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The Great Gatsby

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    10 Books That Have Stayed With Me

    This assignment has been going around on Facebook for a while now. I thought it would be good to put up here as well in case I wanted to go back to it. Because Facebook has no search option haha. So the task: List 10 books that have stayed with you. Don’t take more than a few minutes. Don’t think too hard. They don’t have to be great works, or even your favorites. Just the ones that have touched you. I think one true test that a book has stayed with you is if you’ve read it not only twice,…

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    5 Books on My Reading List

    The holy week holiday is usually the perfect time for me to catch up on my reading. Alas, this year I have other less fun (but more important) things on my to-do list. The most I can do is look at my growing unread pile and lovingly dust off the covers. Here is my short list, just so I don’t forget: 1. Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald 2. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 3. Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling (the Mexican standoff persists) 4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 5. I am Number Four: The Lost Files by…