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See You Next Tuesday

by Kate Stayman-London (Goodreads Author)

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LJ’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones

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To tell your parents that something they saw on Fox News is not actually happening and is being twisted just to bump up ratings, and then have them not believe their own child, is gut-wrenching.

Daughters of the Sun and Moon

by Lisa See

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Kin

by Tayari Jones

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LJ’s Quotes

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!

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“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
― Anne Tyler

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“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
― Joseph Addison

tags: mind, reading

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“So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

tags: love, marriage

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“I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

tags: love

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