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Allison’s favorite books

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg Riding the Bus with My Sister by Rachel Simon R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton The Tin Box by Holly Kennedy The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer Eyes of a Child by Richard North Patterson The Doctor's Wife by Elizabeth Brundage Up Island by Anne Rivers Siddons
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The Red Queen
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by Victoria Aveyard (Goodreads Author)
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Allison’s Notes & Highlights

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Summer Again (St Caroline #1) by Julia Gabriel
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“Sometimes traditions outlive their usefulness.”
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Allison’s Quotes

Groucho Marx
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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Harper Lee
“I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
tags: brotherhood-of-man, people, scout
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Jane Austen
“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice
tags: love, mr-darcy
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Stephanie Klein
“Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you.”
― Stephanie Klein, Straight Up and Dirty
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Oscar Wilde
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism
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Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Fiction, Historical fiction, Humor and Comedy, Mystery, Non-fiction, Romance, Thriller, and Young-adult


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