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

“I keep trying to make sober, evidence-based statements. And you try to make me jump you like a cat.” - The Art of Losing by Ruby Lang

His hand looked like the rest of him, large and stern and competent. - Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller

If you can’t join ‘em, beat ‘em! - The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan

The book that made me realise: my husband is a philosopher. - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

The Genealogy of Southern Cooking - The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty

You put a spell on me - Back in a Spell by Lana Harper

The Serial Killer Book I’ve Been Waiting For - Notes On An Execution by Danya Kukafka

“Robert Isaksson from the next village over was a reindeer killer.” - Stolen: A Novel by Ann-Helen Laestadius, trans. Rachel Willson-Broyles

“If we were all a little more selfish with our own lives instead of being in such a hurry to defend everything to the death the universe would be a much less scary place” - Saga (Volume 8) by Brian K Vaughan

feed me with your kiss - The Widowmaker by Hannah Morrissey

“Stranger, whoever you are, open this to learn what will amaze you.” - CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by ANTHONY DOERR

It’s not a bad decision to be happy. - Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly

“Like any dealer he was watching for the card that is so high and wild” - Every Gift a Curse (2023) by Caroline O'Donoghue

Maybe that’s how you fool other empaths, like, “hey baby, you just be your high-strung self and let me handle all that scary danger,” but respectfully, Agent Dead Man, I’m pretty sure you are the scary danger. - Liar City by Allie Therin

She’s Been Through It - Finding Me by Viola Davis

I’ve been on all sides of this story - So Much for Love: How I Survived a Toxic Relationship by Sophie Lambda

“Terror and delight sitting next to each other, their feet dangling off the side of a bridge very high up.” - The Book of Delights by Ross Gay

When AIDS crashed the party - The Other Pandemic: An AIDS Memoir by Lynn Curlee

At the very crowded intersection of Black History and Banned Books - Black Was the Ink by Michelle Coles

“My inner being is exceptionally cranky and I often don’t want her company myself.” - The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

Magic Tides: Kate & Curran Still Going Strong - Magic Tides by Ilona Andrews

Romeo and Juliet, California Style - Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson

Forget Swords and Sorcery. Give Me Tea and Books Instead. - Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

“When it came to equality, 1952 was a real disappointment.” - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

We are women without a voice…We are women out of time and place, without even the language of the country we reside in. - Women Talking by Miriam Toew

Because when women understand chemistry, they begin to understand how things work. - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

We Should Have Seen It Coming - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Her grin was tiny but evil. Adorably evil, if that was a thing. - Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

Everybody and Every Body Outdoors: Disabled Hiker’s Guide to WA and Oregon - Disabled Hiker's Guide to Western Washington and Oregon: Outdoor Adventures Accessible by Car, Wheelchair, and on Foot by Syren Nagakyrie

I third this fairy tale self aware fun - Cursed Princess Club v.1 by LambCat

The Racism of People Who Love You - The Racism of People Who Love You: Essays on Mixed Race Belonging by Samira K. Mehta

Hell Bent- WHY IN THE NAME OF CLIFFHANGERS WHHHYYYYY - Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

Ninth House- A reread and re-review! - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

“One doesn’t need magic if one knows enough stories.” - Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawelett

Remarkable author and their remarkable series and the remarkable new one - Remarkably Ruby (Emmie & Friends, #6) by Terri Libenson

Coffee makes everything better. - Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

“I said, could I f*ck you, and you said, yes please, and I thought, there’s manners. Proper breeding, that is.” - The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles

Been sleeping on this guy. Even Madonna beat me to it. - Gold by Rumi

Alan Rickman: a bit catty, a bit snobby, and maybe a bit dirty? - Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman (Author) Rima Horton (Afterword), Emma Thompson (Contributor)

We were boys who had created ourselves - Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore

An extremely unexpected new favorite. - Liar, Dreamer, Thief by Maria Dong

“It is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it” - A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

“The most important thing is finding someone you wish to play with.” - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

“She checked underneath the sink but didn’t see anything that might destroy an evil puppet.” - How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

“All that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.” - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

“What is memory if not a ghost?” - Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott

Kathryn Moon’s Sweetverse - Baby and the Late Night Howlers by Kathryn Moon; Lola and the Millionaires parts I & II by Kathryn Moon; Bad Alpha by Kathryn Moon; Faith and the Dead End Devils by Kathryn Moon

“They were pilgrims. They were cosmonauts. They were as good as dead.” - Hell Bent (Alex Stern, #2) by Leigh Bardugo

A perfect way to start the year - Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

I See the Appeal - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

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