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Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Abel's Island by William Steig The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll The Turn of the Screw by Henry James The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan W. Watts Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
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The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
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Exploring that creek gave me joy similar to reading and drawing in the solitude of my room. It was pleasure without criticism, without the expectation it had to serve a future productive purpose. It was a refuge from the overwhelming ...more
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