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When Leigh’s mother commits suicide, Leigh is certain her mother turned into a bird. Her father takes her on a trip to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents after her mother’s death. Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, does not speak her grandparents’ language. She struggles to ...
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This is the fifth book in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. Be sure to read the first books because this one will be confusing without them. When Bridget, Lena, Tibby, and Carmen have grown up and started lives of their own, miles apart, they realize they’re no longer as close ...
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Great Online Book Stores
Most of us are stuck at home right now just trying to stay sane. And to go along with my post about books to read during a quarantine, I decided to compile a list of great online book stores. I haven’t used all of these, as I usually enjoy buying my books from local used bookstores instead. But ...
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Review of All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
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Our main character, Wavy, an eight-year-old girl, who is raised in a difficult home of substance abuse and drug dealing meets and falls in love with an older man, Kellen. He is an ex-con who works for her father selling drugs. The story follows them as they navigate their relationship, ...
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Review of Final Girls by Riley Sager
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Quincy Carpenter, the sole survivor of a mass murderer worthy of a horror movie, joins the ranks of the Final Girls with two others: Sam and Lisa. Sam survived the attack of the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn and Lisa survived the knife of a college dropout during an ...
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3 Reasons Why We Feel Guilty Practicing Self-Care (and How to Stop Feeling Guilty)
Settling in to read a good book with a hot cup of coffee while the kids nap. Sounds like the perfect way to spend some time alone, taking care of ourselves. But there always seems to be a nagging feeling. A thought that maybe there are better ways to spend our time. There are dishes in the sink from ...
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