Category: Books
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The Hotel Nantucket
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy on not fighting the old, but building the new.”
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Some of It Was Real
“If someone you loved met a violent end or suffered an illness before passing, that wasn’t their life. It was all the years before then – every joy, celebration, adventure, and love. Death is only a moment.”
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Beartown
“The only thing the sport gives us are moments. But, what the hell is life apart from moments?”
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Heard it in a Love Song
“As women, when we start hiding our truth from other people, especially the people who should be aware of it the most, that’s when we give them the po
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The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie
“Life doesn’t work that way. If you cling so tight to something that’s already broken, to a life and a dream that can never come true, you don’t have space in your life for anything else.”
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The Couple at Number 9
“But, before she can grasp hold of it, it floats away, like the seeds of a dandelion on the breeze, out of reach.”
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Us Against You
“Deep down inside most of us would like all stories to be simple, because we want real life to be like that, too. But communities are like ice, not water. They don’t suddenly flow in new directions because you ask them to, they change inch by inch, like glaciers.”
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In the Middle of Hickory Lane
“I think darkness can be peaceful. Sometimes you can see more clearly in the dark than you can the light. The absence of color makes you focus more intently.”
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Out of the Clear Blue Sky
“People can be ripped out of your life for all sorts of different reasons. Sometimes you’ll never see it coming.”
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Acts of Violet
Acts of Violet || Thank you, Booksparks and Libro.Fm, for the perfect reading experience! Genre: FictionTrope: Mystery, Magical RealismFormat: 🎧Pub Date: 7.5.2022Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Summary: “Nearly a decade ago, iconic magician Violet Volk performed her greatest trick yet: vanishing mid-act. Though she hasn’t been seen since, her hold on the public imagination is stronger than…
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Things We Do in the Dark
“While you can reinvent yourself, you can’t outrun yourself. As a woman once reminded her a long time ago, the common denominator in all the terrible things that have happened to you is you.”
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Two Nights in Lisbon
“It’s a tone that a man uses when he thinks he’s being a reasonable one. A tone that transcends generations, cultures, and languages. The universal tone of condescension.”
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Meant to Be
Thank you, Penguin Random House, for the gifted copy of Meant to Be {partner} Genre: RomanceFormat: 🎧Pub Date: 5.31.2022Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Summary: “The Kingsley family is practically American royalty, beloved for their military heroics, political service, and unmatched elegance. When Joseph S. Kingsley III is born in 1960, he inherits the weight of that legacy.…
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The Dead Romantics
“..the wind is just the breath of everyone who came before us. All the people who’ve passed on, those who’ve taken a breath. They’re still in the wind. And they’ll always be in the wind singing.”
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Circe
“But in a solitary life, there are rare moments when another soul dips near yours, as stars once a year brush the earth. Such a constellation was he to me.”
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