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The House of the Spirits
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Start date
September 1, 2016
Finish date
September 30, 2016
Why we're reading this
September 2016 New School Group Read

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Katy
This one started of slow and I was unsure if I wanted to read it. But Allende takes her time bringing all of her characters to life.
Melanti
This was the first book I requested when I joined Paperback Swap years ago. I was so excited to get my first "free" book. I took it to work and my Chilean co-worker saw it, picked it up, checked the inside and told me that the book was fantastic but I'd bought a terrible translation. Talk about a kill-joy!

Obviously, I'm going to take a Chilean's word on a book involving Chilean history and by a Chilean author, so I hunted around looking for a different translator. Nada. Bogin was the only one I
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