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This book was a tough read, not because the prose was bad, but because it’s so full of pain. When Lulu is 10 and Merry is 5, their father does the unthinkable — he kills their mother, and then tries to kill Merry and himself. Lulu is only spared because she ran for help. What follows is the never-ending aftermath of such a horrific event.
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Book #45 was Eveless Eden, by Marianne Wiggins. I wasn’t sure I was going to like this book. I received it as a gift, and it’s not something I normally would have purchased. However, I ended up enjoying it quite a bit. It had its own distinct writing style, and though the book ends very abruptly, it fits. Book count: 45 Pages in book: 352
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Book #23 was The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. This was an interesting book. It gave some history of Afghanistan that I wasn’t really aware of, and a good perspective that fits in with our current times. Book count: 23 Pages in book: 336 Page count: 9,658 Words in book: 106,895 Word count:2,772,221 1,000,000 words surpassed — 2/2/06 2,000,000 words surpassed — 2/14/06
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Book #22 was A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby. Not a bad book, I guess I enjoyed it. This is one of those books I put on my list because it got a lot of buzz. It was a little depressing, and there wasn’t a whole lot of resolution. And only one (maybe 2) character(s) was especially likeable. Book count: 22 Pages in book:
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