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Karen is Currently Reading

Karen is currently reading

Too Many Crooks Spoil the Plot (A Ditie Brown Mystery #1)

by Sarah Osborne (Goodreads Author)

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Must Love Christmas Cowboys

by Diana Palmer

bookshelves: contemporary-cowboy-romance, contemporary-holiday-romance, contemporary-romance, currently-reading

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Death of a Christmas Caterer (Hayley Powell Food and Cocktails Mystery, #5)

by Lee Hollis (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: cozy-mystery, food-cozy-mystery, contemporary-series, cozy-small-town-shops, currently-reading

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Karen’s Quotes

“The problem with wanting," he whispered, his mouth trailing along my jaw until it hovered over my lips, "is that it makes us weak.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

tags: darkling

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“You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges.”
― Elizabeth Berg, The Art of Mending

tags: family

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“It's not the wolf that makes the killer, Deputy. It's what lies in the heart of the man."
-Ava”
― Gina Farago, Ivy Cole and the Moon

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“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
― Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love | Guitar TAB Sheet Music Collection | Note-for-Note Transcriptions for Electric Guitar Players | Classic Psychedelic Rock Solos

tags: death, life

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“I didn't forget you. To this day, I have yet to walk through an airport without looking for your face, and every time it snows, I remember what it felt like to kiss you.”
― Sharon Sala, Second Chances

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