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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
How does anticipation effect one’s ultimate rating of a book? I expected little from my last book, and I ended up having it wow me. I had very high hopes for this book, and I found myself just liking---not loving---it. It’s a tricky thing.

Please don’t get me wrong, though; I did like it. I liked it a lot. It’s the story of an American girl who meets a boy and his family in Italy and falls in love---in love with both the boy and his family. It was fun to read about all the startling ways the peop
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