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Bethypage42
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I cant spoil anything cuz Im only 5 minutes in, but I already understand Im in the presence of greatness. Kingsolver came out swinging. I have been stalling on this one; Appalachian drug addicts being a fairly depressing and unappealing plot. But how ...more "
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I first read IJ in 2001, and it quickly became the book I loved to hate. Every page was fascinating, but I had NO idea what was going on. I pushed on, thinking "surely, this will all come together in the end". When it was over I was practically in pa
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Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
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