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I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, Book 1)
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, Book 1) | Ally Carter
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Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls schoolthat is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer class. The Gallagher Academy might claim to be a school for geniuses but it's really a school for spies. Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man in seven different ways, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl.
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Traci1
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1. We homeschool, so I had to look this up. In our area, school starts on Tuesday, September 6.

2. I love the Gallagher Girls books that take place in a spy school. They're tons of fun. The tagged book is the first in the series.

#twofortuesday
@TheSpineView

TheSpineView Happy Tuesday and thanks for playing!🌞 8mo
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Lissy1
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I first picked up this book in my school library about 8/9 years ago, I never read it, I just liked the cover. After my birthday I went out on a limb and ordered the complete Gallagher girls collection and after reading just the 1st book it‘s fair to say it does not disappoint. The perfect book for anyone who loves a bit of action / spy material but isn‘t great with all the violence, crime and death
I gave this book 5 stars ✨

#review #bookreview

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Lissy1
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Today I finished the 1st book in the Gallagher girls series and it‘s fair to say I‘m super excited to read the rest of the series! 👍🏻 review in the post to follow

#book #books #bookshelf #bookly #bookstats #stats #statistics #readingstats #read #reading #5stars

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KimberlyJuracich
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I actually enjoyed these. I read them when I was younger. Good series.

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Victoria6
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Books #60, #61, #62, #63: I was at my parents house for a long weekend and reread one of my fav YA series! Just learned there are two more books in the series so now I have to find out how it ends.

LibrarianRyan I have the last book to read as well. I love this series. 3y
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ahoffkosik
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It‘s a very weird thing to feel bummed about missing out on something approximately 15 years after it even happened... but that‘s pretty much how I felt when I recently read the first book in Ally Carter‘s Gallagher series for the latest episode of my podcast. It‘s basically a case of retroactive FOMO, and I‘m feeling sorry for the teenaged version of me who never got around to reading these books! Tune in for my discussion at the link in my bio.

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Traceelizaxox
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Mehso-so

Not bad

Buechersuechtling Your reading effort, your muscles, the increasing number of pages from volume to volume or the plot❓😉 Just kidding 🤭, beautiful picture 4y
Traceelizaxox All of the above 😂 4y
LibrarianRyan I loved book one and have read all but the last. It's on my #bookspin list so hopefully i get to it by the end of the year. 4y
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Shay1097

“Hey, Cammie... tell Suzie she's a lucky cat.“

Have sexier words ever been spoken? I seriously think not!”

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Shay1097
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This was a really cute middle grade read. I actually really enjoyed this even though it's clearly for younger readers. I thought the girls were pretty realistically 15.... besides the spy thing haha The setting is great and the plot is cheesy and fun! This series reminds me of pretty little liars, and I loved those books!! I cant wait to keep reading about the Gallagher Girls!

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AsYouWish
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#7Days7Covers #CoverCrush #Day4

Post 7 book covers that you love over 7 days, no explanations. Tag someone new each day to play along.

@Jerdencon Tag you‘re it!!

LibrarianRyan Love this series. 5y
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tpixie
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This is a prequel. It‘s a cute middle school read. I suspect the series would be fun also!

Traci1 The series is a lot of fun. 5y
tpixie @Traci1 oh good!!! Cam had a great voice! I really liked her! 5y
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Traci1
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Panpan

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Couldn't find this one on Litsy.
I loved the Gallagher Girls series, but this Audible Original prequel was just not good. There wasn't much of a story, and I didn't care for the narrator. Fortunately it was free. And short.

IndoorDame Too bad, I was hoping you‘d end up enjoying this one more than I had. Oh well, as you said, at least we didn‘t pay for it 5y
Traci1 @IndoorDame yeah it was disappointing. I might have enjoyed it more if I remembered the first couple of books more. It has been a while since I read those. 5y
jpmcwisemorgan I think that I never finished the Gallagher Girl series because I got distracted by other shiny books! I will probably steer clear of this one though based on what y‘all are saying. 5y
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suvata
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Audible Original Prequel to Gallagher Girls.

LibrarianRyan I didn‘t know there was a prequel!b! 5y
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IndoorDame
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Panpan

This is the prequel to the tagged book. Free on audible this month. Quick read with a cute premiere but not very compelling. Not interested in continuing this series.

Traci1 That's disappointing. I picked this as one of my two for the month (along with the Stanley Tucci one). I liked the series (the first few books anyway) and was looking forward to the prequel. 5y
Laura317 Dang it. I picked the same as @Traci1 5y
IndoorDame @Traci1 I picked the Stanley tucci one as well! 5y
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Traci1 @IndoorDame I'll be interested to hear what you think of that one. I love him, and it sounded good. 5y
Traci1 @Laura317 at least we didn't pay for it. 😁 5y
IndoorDame @Traci1 I‘m like forward to that one! Ill let you know what I think about it :-)and I hope you enjoy this one more than I did 5y
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diaryofdifference
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5/5⭐
The first book from the Gallagher Academy Series!
A story about a teen girl, whose mum is the head mistress in the school. A school where they teach you all about spying and killing people.
But when on a mission, a girl suddenly falls in love, but the problem is - she was never trained for that!

Highly recommended - full review on my blog.

#litsy #gallagheracademy #love #teen #youngadult #romance #spy #bookworm

LibrarianRyan I love that book. I hate that cover. 6y
diaryofdifference @LibrarianRyan that's okay - I actually prefer this cover over the other one 💕🌼 6y
LibrarianRyan @innah96 there are about six covers. I‘m not a fan of the modern cover but they are not bad. The original cover is similar to yours but less Amish looking. 6y
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hipney
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AsYouWish
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Day 1 of #agameoffavorites I picked an author who writes a lot of YA books.
This is Ally Carter, growing up her favorite book was To Kill A Mockingbird and her love of that book continues today. She had other influences such as Nancy Drew, The Great Gatsby and The Outsiders. My favorite book of hers is actually a series of books, The Gallagher Girls, the series is about a girls spy school.

@ErinSueG @WhiskeyMistress

Erinsuereads So fun! I‘ve never read anything by her actually. I‘ll check her out. Anyone with those influences is bound to write at some point in their life hhaha 6y
AsYouWish @ErinSueG Her books are amazing! So many strong female characters, who are all super relatable. She had a lot of tv and movie influences too, which all made sense to the type of books she writes. 6y
Erinsuereads That‘s awesome! That‘s what our girls in this world need! 6y
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AsYouWish @ErinSueG I agree! 6y
Crewgurl Love the Gallagher Girls!!!!! @ErinSueG check them out! (edited) 6y
LibrarianRyan Great pick. I love her books. 6y
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Nebklvr
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Pickpick

Cammie and her friends go to a girls school. It just so happens that they are training to be spies. But when first love strikes, things change. A sweet, funny novel about friendship.

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MiyakoBunny
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#TuesdayTidbits 1.Bram Stoker‘s Dracula 🧛🏻‍♂️👰🏻🤵🏻 2.Harold & Maude 3.Slither, The Fly, Teeth, The Blob, & Cabin in the Woods 🤣 4. @ReadingRover 📸Screenshot from @TricksyTails

TricksyTails Ooh good choice for 1!! And 3! 😂😂😂 🖤🖤🖤 6y
MiyakoBunny @TricksyTails 🤔 I was going to put the Human Centipede 🐛 but lol 😂 I might upset people‘s a$$ to mouth 👄 sense of humor 6y
laundry_piles @MiyakoBunny 😂😂😂 6y
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TricksyTails Teeth is that the one with the teeth 👇👄? 😂 6y
MiyakoBunny @TricksyTails Yup the very one w/her Lady Lotus Springing Forth the gnashing canines from 🔥 😹! I love it! I can‘t wait until all our lady buys evolve and get some! I want mine to sparkle like geodes! 😹😹😹 6y
MiyakoBunny *bits 6y
TricksyTails 🤣😂🤣 Sparkle like geodes!! 6y
MiyakoBunny @laundry_piles 🙃😉 totally appreciates it! 🐛! Heck yeah! 🖤 6y
TricksyTails That‘s why @laundry_piles is our #TwistedSister! She digs the morbid just like we do! 6y
MiyakoBunny @TricksyTails I love the old anti rape patents with the lady bit insertions w/the traps & poison ☠️ tipped needles 🤔! I think these need to come back in style! 6y
TricksyTails So these sparkly geodes...will they be sparkly and sharp? 6y
laundry_piles @MiyakoBunny yes you had me at "a$$ to mouth" ? and of course I've seen all three of them! ? 6y
MiyakoBunny @TricksyTails 😌 Absolutely razor sharp & sparkly 😸😻 Don‘t geodes already look like lady bits too!? 🤔 I stare into them & I‘m like man the universe is giving us signs of evolution! ✊🏼😹 6y
laundry_piles @MiyakoBunny ahh I remember Teeth! 🤣 6y
MiyakoBunny @laundry_piles I respect you even more because you had no qualms about saying “you had me at a$$ to mouth” 🤣🤣🤣 😎*Highest of High Fives*👋🏼 I 🖤 a No F*cks given attitude! 💥 6y
TricksyTails 😂😂😂 That‘s why I love @laundry_piles !! 6y
laundry_piles @MiyakoBunny I was going to talk about toothy vaginas too...😂🤣🖤 High fives my friend, no f*cks do I giveth ✋🙌 🤛 6y
laundry_piles @TricksyTails aww well I love you to my #twistedsister 🖤🤗 6y
MiyakoBunny @laundry_piles @TricksyTails yup we need to make shirts w/our toothy geode lady bits ✊🏼 rallying that proclaim “You had 🐛me at a$$ to 👄!” & “No F*cks Giveth! Because our Geode Lady Bits will Crushth you!” 6y
TricksyTails Should I be hoping for that shirt in the next package? 🙏🤣 6y
MiyakoBunny @TricksyTails 🤔 I think the better question is 😳 How soon can you expect this said shirt? Because my mall totally has a custom shirt place 👕 😂 Can you imagine their faces!? 🤣🤣🤣 The look alone is worth it! 6y
TricksyTails DO IT!! DOOOOOO IT!! Make lips with teeth!!!! 👏😆 Or a flower with teeth? 6y
MiyakoBunny @TricksyTails 😹👄🖤✊🏼💥😬😬😬😬 6y
JenlovesJT47 Lol 😂😂😂 6y
JennyBookworm Harold & Maude! ♥️ 6y
ReadingRover @MiyakoBunny hahaha!!! You have upset my a$$ to 👄sense of humor!!! I had some very serious a$$ to 👄 movie kisses in mind & you‘ve ruined them all! Hahaha!!! But on a super serious note some man eating sparkly lady bits would be hardcore! Isn‘t that what The Power is all about? Man murdering vajayjays or something along those lines. Since I heard about it I‘ve been picturing Teeth in book form on a much larger scale like w/ all girls instead of 1 6y
MiyakoBunny @JenlovesJT47 😂🤣😂 6y
MiyakoBunny @JennyBookworm 😍😍😍😍 6y
MiyakoBunny @ReadingRover Man 🤔 I think I need to patent my geode evolution lady bits 🤣🤣🤣🤣! A$$ to Mouth 👄 FTW!!! I read an article saying now you can‘t backdoor kiss 💋 because it leads to cancer lol 😂 I‘m like man everything leads to cancer! Living leads to cancer! But I‘m not arguing for a$$ to mouth 👄 lol 😂 so to each his own... great that crude song is stuck in my head 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 6y
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BookishLifeAndCoffee
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actualdisneyprincess
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Sharpeipup
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1. I must have a thing for cool schools...HP but also Gallagher Girls.
2. Mayo
3. Not really
4. 3 younger sisters
5. Howdy y'all!
#friyayintro @jess.how

howjessicareads I love Gallagher Girls!! 7y
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thegreentealibrarian
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It was mostly fluffy, funny, romantic comedy. I was in the mood so this worked well for me. A fast read. There were some intense moments because this is a spy school but I do feel conflicted about that concluding test.
B

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Chewyauthor
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'Ma, turn that light off and stop reading. It's bed time.' #catsoflitsy #bedtimereading

Bookzombie 💕🐱 7y
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Chewyauthor
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I adore book sales 🤓📚 #bookgeek #bargains #booksidefinitelyneeded

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howjessicareads
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Pickpick

Super fun! Exactly what I was in the mood for. I checked out the first two in the series from the library, with my flight next week in mind.... but I may have to check out a couple more because they're fast reads! 🙂

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howjessicareads
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Me: reading fluffy YA.
Noel: watching some depressing movie where people are arguing.

Life as usual around here. 😂

Megabooks I get that way sometimes - just don't want to deal with adult problems! 7y
Aswenson I need to read some fluff. My latest reads have been a bit serious! 7y
howjessicareads @Aswenson - if you're looking for fluff, I highly recommend Ally Carter. Her books are delightfully fluffy! And exactly @Booksandcooks! 7y
Aswenson @jess.how Thanks! 7y
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Crinoline_Laphroaig
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Pickpick

Smart teanager girls with skills of James Bond and awesome gadgets.🤓

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Belle0723

Going back to one of the first books I read after falling in love with reading.

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SheReads3
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Picked this up after I accidentally started the 2nd one first. Cute, light read. A good pick if that's what you're looking for, but nothing spectacular.

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Bibliomaniac
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I am Taking a break from life to revisit these fun tween reads "If you can be still enough and common enough, then it's really easy to be invisible."

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Peddler410
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How is it the 10th anniversary!? I remember clearly selecting this title for my school library when it first came out! I'm excited for a reread -- and there's a new chapter!

JackieSmith This looks like so much fun! 7y
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juliannebenford
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Here's a series for #spystories and #dysfunctionalfamilies! Cammie Morgan is a student at a secret school for girl spies, her mother is the headmistress, and her dad is MIA. This series is a lot of fun and a bit of a comfort read for me, I love to read them when I'm ill, as they're diverting but not challenging. The books don't match, unfortunately, as I bought them all at different times/places. #YA #photoadaynov16

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stacybmartin
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#photoadaynov16 #day22 #spynovels These are the 3 volumes I have of the Gallagher Girls series. I really enjoyed these books set at an elite girls' boarding school where they are being trained as spies. They are fun, quick, escapist reads!

CoffeeBooksRepeat I read them in high-school and really enjoyed them. 🙃 7y
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LibrarianRyan
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Why I didn't pick this for long title who know. But I did pick it for a book set in a school. Except this is a special spy school for girls. I love the entire series. I have not read the last book yet because I don't want it to end. #day14 #setinschool #booktober

jpmcwisemorgan I've only read books one and two but I've really enjoyed them. 8y
Dragon I'm like that too. I haven't read all the Odd Thomas books yet for that very reason . 8y
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CatAndKindle
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He laughed a quick, tired, barely audible laugh, reminding us all what our sisters have known for centuries –that men will always underestimate girls.

stacybmartin This series is so fun! 8y
Iceangel9 My 7th grade girls loved this series. 8y
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CatAndKindle
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My mother isn‘t famous for her pies. No, she‘s famous for defusing a nuclear device in Brussels with only a pair of cuticle scissors and a ponytail holder. Somehow, at that moment, pies seemed cooler.

CynCruz23 What a great quote!! 😍🎉🎉 8y
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CatAndKindle
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Do all girls go through this? Is every girl on a date really in deep cover?

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CatAndKindle
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even in the dark I knew Liz was a number two lead pencil away from heaven.

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CatAndKindle
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Spies are wise. Spies are strong. But, most of all, spies are patient.

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CatAndKindle
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You know you‘re stealthy if your two best friends in the universe can pass within twenty feet of you and don‘t have a clue you‘re there.

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CatAndKindle
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Work brain, work, I urged my mind, but it was like a car stuck in the mud.

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CatAndKindle
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in a place where everyone knew my story, it was nice to know there was a chapter that only I had read

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CatAndKindle
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All these years I‘d thought being a spy was challenging. Turns out, being a girl is the tricky part.

jpmcwisemorgan I've read the first two of the series. I really enjoyed them. 8y
CatAndKindle You should try to make time to read the rest. It's an excellent set. 8y
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CatAndKindle
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woman cannot live on cherry-flavoured lip gloss alone

kspenmoll Yes!👏💄 8y
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Jbrooxd
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I've had this on an e-reader for years. Took me getting it from the library to actually take the time to read it. And I LOVED it. Several LOL moments.

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jpmcwisemorgan
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Good start to a series centered on a school that appears to be a fancy-pants private school for rich girls. Appearances can be deceiving. It's for super smart girls training to be spies. Lots of humor and references to Buffy. Very light romance so safe for preteens/early teen even though the main characters are sophomores in high school. There is mention of violence but it is a school for spies so what do you expect?

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jpmcwisemorgan
Pickpick

Good start to a series centered on a school that appears to be a fancy-pants private school for rich girls. Appearances can be deceiving. It's for super smart girls training to be spies. Lots of humor and references to Buffy. Very light romance so safe for preteens/early teen even though the main characters are sophomores in high school. There is mention of violence but it is a school for spies so what do you expect?

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jpmcwisemorgan
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So I found out this was on sale and I have lots of friends with daughters, plus a niece, and I'm always on the lookout for books with strong female characters. So far, so good. I got to this quote and it clenched the book for me. Sold!

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maximoffs
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Liked this, it was cute!