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

A love story wedded to a tale of horror - The Lost Wife by Alyson Richman

It really was quite a game. - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

“Yesterday’s Son”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #24 - Yesterday's Son by A.C. Crispin

Family Secrets and Tragedy - Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

KayKay #CBR6 Review #08 Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss - Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

This Book is Brilliantly Bonkers - This Book is Full of Spiders by David Wong

Jeeves gets to the bottom of it - Jeeves and the Wedding Bells by Sebastian Faulk

Another Historical Romance, But a Delightful Novella - The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr. Wright by Tessa Dare

Movie is coming out? Better read it quick! - Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson

thewheelbarrow’s Review #1: Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants by Matthew Inman - Why Grizzly Bears Should Wear Underpants by Matthew Inman

Badkittyuno’s Review #15: Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley - Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley

A good read, but a laborious one - The Known World by Edward P. Jones

Our house is a very, very fine house - Livvie Owen Lived Here by Sarah Dooley

“You are like a lantern swathed and covered, hidden away in a dark place. Yet the light shines; they could not put out the light.” - The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Reader Who Fell In Love With Fairyland and Refused to Stop Writing Reviews About It - The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente

“The worst thing in the world is a secret.” - Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin

Motherhood, am I right? - Why Have Kids? A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness by Jessica Valenti

S. - S. by Doug Dorst and J.J. Abrams

King of the severed hands - King Leopold by Adam Hochschild

The Golden Notebook: A Novel by Doris Lessing - The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing

#7 A fantastic foray into Norse Mythology for children - Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman

On Catastrophe, Martian Potatoes, and Displaying Adaptability - The Martian by Andy Weir

CBR6 Love: An Internet Overview of John Green Edition - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The one where I still love that Scotsman… - Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

I Should Pay More Attention to Hype - Room by Emma Donoghue

Love the movie, love the book - High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

Blood Rites: Sex, Blood, Magic - Blood Rites by Jim Butcher

The Awakening by Kate Chopin - The Awakening by Kate Chopin

“To the dead, one owes nothing but the truth” - Son of a Gun by Justin St. Germain

Hyperbole and a Half, aka the Plight of Depressed Millenials - Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh

Dark Ages Lady Fiction, A+, Yes Please - Hild by Nicola Griffith

Jr. Cannonballer Ewandini’s CBR 6 Review #1 - The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

Me Before You – A Book I Can’t Tell You Anything About - Me Before You by Jojo Moyes

“The Entropy Effect”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #16 - "The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre

If You’re Between the Ages of 5 and 500 You Will Love Zita the Spacegirl - Legends of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

The Happiest Dog in Town - Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Hanging out with DJ Schwenk is still awesome - The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Hurts So Good - The MacGregor's Lady by Grace Burrowes

A visit to M.C. Escher Park: The Relativity of Dogs, Cats, and Bunnies - How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog by Chad Orzel

Mama Day - Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

The Red Tent - The Red Tent by Anita Diamant

Sex & Violence - Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian

I’m glad I got SOMETHING out of that Eastern European Lit class… - Poems New and Collected by Wis?awa Szymborska

A Compelling Mystery - In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff

A Gift from a Master Storyteller - On Writing by Stephen King

Jelinas Reviews Cannonball #1: A Worthy Homage to Horror - Boogeymen by Brian J. Prisco

Everyday Miracles: Bloodletting and Other Miraculous Cures - Bloodletting and Other Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam

Wait until she sees my rich golden shaft - Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

A Splendid Time Travel Tale (Or, Connie Willis Deserves All of Her Awards) - The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Lady Macbeth - Lady Macbeth by Susan Fraser King

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