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Rita’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Rita’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Rita Arens
Goodreads Author
Born
in somewhere in Iowa, The United States
Website
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Influences
Anne Lamott, Joseph Heller, John Irving, Anne Tyler, Amy Tan, Tom Robb
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Member Since
June 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/ritaarens
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Sleep Is for the Weak: The Best of the Mommybloggers Including Amalah, Finslippy, Fussy, Woulda Coulda Shoulda, Mom-101, and More! (Blogher Book)
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2008
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The Obvious Game
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2013
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5 editions
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Roots: Where Food Comes From and Where It Takes Us: A BlogHer Anthology
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2013
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3 editions
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The Birthright of Parker Cleaves
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Simple Math
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2009
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2 editions
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War (Poetry Book 4)
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2009
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Hands Clasped in a Smile (Poetry Book 1)
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The Dead Man Downstairs
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2014
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Email Me:
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Shelter (Poetry Book 3)
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How do I continue?
Typepad, you are useless. I should have left you decades ago. But, much like an AOL email address, I���m just too lazy to quit you.
I talked to my husband about this. ���I know a person,��� I said. but the effort to clean up 15-year-old writing feels similar to an abandoned wood bench. It would feel good to purge it, but good enough to warrant the effort? One wonders.
I am waiting to emerge from
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| The Next Best Boo...: The Title Game - Part Deux | 8189 | 2706 | Nov 11, 2021 05:18AM |
“As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?”
― City of Ashes
― City of Ashes
“I don't really like coffee, she said, but I don't really like it when my head hits my desk when I fall asleep either. ”
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“Police work wouldn't be possible without coffee," Wallander said.
"No work would be possible without coffee."
They pondered the importance of coffee in silence.”
― One Step Behind
"No work would be possible without coffee."
They pondered the importance of coffee in silence.”
― One Step Behind
“It's just like when you've got some coffee that's too black, which means it's too strong. What do you do? You integrate it with cream, you make it weak. But if you pour too much cream in it, you won't even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep.”
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