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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
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Round up 1

Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe

A Window into Time by Peter F Hamilton

The 10th Victim by Robert Sheckley

The White Cottage Mystery by Margery Allingham

Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

Keep Moving by Maggie Smith

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

The Nonexistent Knight by Italo Calvino

September 11, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Sword of the Lictor – 4/5 I might be getting a little series fatigue on these books. It doesn’t help the matter that this is the second time I am reading these books. I am doing that because while I have read them before I am trying reconcile my feelings of them with the rave reviews I read online. The thing I most like about the books is that the world they inhabit feels very strongly like the kind of world I would love […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: elizabeth strout, gene wolfe, Italo Calvino, Maggie Smith, Margery Allingham, Peter F Hamilton, robert sheckley, Sōsuke Natsukawa, Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:525 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: elizabeth strout, gene wolfe, Italo Calvino, Maggie Smith, Margery Allingham, Peter F Hamilton, robert sheckley, Sōsuke Natsukawa, Stephen King and Richard Chizmar ·
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Grab Bag #2

Yearbook by Seth Rogen

Will by Will Smith and Mark Manson

Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

End of Watch by Stephen King

Runnin' With the Devil by Noel E. Monk with Joe Layden

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Last Guard Out by Jim Albright

July 16, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

I am falling so far behind on reviews it’s time for another grab bag! You may look at this list and say “Wow, Tyler (not my real name), you are all over the place with genres!” To which I reply in my best Scar/Jeremy Irons voice “You have no idea.” I tend to be mercurial with my interests and obsessions and just go wherever the whim takes me. Also whatever I see that looks interesting at the library because we are blessed to have a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: End of Watch, Gwendy's Final Task, Jim Albright, john scalzi, Last Guard Out, Noel E. Monk with Joe Layden, Runnin' With the Devil, Seth Rogen, Stephen King, Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, The Kaiju Preservation Society, TylerDFC, Will, Will Smith and Mark Manson, Yearbook

TylerDFC's CBR14 Review No:23 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: End of Watch, Gwendy's Final Task, Jim Albright, john scalzi, Last Guard Out, Noel E. Monk with Joe Layden, Runnin' With the Devil, Seth Rogen, Stephen King, Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, The Kaiju Preservation Society, TylerDFC, Will, Will Smith and Mark Manson, Yearbook ·
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