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Sara A. Helal

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I wrote my first story when I was six.
Mind mender by day. World builder by night. Avid reader always. I write empowering women's fiction & fantasy. Debut novel on the way. ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 9 ratings · 2 reviews · 1 distinct work

The Girl In Orange

3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015

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Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch, #2)

by Terry Pratchett

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Brimstone (Fae & Alchemy, #2)

by Callie Hart (Goodreads Author)

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Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

by Jessica Brody (Goodreads Author)

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Sara rated a book liked it Fearful (The Powerless Trilogy, #3.5) by Lauren Roberts (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Unlike the other novella (Powerful), this one hasn’t impressed me. Like at all. Even the writing felt so different. I’m intrigued by the prospect of more stories set in the same world, but I’m also not very hopeful.
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I don’t do self-help books, so I only read this book because my therapist recommended it. And I was pleasantly surprised. This book doesn’t tell you how to set or achieve your goals, but rather how to shift your perspectives to be the person you want ...more
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3.5 stars It was refreshing to read a story where the bad (like, really bad) guys were the fae. Terry Pratchett was brilliant and I can’t say it enough.
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3.5 stars It was refreshing to read a story where the bad (like, really bad) guys were the fae. Terry Pratchett was brilliant and I can’t say it enough.
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“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E. B. White

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“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

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“Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life.”
― Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way

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“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
― Jean de La Fontaine, Fables

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“Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve.”
― Carol Shields, The Republic of Love

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