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Melissa is Currently Reading

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The Gates of Midnight (The Golem and the Jinni #3)

by Helene Wecker (Goodreads Author)

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Dead Beat (Ninth House Trilogy, #3)

by Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author)

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Drowned Country (The Greenhollow Duology, #2)

by Emily Tesh (Goodreads Author)

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Melissa’s Quotes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“My reading schedule has become butter. I'm being seduced right and left to add books I hadn't even considered. I am a book harlot. A book toting gentleman of the evening.”
― Jeffrey Keeten

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“Your whole house smells of dog, says someone who comes to visit. I say I'll take care of it. Which I do by never inviting that person to visit again.”
― Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

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