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Susan Lyttek

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At the tender age of six, calamity struck Susan Lyttek’s childhood home. Actually, the television died and her educator parents who’d just purchased their first home didn’t have the funds to replace it. Thus, she began reading to find escape and solace in story worlds like Narnia, Earthsea, and Prydain, or adventures with Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.
Later, after told the mystery she wanted to check out from the library with “talking mice, fish, and fairies” didn’t exist, she decided to write the stories she wanted to read. She’s been doing exactly that ever since.
Fortunately, or unfortunately, that means her work crosses genres and formats: from mystery to fantasy, flash fiction to novels, poetry to plays, and magazine articles to devotio ...more

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For whatever reason, maybe because Gary retired in January, my need to declutter and get rid of things has not subsided.

Usually, as in most previous years, I would get the urge to purge for about a week or so after Christmas and then a week or so in the spring. This year, it hasn’t faded. I’ve also been reading books on the subject, including the devotional Uncluttered by Liana George and Angie Hy

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	Plundered Christmas 3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	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
	Homeschooling Can Be Murder 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012	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
	Killer Field Trip 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014	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
	Portal Watchers (Portal Watchers of Telba Book 1) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	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
	Sweet Romantic Fiction Editors' Choice Christmas Collection, Vol 4 by Susan Lyttek (Goodreads Author), Dixie Jarchow, Anne Greene (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings	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
	A Wedding to Die For (Talbott Family Mystery #4) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	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
	Heartbeat of Fear (Portal Watchers of Telba Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	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
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	Outside Space and Time (Portal Watchers of Telba Book 5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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

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Kellynch: Dragon Persuasion (Jane Austen's Dragons, #6)

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Susan Lyttek said: " Dragons and Dragon politics!

As I mentioned in my review of this author's previous book, Persuasion is my favorite Jane Austen tale. (Northanger Abbey is probably second.) But I don't read retellings and expansions. Not a fan of historical novels.
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One Must Die (Games of Greed and Ruin Book 1)

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500 Classic Fairy Tales You Should Read (Book Center): Cinderella, Rapunzel, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp...

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