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Melissa’s favorite books

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler 1984 by George Orwell Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah Summer Sisters by Judy Blume Animal Farm by George Orwell East of Eden by John Steinbeck Perfect Health by Deepak Chopra Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
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Book cover for Chasing Cupcakes: How One Broke, Fat Girl Transformed Her Life (and How You Can, Too)
Chasing Cupcakes: How One Broke, Fat Girl Transformed Her Life (and How You Can, Too) by Elizabeth Benton
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Melissa’s Groups

101385 International Girls YA Book Club — 717 members — last activity Aug 25, 2020 09:46PM
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70863 David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite! — 2919 members — last activity 23 hours, 27 min ago
A Group for all things YA and David Estes
56898 Shut Up & Read — 9893 members — last activity 3 hours, 48 min ago
A place for all types of readers.
102675 Janine Caldwell Fan Group — 60 members — last activity Jun 02, 2015 09:01AM
This is a group created for all those who are fans of Janine Caldwell and her books!

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Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuireClockwork Princess by Cassandra ClareAllegiant by Veronica RothOpal by Jennifer L. ArmentroutBoundless by Cynthia Hand
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Adult Fiction, Book Club, Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, Young-adult, and Women's Fiction


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