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About a Girl
About a Girl: A Novel | Sarah McCarry
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Eighteen-year-old Tally is absolutely sure of everything: her genius, the love of her adoptive family, the loyalty of her best friend, Shane, and her future career as a Nobel prize-winning astronomer. There's no room in her tidy world for heartbreak or uncertaintyor the charismatic, troubled mother who abandoned her soon after she was born. But when a sudden discovery upends her fiercely ordered world, Tally sets out on an unexpected quest to seek out the reclusive musician who may hold the key to her pastand instead finds Maddy, an enigmatic and beautiful girl who will unlock the door to her future. The deeper she falls in love with Maddy, the more Tally begins to realize that the universe is biggerand more complicatedthan she ever imagined. Can Tally face the truth about her familyand find her way home in time to save herself from its consequences? About a Girl is the powerful and entrancing conclusion to Sarah McCarry's Metamorphoses trilogy.
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thebookmagpie
About a Girl: A Novel | Sarah McCarry
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1. Glasgow, Scotland 😊
2. Thief of Time
3. Discworld
4. Little Miss Sunshine
5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
6. Dessa (singer), Franz Ferdinand (band)
7. Green or purple
8. Everything! I never think about it 😝
9. I've just got a job with my old university and eventually I want to go back and do my MSc in Library Studies
10. I have two rats at the moment and we're going to add another two to our mischief soon 😍

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maich Wow rats. Interesting.👍❤ 7y
maich And you are from Scotland. Where all historical romance are setting😍 7y
LauraBrook I love rats! Way back in high school we had pet rats in biology, and I took them home to care for them some weekend. They were so friendly and affectionate and clean - I just loved them! 7y
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Kelly
About a Girl: A Novel | Sarah McCarry
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Today's entry in a month of spine poetry.

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Kelly
About a Girl: A Novel | Sarah McCarry
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For #riotgrams, three covers I adore.

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friendofdorothywilde
About a Girl: A Novel | Sarah McCarry
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The stunning, unusual About a Girl by Sarah McCarry. Myth, magic, and bicoastal comings of age. Reviewed on my blog!

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Emily.R
About a Girl: A Novel | Sarah McCarry
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It took a while to get used to the style in this one but eventually I flowed through it. Perhaps a bit more advanced than your typical ya but recommended!

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Soubhiville
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This book caught me off guard several times with little surprises. I liked the story and characters, and the twisting of the plot. I liked the contrast between Tally's home life in NYC, and the country she got to experience on her journey. And of course crows are always a plus!

Bette Crows sound intriguing. 😃 8y
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Soubhiville
About a Girl: A Novel | Sarah McCarry
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My #24in48 prize came today! These socks are so cool! Thanks again to everyone involved, I loved participating in the readathon!
(How many people completed the 24 hours? I'm curious...)

LeahBergen I want those socks!! 😩 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage I completed 24 hours but my stopwatch got goofed up so I couldn't prove it. Can't wait for the next one! 8y
jetspins24 I got mine today too. So fun! 8y
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BookFreakOut I got Alice in Wonderland socks in my package! 8y
StephBengtson I did but forgot to send in my proof on time. Maybe I'll buy myself a pair of socks. 🙃 8y
Soubhiville @LeahBergen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @StephBengtson you should all treat yourself to socks! 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Soubhiville I'm more likely to treat myself to books! 😀 8y
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Soubhiville
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Library holds came in, and I had a few, so I'm setting aside my current read to dig into this.
Yes those are naked kitty toes in the corner. The rest of him is under the blankie 😊.

Library-Belle So excited to see what you think about this one! 8y
kspenmoll Sounds intriguing. Keep us posted. 8y
Soubhiville @Library-Belle @kspenmoll the language took a bit to get used too, the main character is highly intelligent and a astrology major. So it's a bit of a tougher read than your typical YA. But I'm 90 pages in and really liking it! 8y
Bette Naked kitty toes! 😻😺🐾 8y
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Library-Belle
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I absolutely adored this book.... Finally a book with LGBT relationships in it where it was woven in naturally instead of forced upon the reader... There was even a mix of magic but the underlying themes of home, self identity, and family were never lost. I want to lose myself in this story over and over again.

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jennirl
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i'm reorganizing my books, and this might be my favorite new stack. only seems right that the badass ladies are together.

CherylDeFranceschi I so ❤️ the A. S. Byatt stories! So magical and such lush prose. 8y
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darthmoll
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A fun Friday photo for @Liberty who has seen this - and most of my pictures of Halo interrupting and/or supporting my reading - before! It was hard to pick but I had to go for the book in which I (kind of) (briefly) appear as a character. ♥️