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"I’m not sure it was a present but it was certainly given to me, and it’s had a lasting impact on my writing life. It was Graham Greene’s The Heart of the Matter. I was around 14, we were up on Cape Cod for a few weeks over the summer, and a librarian at this tiny library saw me rummaging through the paperback bin. She had seen what I had been reading and she reached in and took out the Greene. And then she said, ‘Keep it, if you like it.’ I still have it. It has a rubber band around the cover."

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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy (Summer, #1-3) in Books

Jan 7, 2021

The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy (Summer, #1-3)

Jenny Han | 2015 | History & Politics, Romance, Young Adult (YA)

5.0

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It's taken me 12 days to read this because it was taking so long for something to happen. In the end I just decided to go for it and it still didn't work for me. I felt nothing for the characters or their situation. I don't think I'll be continuing the series.

I have [b:To All the Boys I've Loved Before|15749186|To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)|Jenny Han|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1372086100s/15749186.jpg|21442106] in paperback too, but after this I'm not in any hurry to read it.

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Biopesticides: Pest Management and Regulation

David Chandler, Alastair Bailey, Wyn P. Grant and Justin Greaves

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This title is reprinted in paperback. Biological controls that utilize natural predation, parasitism...

Doom Patrol, Vol. 5: Magic Bus

Grant Morrison

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Written by Grant Morrison Cover by Brian Bolland Art by Richard Case, Stan Woch, Ken Steacy, Philip...

Jennifer (4 KP) rated The Night Circus in Books

Aug 10, 2017

The Night Circus

Erin Morgenstern | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

8.1

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Magical read

I read this book a while ago and it popped up here. I remember loving the book so much that afer I borrowed it to read from my sister who recommended it, I ran out and bought it in paperback and an electronic copy for my Nook. The has a fast paced plot and storyline that never looses momentum. The story keeps you on your toes as well. It is incredibly well written, creating a picture in your mind of the scenery, charachters and more.
Overview- set in the past, 2 youths are trained to be competing magians in a circus but fall in love.