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The Astors (Dynasties Book 1)

by Virginia Cowles

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Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

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Each morning comes along and you assume it will be similar enough to the previous one—that you will be safe, that your family will be alive, that you will be together, that life will remain mostly as it was. Then a moment arrives and ...more

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“Butter melting on a dish meant someone nearby was in love, and a bird in the house take your bad luck out the window.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Rules of Magic

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“But then you like to tempt fate, don’t you? Don’t worry, it will all work out”
― Alice Hoffman, The Rules of Magic

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“You are my wife. I’m supposed to be the one who protects you from the monsters. I’m not supposed to be one.”
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