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Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds by Huma Abedin"
That's a good one!! How many of us can relate to that!??! 📚📚📚
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Vikki wrote: "When people ask me what I do - taxi drivers, dental hygienists - I tell them I work in an office.Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine"
I loved that book :)
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Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds by Huma Abedin"
That's a good one!! How many of us can relate to that!??! 📚📚📚"
I'd hope it's countless numbers of people, Alondra
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
"The world changed while I slept, and much to my surprise, no one had consulted me."Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
"Looking back, it was the interview in the Guardian Weekend that started everything."Reputation by Sarah Vaughan
The Ocean Street Motel in Floral Beach, California, is located, oddly enough, on Ocean Street, a stone's throw from the sea wall that slants ten feet down toward the Pacific. 
F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton
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Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy"
Mmmmm, I like this one.
Alondra wrote: "Michelle wrote: ""The world changed while I slept, and much to my surprise, no one had consulted me."Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy"
Mmmmm, I like this one."
Yep. It's like the author opened the book's front door and said come on in.
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine"
I loved that book :)"
It was a gift and I enjoyed it more than I was expecting. A bit different to what I normally read
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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"Jazzie Jarvis slowed her steps as she struggled up the third of four flights of stairs to their apartment."
Monster in the Closet
Here we are, pandering to the whims of the masses, people want cute cat pictures and so we provide cute cat pictures Look What the Cat Brought In
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.Pride and Prejudice
One of my favourite first sentences :)
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Poppy's Recipe for Life
"I have this craving", Bix said as he stood beside the bed stretching out his shoulders and spine, a nightly ritual before lying down.The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
"Ike tried to remember a time when men with badges coming to his door early in the morning brought anything other than heartache and misery, but try as he might, nothing came to mind"Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
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"I was watching the Cubs game and eating a fried shrimp platter at Bobalou's when Rudy Breno burst through the door like Geraldo Rivera on a drug raid."Where Is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffett
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Where Is Joe Merchant? by [aut..."
What the heck!!!?? That is a great opener!!
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Also, a slight change. These sentences are interesting; so please add the book where this sentence is from!! 🤔🥰🥰
Ex: The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
The Gunslinger