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The Catcher in the Rye
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Athira (Reading on a Rainy Day)
Awesome! That's this book summed in one word. I've been meaning to read this book for ages, but never got down to it. And I picked it up today and finished it. I decided to put it on my list-to-read for 2009 and this is the first book from the list that I read.

I could easily identify with the depression of Holden. Every once in a while, I go along the same conflicting feelings. I liked how Salinger wrote the boy's feelings with such a pessimistic/depressed outlook. It felt very real. And how, Ho
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