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Howdunit: A Masterclass In Crime Writing By Members Of The Detection Club
by Martin Edwards
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Though at times long winded and repetitive, this book is a good read for anyone interested in crime writing. Giving insights from masters of the art, it's worth reading through even if you aren't essentially interested in crime writing itself, but writing in general.

Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone
by J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first book in the series. The book is about a 11 year old boy named Harry Potter. He had gotten a letter from a place called Hogwarts. Hogwarts is a school for wizards. He and his friends have to save the Sorcerer’s Stone so that an evil wizard would not become undefeatable. I really enjoyed reading this book and rated it five stars.

Tomorrow Is Now: It Is Today That We Must Create the World of the Future
by Eleanor Roosevelt
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This brief and concise essay persuades the reader to think about the ideas and values that we cherish as Americans. The former First Lady wrote, "Tomorrow Is Now" during the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement, which forced Americans to consider what kind of country and world we want in the future. It remains relevant to our political moment.

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 9
by Tatsuki Fujimoto
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Once gain the storyline climaxes and builds on from the previous books in the series. Without giving to much I would like to say that it keeps you surprised and amazed at the contents of its creative descriptive writing. I can imagine the story come to life.

Scythe & Sparrow
by Brynne Weaver
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Brynne Weaver at it again, her third book in the series. Fion, the doctor, is so cute and Rose is absolutely a character you would love to have as a bff. Chaotic life=spicy romance.

Camp
by L. C. Rosen
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I really like how randy opens up later in in the book. It's good that he went up to Hudson. this was a good book but the genre was not really for me..

The Paris Novel
by Ruth Reichl
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Didn't know what to expect. I loved it!

Hunting Evil
by Guy Walters
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Good book however the author spends too much time trying to disprove Simon Wiesenthal's work.

The Grandest Game
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
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I love every new character in this series! With every chapter comes a new question to be answered and a game to be played. Everything, from the plot, to the new characters, are impeccably written! Can't wait to see where this series goes next! Eagerly awaiting the next book.

Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
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5 stars. Again, James Baldwin has done it. He has made me feel the need to scream and cry and punch this book so hard with love. Especially as someone who is very good at making scenes / movies in my head with what I read, it feels like heart has been ripped out. I feel for both Giovanni and Hella in all honesty. I feel terrible for the predicaments they have been put in, the outcomes and what they grew / lived around. And though David sucks, I understand how he felt as well being torn between not only his feelings for both Giovanni and Hella, but America, and the people of France that he interacted with. This book really opens the readers eyes on intimacy such as making love with the body and not the person (or vice versa), how the room is not only literal, but a metaphor for how Giovanni is trying to change, or accommodate his life to make one for him and David though it is cluttered with his past. And even at the end, Hella making suggestions to accommodate herself for David to “replace” the feeling he had with Giovanni. Finally, the way I take that ending (which James Baldwin is a master at his endings) is no matter how hard David tries to forget Giovanni: he will always be with him, and the guilt that if David never left, Giovanni would still be here.
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