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The Strange L:ibrary
by Haruki Murakamu
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I took this book out because of the title, but, in fact, there was very little to do with a library. The story centers around a boy who goes into library to look up the answer to a question that occurs to him. Once inside the library, he meets strange people and winds up in a strange unpleasant place. The book seems to suggest that all of this happens because he has trouble saying no to people, but that is never further explored. And upon his return home, supposedly after at least several days or weeks have passed, there is no reaction to his return from his mom. This may be better as a young adult read.

The foursome
by Kline
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Very interesting book. The author was related to the sisters . It talks about the conjoined twins & the sisters they married.

Stick cat a tail of two kitties
by Tom Watson
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Like stick dog books better but this was cute

last time i lied
by riely sager
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This was the first book of his I did not love. Dragged too much.

The Innovators
by Walter Isaacson
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I enjoyed this VERY THOROUGH history of digital innovation, from Ada Lovelace to Steve Jobs. But, just so everyone knows...uh...it's a lot. :-)

The Comfort Book
by Matt Haig
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Since I really liked his book The Midnight Library, I was looking forward to this one. But I was disappointed when I started reading and saw that it was just a compilation of feel-good sayings and stores, many of which are just obvious like Only you can be you and It does not matter what other people think. And while each sentiment by itself could be helpful if they were, say, on a calendar where you got one idea a day and then spent the day thinking about that, here you are bombarded with one after another. It was just not for me.

Battle Mountain
by C.J. Box
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My problem with this book was that it was categorized as a western. So I expected guys on horseback with cowboy hats who go back to a traditional ranch at night. But the only thing that makes this a western is that it takes place in the middle of the country. And instead of cowboys, you have falconers. And the only ranch here is a luxury resort that people fly their private planes to. It wasn’t an uninteresting story (it does have a group plotting to overthrow the government) but it was not what I thought it would be.

Long Way Down
by jason Reynolds
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This is the story of a young black man who lives in a neighborhood where shootings happen so often that the next day, children will be playing mummy using the chalk or tape outline on the street. This is the story of a young man who lives by the rules he has been taught by his father, his uncle and his brother; 1-No crying, 2-No snitching, 3-Get revenge. But when his brother is killed and he steps into his building’s elevator on his way to implement #3, he experiences something that will change his life.

Metro Girl
by Janet Evanovich
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While I love Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum books, I am not as thrilled with her other work. Nothing wrong with them, I just don’t find the characters as engaging, or maybe it’s that they are not as colorful. This book pairs together a NASCAR driver with a woman looking to find her brother in Miami. It’s lighthearted with some darker events and, of course, the pull of romance. Might try the next novel featuring Alex Barnaby before I render a final decision on the series.

Chasing the clouds away
by Debbie macomber
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The book is OK I know she is one of the top authors. There’s a lot of typos in the book. It gets a little boring from time to time, but I can’t seem to put it down so that’s a good sign
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