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Melissa’s favorite books

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Kalpa Imperial by Angélica Gorodischer Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang The Carpet Makers by Andreas Eschbach We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
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The Sparrow
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Dirty 20
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by Bill Schweigart (Goodreads Author)
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25x33 Third Place Books: Booze & Lasers — 19 members — last activity Dec 29, 2022 10:24AM
Every Month we get together to discuss a book chosen in a prior by the group. At Third Place Books Seward Park in Seattle, WA. Drink specials are avai ...more

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