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Etna

by Paul Yoon

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Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden (Bill O'Reilly's Confronting Series)

by Bill O'Reilly (Goodreads Author)

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The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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Melissa’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Through Gates of Garnet and Gold (Wayward Children, #11)

Through Gates of Garnet and Gold (Wayward Children, #11) by Seanan McGuire

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all life must one day end, and all flesh must one day decay.

Melissa’s Quotes

“The older one becomes the quicker the present fades into sepia and the past looms up in glorious technicolour”
― Beryl Bainbridge

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