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Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate
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Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate

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It's been in a bin of books I've been wanting to read for years. It's a great read!

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An amazing story about the sad, true events of kidnapping, illegal adoption and corrupt orphanages in the 1930's down South. It follows a family of children through their ordeal and what their eventual ending is. Though a fictional story, the "matron" overseeing the illegal doings is based off of the real life person. Please be warned- there are scenes of child abuse and sexual abuse. ~Mrs. Carre

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A beautiful story by the author of Everything Everything (Which I also LOVE and highly recommend) about 2 teens in NYC trying to figure out their place in the world and what that means to them and their families. Will she be deported? Will he become a doctor? ~Mrs. Carre

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It is fascinating to read the start of the former First Lady's life. She came from a loving family that worked hard, and to see where she got her values and work ethic from is wonderful. ~Mrs. Carre

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Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us.  A book about human motivation and drive and how that applies to a variety of aspects of life.
-Mr. Flanagan

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I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

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I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

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This is a major psychological thriller, and a very quick read. The ending is a gigantic plot twist, I promise you will be thinking about it for days after. Highly recommend this one.

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New American Best Friend by Olivia Gatwood

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New American Best Friend by Olivia Gatwood

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Gatwood is such a clever writer- she is crazy empowering and speaks on modern topics in such a unique way. Anyone can read her pieces and feel some sort of connection with them. My favorite poem from this collection is Bubblegum or Bruise, check it out:)

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The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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This book is about a woman whose husband is convinced she is ill so he confines her to a bedroom with a wallpaper that she detests, but eventually grows very interested in for it's memorizing qualities. (this book was written in 1892). she stays there for so long just staring at the wallpaper and she begins to hallucinate that there are women trapped in the wallpaper. I won't spoil the ending but I love all of the symbolism in this book. it's available for free on google books.

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The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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this one is about the relationship between two people who live in New York in 1922, but it doesn't really have a happy ending. Anthony Patch is an aspiring writer who wants to live abroad and explore the world but remains in New York until his grandfather dies and he can collect his inheritance. He meets Gloria Gilbert who lives off of her parents' money and spends her days partying and trying to find a millionaire to marry. The story follows their immature and reckless lifestyle that eventually leads to financial trouble, depression, infidelity, and alcoholism. I definitely recommend this one. I thought it was really good.

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In 1381, peasants and serfs across England rose up in rebellion against Richard II's government demanding equal rights and an end to feudalism. They viewed the king's advisers as corrupt traitors. In many ways it was the first true popular rebellion in European history.

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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I had heard of this book, and when I saw it on a table during one of Michelle's book shows, I took a closer look. I read it last summer and it really had me hooked! Such a crazy story, shocking in terms of what was considered ethical, and all true.

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Educated is written by Tara Westover. It’s basically about her childhood and early adulthood. Tara’s story starts at one of her earliest memories as a child and carries on to the present. She didn’t attend any formal education until college and practically taught herself everything except to read and write because of her extremely Mormon and paranoid parents. This book is extremely addictive because of all the crazy stories about her family and upbringing.

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I finally have the time to read the entire novel! - Sra. Tancredi
I am also re-reading Sidhartha.  Both books are about taking a journey. I really appreciate Don Quixote right now because it is about doing hard things for the benefit of others.

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This is a mind bending mystery horror that follows a family as they discover their house is larger on the inside than it is on the outside.  This is a spiraling narrative that pulls you in deeper with every word you read.

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Honeybee by Trista Mateer & Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar

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Honeybee by Trista Mateer & Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar

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Both brilliant works of poetry–Honeybee is about a college-age girl going through a breakup with her first love, and it's completely beautiful. It's organized brilliantly and has stuck with me for a long time. She writes about her home life, not being accepted, and learning to start over and grow. Calling a Wolf a Wolf is a much darker option–the poetry is much grimmer and the author focuses on his own hardships through metaphor and other uncommon ways of expression. Brilliantly written.

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How appropriate right?! Highly recommended and I can see why. It is about a family isolate

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Such a GREAT read! Skyward is a sci-fi novel, the first in a continuing series. Spensa, the protagonist, longs to be a pilot who helps her society fight against alien starfighters. The more Spensa learns about what it takes to be an honorable pilot, the more she unravels the history behind why she and the rest of human society is trapped and fighting for their lives. This has a similar vibe to Ender's Game and Hitchhiker's Guide. Highly recommended!!

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The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum - this is a spy fiction that I just started reading. Seems pretty good so far

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Great book, set in a "future" world. It's written from an adolescent perspective, which gives it another layer. Citizens have what's called a "feed" embedded in their spinal cord/brain - they can telepathically communicate, record what they see, order goods, and get free products and advertisements simply for talking about it! Yikes. It's a book I've read several times in the past decade, and it gets scarier each time how it parallels some of our societal views. Also a good story (even if it's not that deep for some people) - it explores the intersection of a "privileged" high school student who meets another student whose family has rejected feed updates and other technologies.

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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Audiobook - very long and wordy. This is what my favorite  musical is loosely based on. I’ve been meaning to read it for a long time and am glad I chose the audiobook. He goes off on a lot of tangents and I tend to tune out in parts of it. Overall it’s pretty good but like I already said very long.

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You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkannen

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You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkannen

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I love a good psychological thriller and this duo has written 2 other great ones (The Wife Between Us and An Anonymous Girl). There are a lot of twists and turns and its written from multiple perspectives which makes it even more enjoyable.

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I'm compulsively reading reddit threads about covid-19 and checking the maps.

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I’d absolutely recommend this book for anyone who’s into science fiction. It’s a classic and amazingly detailed and complex. I’m about halfway through and cannot put it down! (although I’ll admit, it is definitely not a light read.) -Noah Haggerty

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I am reading "All Things Bright and Beautiful", the sequel to "All Creatures Great and Small" by James Herriot.  It is about a small town vet who travels around the country.  It is really engaging, especially animal lovers.  Future vets, you have to read.

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A steamy historic romance. Learn all about Scottish history!

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the storyteller by Jodi Picoult - emotionally driven surrounding events of the Holocaust. Very engaging. If you are a JP fan, you will love this book! 

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the storyteller by Jodi Picoult - emotionally driven surrounding events of the Holocaust. Very engaging. If you are a JP fan, you will love this book! 

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VOX-- a dystopian page-turner.  What would happen if women couldn't have voices? 

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VOX-- a dystopian page-turner.  What would happen if women couldn't have voices? 