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Libba Bray
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March 11, 1964
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I had intended to name the winner of yesterday’s free copy of SEE YOU AT HARRY’S, by Jo Knowles. I will do that tomorrow. I have something to talk about today.
Yesterday was a research day for me. I spent a few hours exploring the far-reaching effects of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 on the shaping of America. Then I came home to see news reports that in North Carolina, Amendment One had pas...
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A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
   3.76 avg rating — 65,552 ratings
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2003
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Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2)
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2005
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The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3)
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2007
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Beauty Queens
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2011
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Going Bovine
3.65 avg rating — 9,397 ratings
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2009
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Vacations from Hell
by Libba Bray (Goodreads Author), Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author), Claudia Gray 3.52 avg rating — 1,656 ratings
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2009
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The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
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2012
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Kari (Sweet Sixteen, #3)
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2000
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BEA BUZZ BOOKS: EXCERPTS FROM OVER 30 TOP FALL 2012 TITLES
by Libba Bray (Goodreads Author) , Junot Díaz, Jenny Han (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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2012
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Zombies Vs. Unicorns
by Holly Black (Goodreads Author) , Justine Larbalestier , Alaya Dawn Johnson (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 4,097 ratings
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2010
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“And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.”
― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing
― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing
“People have a habit of inventing fictions they will believe wholeheartedly in order to ignore the truth they cannot accept.”
― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing
― Libba Bray, The Sweet Far Thing
“In each of us lie good and bad, light and dark, art and pain, choice and regret, cruelty and sacrifice. We’re each of us our own chiaroscuro, our own bit of illusion fighting to emerge into something solid, something real. We’ve got to forgive ourselves that. I must remember to forgive myself. Because there is a lot of grey to work with. No one can live in the light all the time.”
― Libba Bray
― Libba Bray
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| Zoners: McBook for January (2009) | 1 | 3 | Jan 06, 2009 07:30am | |
| Study Buddies: January 2009 - Discuss The Goose Girl | 39 | 118 | Apr 14, 2009 07:23pm | |
| Novel Ladies: RaBF - April 3, 2009 | 21 | 26 | May 05, 2009 04:09pm | |
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| Novel Ladies: Susan's Summer Challenge | 3 | 16 | May 12, 2009 09:16am | |
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| Novel Ladies: 5SP: Judges Selected - A Great And Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray | 28 | 27 | Jun 11, 2009 05:48pm | |
| College Students! : The Results are IN! | 31 | 193 | Jul 12, 2009 06:33pm | |
| Novel Ladies: Jessica's Summer Challenge! | 7 | 23 | Jul 12, 2009 08:48pm |
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