tale of Loss, Redemption and the Human Condition - The Buffalo Soldier: A Novel by Chris Bohjalian

Potatoes in Space: The Perfect Book for your Inner Astronaut - The Martian by Andy Weir

Fangirl - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

A Stranger, a Strange Land, a Strange Room - In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut

Lazy Gardening Throughout Time - Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy & the Indolent by Ruth Stout

Attachments - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Where Was This Book Five Years Ago? - The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller

Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins - Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

“You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

The English Teacher’s Guide to the Galaxy - Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12 by Kelly Gallagher

Who could ever say you’re not simply wonderful? - The Humans by Matt Haig

“…once you learn your answers, you can never unlearn them.” - American Gods by Neil Gaiman

A Rose among Thorns: Sacajawea and the Corps of Discovery - Sacajawea by Joseph Bruchac

The circle of life - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

America, F!@#k Yeah! - Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and the Trail of Tears by Alex W. Bealer

Gulp by Mary Roach - Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

Still Foolin’ ‘Em by Billy Crystal - Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal

Some kind of pun about not being cold on this book - The Coldest Girl In Coldtown by Holly Black

Huzzah! Suffragettes! - The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

The More Things Change … - No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Road Goes Ever On and On - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Ray, If Someone Asks Are You a God, Say “YES!” - American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Serena Serena - Serena by Ron Rash

Just go buy it and read it. That’s all the review you need. - The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

Another Historical Romance, But a Master Work of Romantic Fiction - The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

The world started upside down. I’m just trying to set it right side up. - The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

He kissed her like he was drawing a perfectly straight line. He kissed her in India ink. - Landline by Rainbow Rowell

“Fitting together is something you work at. It’s something you make happen—because you love each other.” - Landline by Rainbow Rowell

A story that tries really hard to just be love story. - Eleanor and Park by Ranbow Rowell

We, the youthful sinewy races–Pioneers! - O Pioneers! by Willa cather

Same Song, Different Translation - Beowulf by Seamus Heaney

A heart-wrenching classic - Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Where’s a Banana Stand When You Need One? - The Financial Lives of Poets by Jess Walter

Once you start, you can’t stop! - The Martian by Andy Weir

Willa Cather is my new girl crush. - The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather

Best Book of the Year - The Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan

The beginning of a GREAT EPIC fantasy! - Blood Song by Anthony Ryan

Underneath this veneer of slightly crazy and mildly socially retarded, I’m a complete disaster - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

When Good Superheros Go Rogue - Civil War: A Marvel Comics Event by Mark Millar

Harry Dresden Hits it out of the Park Again - Skin Game: A Novel of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher

Writing Science Fiction #LikeAGirl - The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

Parkour, bitch. - Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15) by Jim Butcher

Delightfully poignant - A woman of no importance by Oscar Wilde

You guys, this book was a such thrill-ride - Skin Game by Jim Butcher

Assume: It’s True What They Say - Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach - Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach

A Free Man at Heart - Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

A Real Love Story (in all its 80’s glory) - Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

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