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The Island of Sea Women

by Lisa See (Goodreads Author)

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The View from Lake Como

by Adriana Trigiani (Goodreads Author)

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Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants

by Erik Piepenburg

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Amanda’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for In the Country We Love: My Family Divided

In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

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When the authorities made the choice to detain my parents, no one bothered to check that a young girl, a minor, a citizen of this country, would be left without a family. Without a home. Without a way to move forward.

Babel

by R.F. Kuang

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Strangers in Time

by David Baldacci

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Amanda’s Quotes

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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“...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.”
― Stephen King, 11/22/63

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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown

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Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge — 43013 members — last activity 19 hours, 25 min ago
*** IMPORTANT NOTE: There is never any fee charged to participate in this challenge or in this group. If you received a note asking for money, that is ...more

The Next Best Book Club — 26192 members — last activity 4 hours, 46 min ago
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more

Storm Lake CommUnity Book Club — 3 members — last activity Oct 29, 2012 01:57PM
The Storm Lake CommUnity book club meets on the third Thursday of the month for an hour discussion about our current read.

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Do you want to broaden your reading horizons and discover new books, authors and genres? Do you love reading challenges? Do you live for competition? ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222809 members — last activity 3 hours, 56 min ago
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

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