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Cara is Currently Reading

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Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)

by Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2011, vampires, teen-fantasy, ebook, boarding-school, st-chris-lib, currently-reading

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read in August 2011

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

Jul 22, 2014 05:00AM · see review

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Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #5)

by Elizabeth C. Bunce (Goodreads Author)

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Feb 03, 2026 06:43AM

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The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)

by Alexandra Bracken (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2012, first-in-series, dystopian, special-abilities, teen-fantasy, net-galley, branch-book-club, read-more-than-once, 2015, book-talk-available, st-chris-lib, currently-reading

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Cara said: " Some books stick with you. In a sea of dystopian teen books, this one really stands out. The world is well-written, the characters are so real, and the bonds they form are just amazing. I am having a hard time putting into words why I liked this book ...more "

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Jan 04, 2015 08:44AM · see review

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Cara’s Quotes

“We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive.”
― Amy Hempel, The Collected Stories

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“I know of a cure for everything: salt water...in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.”
― Karen Blixen

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“I almost cried. But I didn't, because if you're in seventh grade and you cry while wearing a blue floral cape and yellow tights with white feathers on the butt, you just have to curl up and die somewhere in a dark alley.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars

tags: truth

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