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Jen Reeder

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I am the co-author of "Adventure Guide: Hawaii the Big Island," and work as a freelance journalist. I write frequently about pets and am an award-winning member of the Dog Writers Association of America. I'm also a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
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	Adventure Guide: Hawaii the Big Island (Adventure Guides Series) by Bryan Fryklund, Jen Reeder (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007 — 4 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
	Hawaii: The Big Island by Bryan Fryklund, Jen Reeder (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	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
	Hawaii's Hamakua Coast, Hilo & the Waipi'o Valley by Jen Reeder (Goodreads Author), Jen Reeder (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 3 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
	Hawaii's Kona Coast by Bryan Frylund, Jen Reeder (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	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
	Waimea, Mauna Kea & Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: Travel Adventures by Jen Reeder (Goodreads Author), Sandra Parker (Narrator), Bryan Fryklund 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Romantic Comedy

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This Is For The Women Who Don’t Give A Fuck

by Janne Robinson

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Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

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“In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.”
― Barack Obama

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“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.”
― Henry Miller

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

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“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., A Man Without a Country

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