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Deborah Linn

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Deborah Linn's Blog: Deborah Linn Updates

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It's okay to not finish reading a book.

It really is.

I'm probably announcing this more to myself than to anyone else. It's a recent decision I've made for myself. I think the decision comes from a place of maturity? Age? Maybe both. Also, my word for 2022, ACCEPTANCE, played a role.

Fist, the pandemic changed my thinking on a lot of things. Basically, it helped me adopt a "life's to Read more of this blog post »

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Just Daisy: A Gatsby Retelling

by Deborah Linn (Goodreads Author)

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Sense and Suitability

by Pepper Basham (Goodreads Author)

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The Complete Francis of Assisi: His Life, The Complete Writings, and The Little Flowers (Paraclete Giants)

by Jon M. Sweeney

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