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Guts: A Graphic Novel
by Raina Telgemeier
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I wish I'd read this in my puberty years!! Raina!!! Where were you then? With two brothers and a mom who worked and attended community college, my deep shyness and fear of asking questions as well as sharing my personal concerns isolated me in my family and with my "peers" at school or elsewhere. Ughhhh. Yuk! So glad young pre-pubescent tweens, et al have validating and confidence-giving reading like this one! Ughhhhh....even hiding "used stuff" in the kitchen garbage "indiscreetly" was nerve wracking! (so my brothers wouldn't get "the secret" I was hiding!) And the products we had in the 1970's! So weird! (And my mom was overjoyed for me - "now you can have a baby!" Really? I don't want one now! What would I do with one as a tweenager?)

The Sword Of Shannara
by Terry Brooks
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The book that started my love of reading when I was young.

The Summer Pact
by Emily Giffin
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As usual Emily's books are light and enjoyable. Great summer read in addition to some serious issues.

This Could Be Us
by Kennedy Ryan
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This is the second book of Ryan’s Skyland series. While it does not seem imperative that you read them in order, I would say I enjoyed the first book “Before I Let Go” better. I liked how this book develops a character introduced in the first one and dives into her life. I do feel like there are parts of the story that is slow in building the climax of the plot, but overall Ryan’s attention to details always proves that every chapter is significant to the overall build up of what’s to come. I am excited to read the final book of the trilogy next, “Can’t Get Enough”

The Giver
by Lois Lowry
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This story is about a society with citizens who have no memories of the past. Only one individual named the Receiver of Memory had memories from the past. The citizens in this society do not have the freedom to have their own choices. Without having choices the elders believe they would be able to prevent negative elements like war and poverty.

The Summer Girl
by Jenny Blackhurst
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This was an audible only quick listen. Good story and character development.

The Life She Was Given
by Ellen Marie Wiseman
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Just wow, great book yet a sad one too.

Ugly Love
by Colleen Hoover
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I find myself really enjoying her books. This is based on relationships, avoiding them after being hurt. A woman meets a man after she moves in temporary with her brother. This couple has a mutual physical attraction that can't be denied. He isn't looking for love and she doesn't have time for it. The main won't talk about his past and she agrees to follow two rules. I won't say any more about this book.

The Reappearance Of Rachel Price
by Holly Jackson
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THIS BOOK OMG. I started this book expecting it to be some story about how the mom disappeared and came back and they all lived happily ever after, but I was pleasantly surprised when the daughter started investigating the family. Rest assured the. Dad and uncle got what they deserved

The Witness
by Nora Roberts
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The Witness was awesome, the strength and courage of Elizabeth to survive the Russian Mafia is inspiring. Also, the relationship between Abigail (aka Liz) and Brooks was an amazing part of the book.
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