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Melissa’s favorite books

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

The Places That Scare You by Pema Chödrön

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Life Lessons by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

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Melissa’s Bookshelves

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Melissa is Currently Reading

The Henna Artist

Melissa is currently reading

The Henna Artist (The Jaipur Trilogy, #1)

by Alka Joshi (Goodreads Author)

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Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, and Spirituality

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