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Maggie Anderson

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in Lombard, The United States

March 21

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Maggie Anderson lives with her three big beautiful dogs. The Hobbit and Watership Down were her early inspirations, and launched a lifetime quest for fantasy and adventure!

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Average rating: 4.89 · 19 ratings · 3 reviews · 2 distinct works

	When the Hero Comes Home: Volume 2 by Gabrielle Harbowy (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ed Greenwood (Editor), Jacquelyn Bartel (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flash Bang Love it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Trial by Ordeal

On Saturday May 9, 2020, about a week ago, I was in a one-day writing competition through #NYCMidnight called the #MicroFictionChallenge100. I woke up that morning to my assignment:

Genre: Historical fiction

Action: Ringing a bell

Word: "custom"

This micro fiction story had to be less than 100 words. BTW, 100 words goes by very very quickly!

As per the usual, I almost gave up. Only this time it wasn't

Maggie is Currently Reading

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Wind and Truth (The Stormlight Archive, #5)

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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Red Country

by Joe Abercrombie

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read in January 2013

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Maggie said: " Re-reading toward end of 2025. Good one. "

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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)

by Art Spiegelman

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Boy, remembering all the characters and their relationships is getting increasingly hard! It was great, but I liked 1 and 2 better. Perhaps WW1 and WW2 just made the first two books a bit more focused or something. I think I will re-read this series a ...more
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Very fun to read the second book and see the children of the first book grown. Who doesn't find WW2 a great book topic?? I can't decide if I liked Book 1 or Book 2 the best. They were both amazing. ...more
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Great history. Very timely for the U.S.'s dark time right now. History repeats, right? Anyways, great writing. I'm so impressed how he works in not just political history and war history but also the history of how different social classes lived and ...more
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