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Final page proofs. I think this is my ninth readthrough.

I'm ready for someone else to read it.

"Beware a curious person whose curiosity has been piqued."

"She was having a nervous breakdown in Waffle House. Her brains had been scattered, smothered, and covered."

Well, well, well. Mary Shelley, I presume? Clever. Very clever.

"I felt a little bit like crying and instead ate more cheese."

Mood.

". . . if comparison is the thief of joy, Instagram is the cat butler burglar of contentment."

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret."

"But the bibliomaniacal heart wants what it wants."

"My book nerd rage almost made my head explode."

I am loving this book!

"Call me a pessimist, but I think if bigotry could be solved by access to more information, it would have been solved by now. Hate isn't about a lack of understanding; it's about hate."

"Just murder me, already. You know I'm going to remember every word of your second-rate villain monologue for the *rest of my life*?"
. . .
"Go easy on her. . . Nobody really nails the evil monologue the first time."