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The summer before I started fifth grade, my local library moved. They invited patrons to check out all the books they wanted from the old location, keep them twice as long as normal, and return them to the new one. I checked out 33. Those stacks of books on the dining room table were magic. I still feel the same about books I love, which are the ones I review and rate.

I'm a writer currently based in Texas because I can't be everywhere at once. My first novel is Among the Lesser Gods and I'm at work on the second, City of Walls. You can read about my life in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere abroad at http://www.margocatts.com/foreigngirl. You can find more adventures from extraordinary global-citizen women (plus one of mine) in Once Upon an Expat. ...more

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