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Dawn Chen said: " Dropping everything since I got an E-ARC for this book on Netgalley. Been seeing it a lot on bookthreads and wanted to read it as soon as I can. "

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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

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Welcome to any and all WLW / NBLW (lesbians, bisexuals, pansexuals). This is a no pressure book club. If at any point you fall behind, or decide not ...more