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Escape to New Zealand Boxed Set: Just This Once, Just Good Friends, Just for Now

by Rosalind James (Goodreads Author)

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24 Hours in Ancient Egypt

by Dr Donald P. Ryan

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A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles (Goodreads Author)

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Blood Work (Night Call #1)

by L.J. Hayward

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Lena’s Quotes

“Your hair is winter fire
January embers
My heart burns there, too.”
― Stephen King, It

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“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

tags: family, readers, reading

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“I see God in a sunrise, not in repetitious ritual.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Bloodfever

tags: mac

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“There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.”
― Siddharta Gautama

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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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