2008: Booking Thru Thursday – Libraries

(Yes, I realize it’s Sunday.  Busy week.) This week’s topic is: Whether you usually read off of your own book pile or from the library shelves NOW, chances are you started off with trips to the library. (There’s no way my parents could otherwise have kept up with my book habit when I was 10.) So … What is your earliest memory of a library?

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2008: #72 – The Finishing School (Michele Martinez)

Book #72 was The Finishing School, the second book in the Melanie Vargas series by Michele Martinez. The back of the book reads: In a glittering penthouse high above Park Avenue, two beautiful teenagers, students at an exclusive Manhattan girls’ school, lie dead under suspicious circumstances. Feeling pressure from the top to solve the high-profile case fast, Melanie breaks all the rules and goes undercover.

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2008: #71 – Hold Tight (Harlan Coben)

Book #71 was Hold Tight by Harlan Coben.  The back of the book reads: #1 bestselling author Harlan Coben has become an unstoppable force in suspense fiction. His most recent novel, The Woods, spent more time on the New York Times bestseller list than his previous books and sales reached his highest levels to date. His latest page-turner, which is about just how far parents

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