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

The one where I really hope they don’t screw up the movie… - Labor Day by Joyce Maynard

Americanah - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The wonder of Wonder - Wonder by RJ Palacio

A Feminist Treatise Wrapped in a Romance Novel - The Countess Conspiracy by Courtney Milan

Bumbersnoot! Bumbersnoot Bumbersnoot BUMBERSNOOT! - Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

Time to Put On Your Big Girl Pants - Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg

Great book and best narration I’ve heard recently! - Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

“Like a movie reel run in reverse” - Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

That’s More Like It, Mary! - Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

The Lowland. Read it. - The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri

Badkittyuno’s Review #6: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

Em and the big Hoom – Review #4 for AamilTheCamel - Em and the big Hoom by Jerry Pinto

Scientists in Love - The Countess Conspiracy (The Brothers Sinister, Book 3) by Courtney Milan

The Many Lines of Beauty - The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

Not All Monsters Are Bad - The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff

Strangers in a Strange Land - The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

A beautiful way to start my reading year - The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

On Fantasy Giants, Magic Systems, and Cool Metatextual Stuff - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

Faultless - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

A superbly evocative and suspenseful debut that looks at old age, loneliness and dementia. - The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane

The Falcon Cannot Hear the Falconer - Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

Misfits in Love - The Heiress Effect (The Brothers Sinister, Book 2) by Courtney Milan

The one where I want Jamie Fraser to call me Sassenach… - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

You, in college, as you wish it could have been - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

How is my favorite character a computer? - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein

The Life of Frado - Our Nig; or, Sketches From the Life of a Free Black by Harriet E. Wilson

My Head Exploded Multiple Times - A Storm Of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire Book 3) by George R. R. Martin

Persis Blake is my new hero - Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund

Best damn guilt trip I’ve ever taken…. - Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok

A book about books! Mr. Penumbra should be our CBR mascot. - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

A Story of the Future Set Mostly in the Past - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

A work of Dickensian depth and breadth - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Read ALL THE PAGES! - Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh

Beautiful Stranger: Going Home with Moon Palace - Moon Palace by Paul Auster

Fiat.Luxury #CBR6 #2: Middlemarch - Middlemarch by George Eliot

Heartwarming tale of a girl and her dog* - Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Once Upon a Time in Old New York - The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker

Of Swifts and Gin (A Robert CBR6 Review) - The Waking that Kills by Stephen Gregory

A Brief History of Time – Review #2 for AamilTheCamel - A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

MelBivDevoe’s CBR Review #2 – Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

BrittaneyNichole #CBR6 Review #3 Dreams of the Solo Trapeze - Dreams of the Solo Trapeze: Offstage with Cirque du Soleil by Mark Schreiber

Hyperbole and a Half - Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

Yes, Please - Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson and Veronica Chambers

MelBivDevoe’s CBR Review #1 – Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Yup, Hurricane Katrina Was Horrible - Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink

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