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Barbara is Currently Reading

Barbara is currently reading

The Road to Tender Hearts

by Annie Hartnett (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2026-challenge, fiction, currently-reading

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May 05, 2026 06:03PM

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Hail Mariam

by Huda Al-Marashi (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2026-challenge, middle-grade-books, currently-reading

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May 05, 2026 06:02PM

Barbara’s Quotes

“Read them out loud, and take it slow. When you hit a comma, stop and chew. When you hit a period, swallow. Don't try to eat any circled words.”
― Pat Schmatz, Bluefish

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“I began to realize how this fire department was a means of reentry, of rediscovering the place I had left a decade before, of recapturing my sense of place one tragedy at a time.”
― Michael Perry, Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time

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