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Christina’s Corner: September 30, 2022

A handful of tiny pumpkins and acorns are scattered on a distressed black table, surrounding a paper tag reading "October."

October starts tomorrow. I know it’s cliche, but it is one of my favorite months. I’ll try not to be so obvious in my recommendations.

Book Club: The Martian Chapters 7 – 8

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Welcome to the comments and discussion of the Young Adult Cancer Book Club! We are reading The Martian by Andy Weir. This week, we’re reading Chapters 7-8, Pages 77-111.

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Check Out Our Murder Mystery Merch!

Five black items, a canvas tote, two tshirts, a onesie, and a mug, against a white background. There are three designs: one of a white cactus outline, one of multi-colored window outlines with silhouettes in the window, and the text "I survived the Cactus Cancer Murders and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."

Spooky season is almost here, and that means that our Murder Mystery Party is right around the corner. And we’ve got limited edition merch to commemorate our first-ever virtual whodunnit!

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YA Cancer Gabfest 2022: Registration Is Open!

Registration for YA Cancer Gabfest 2022 is now open! Throughout the week of December 5th, we invite you to share, explore, and learn as we socialize and engage with each other.

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Christina’s Corner: September 23, 2022

A generous bowl of orange soup, speckled with greek herbs and red seasoning, rests atop two plates, one yellow and the larger one white. In the upper left corner are two smaller pumpkins.

It feels silly, in times like these, to think about what we will eat for dinner. But we need to nourish ourselves. We need joy.

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Book Club: The Martian Chapters 4 – 6

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Welcome to the comments and discussion of the Young Adult Cancer Book Club! We are reading The Martian by Andy Weir.

This week, we’re reading Chapters 4-6, Pages 35-75. Read our participants’ reactions in the comments section below!

We’ll talk about a few chapters each week until the book is done. Join in the comments every week! Also, there will probably be spoilers, so read along with us! Once we finish the book, we’ll have an online book club discussion on Zoom to talk about general feelings from the book and anything else you’d like to discuss on Thursday, December 15 at 4 PM PT/ 6 PM CT/ 7 PM ET. We hope you’ll join us!

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