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Beguiling the Beauty
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by Sherry Thomas (Goodreads Author)
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Melissa Melissa said: " Oh dear. First of all, I like Sherry Thomas' writing in general. She has a nice prose style and is capable of writing complex characters and interesting plots.

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The Unselected Jo...
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Melissa Melissa said: " Volume 7 of Emma M. Lion's journals is quite simply delightful, full of humor, warmth, friendship, quirkiness, romance, and fun. The further I get into Emma's world, the more I love her and her endearing circle of friends, most especially (of course! ...more "

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To Ralph the Sienese air was not only breathable but intoxicating. The sun, treading the earth like a vintager, drew from it heady fragrances, crushed out of it new colours. All the values of the temperate landscape were reversed: the noon ...more
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Betty  Smith
“Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost.”
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Toni Morrison
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L.M. Montgomery
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L.M. Montgomery

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