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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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Average rating: 4.27 · 11 ratings · 6 reviews · 5 distinct works

	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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When Stars Align

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I love everything I read by Jodi Picoult. She does copious amounts of research but then (seemingly) effortlessly weaves them into plot and dialogue. I wasn't sure I was ready to read a Covid-19 novel, but I trusted her, and that trust was rewarded. R ...more
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Jen and 802 other people liked Paromjit's review of Wish You Were Here: "Of all the books I have read this year, I cannot think of any that will resonate so deeply with a global audience as this one. Jodi Picoult carries out an impressive level of research for her oh so human look at the pain, losses, lockdown, heartbreak" Read more of this review »
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I love everything I read by Jodi Picoult. She does copious amounts of research but then (seemingly) effortlessly weaves them into plot and dialogue. I wasn't sure I was ready to read a Covid-19 novel, but I trusted her, and that trust was rewarded. R ...more
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The first book had me hooked, the second was strong, and now I'm wondering if I'll read the fourth when it comes out despite the cliffhanger in the third (or actually, because of it...) I did enjoy the voyage to different islands (and I always love t ...more
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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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