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Lauren is Currently Reading

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Blood Bank (Vicki Nelson #6)

by Tanya Huff

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Into the Drowning Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #1)

by Mira Grant

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Lauren’s Quotes

“You can’t beg the world to do what you want. You can’t ask it nicely. You must force the world. You must bend it to your will.”
― Grady Hendrix, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

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“The older I get, the more I think the barometer for intelligence is how kind you are. Because it’s not an easy thing to do, staying mindful, after all you go through in life.”
― Josh Malerman, Incidents Around the House

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“You were capable of imagining a different future. And maybe it won’t be realized today, maybe not in our lifetime. Maybe it will take generations. We’re all part of a continuum. Does that make it pointless?”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

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“Reading the wrong book is almost worse than not reading any book at all,”
― Grady Hendrix, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

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“They will not use my tears for their entertainment.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

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