Tag: literature
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Adelaide – A Fresh Literary Look at Relationships
“There are parts of our hearts we give away. Not lend, but sacrifice entirely. And there are some people to whom we give these pieces, knowing we’ll never really get them back.” Adelaide – Adelaide Wheeler My Rating In Summary of Adelaide “For twenty-six-year-old Adelaide Williams, an American living in dreamy London, meeting Rory Hughes…
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Look Out for: The Connellys of County Down
My Rating In Summary of The Connellys of County Down “When Tara Connelly is released from prison after serving eighteen months on a drug charge, she knows rebuilding her life at thirty years old won’t be easy. With no money and no prospects, she returns home to live with her siblings, who are both busy…
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Tomorrow, & Tomorrow, & Tomorrow – Read Today
“‘What is a game?’ Marx said. ‘It’s tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It’s the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever.’” Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow – Gabrielle Zevin My Rating In Summary of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,…
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Musings Over The Magnolia Palace
“The rich think they’re protected, that they have magical powers, when in fact they’re only mortals, like the rest of us.” The Magnolia Palace – Fiona Davis My Rating In Summary of The Magnolia Palace “Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter’s life has completely fallen…
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – Worth the Hype
“What’s wrong with me? … I might seem like the ideal student: homework always in early, every extra credit and extra curricular I can get my hands on, the good girl and the high achiever. But I realized something just now: it’s not ambition, not entirely. It’s fear.” A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder –…
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November 9… Not Calendar-Worthy
“If you don’t show up today, I’ll be there next year. And the next. Every November 9th I’ll wait for you, hoping one day you’ll be able to find enough forgiveness to love me again. But if that doesn’t happen and you never show, I’ll still be grateful to you until the day that I…
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Migrations Will Take You on a Journey
“A life’s impact can be measured by what it gives and what it leaves behind, but it can also be measured by what it steals from the world.” Migrations – Charlotte McConaghy My Rating In Summary of Migrations “Franny Stone has always been the kind of woman who is able to love but unable to…
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The Cage Will Captivate You
“Car. Why did they call them cars? Elevators weren’t cars. In a car you were in control. You could stop, pull over, get out, walk free. They should call them what they were. Cages. That was what it felt like when I was trapped in there, in the dark.” The Cage – Bonnie Kistler My…
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Reminders of Him is a Memorable Read
“People think women who go to prison have a certain look. That we’re a certain way. But we’re mothers, wives, daughters, humans.” Reminders of Him – Colleen Hoover My Rating In Summary of Reminders of Him “After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all…
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Operation Mission Seduction: Drafting Readers Now!
“The housewife dreamily thought of herself as a gallant warrior, rescuing her love from his self-described ennui and empathizing with him, feeling the same in her passionless marriage. He was saving her, too.” Operation Mission Seduction – Elvira Weitman My Rating In Summary of Operation Mission Seduction “When her college ex-boyfriend George, now a lieutenant…
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