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Book #26 was Twilight, the first book in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga. The back of the book reads: “I’D NEVER GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT TO HOW I WOULD DIE– I’d had reason enough in the last few months –but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this. . . . Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of
Read moreBook #25 was One Mississippi by Mark Childress. The back of the book reads: This exuberantly acclaimed novel by the author of the bestselling Crazy in Alabama tells an uproarious and moving story about family, best friends, first love, and surviving the scariest years of your life. You need only one best friend, Daniel Musgrove figures, to make it through high school alive. After his
Read moreBook #24 was The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri. The back of the book reads: Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the staircase landing: Around him the lives of the apartment dwellers unfold: the warring housewives on the first floor, lovesick teenagers on the second, and the widower, alone and quietly grieving on the top floor of the
Read moreBook #23 was Whitewash by Alex Kava. The back of the book reads: Sabrina Galloway is the top scientist at EchoEnergy, leading the company’s research team to a successful breakthrough in the quest for an alternative fuel. The promise of a cleaner tomorrow and the economic impact on world markets could be staggering. Then she makes an alarming discovery: someone has tampered with the production
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