Tara

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The Rook

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The Rook (The Checquy Files, #1)

by Daniel O'Malley

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The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author)

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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

by William Styron

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“Poetry is not about how we feel, of course. It’s about how we feel about how we feel. Knowing how we feel about how we feel requires an almost ungodly attentiveness or consciousness—an otherworldly watchfulness and vigilance. As does—maybe? —love?”
― Adrian Blevins

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2024 Reading Challenge

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Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Business, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, and Young-adult

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