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SandraPeoples

SandraPeoples

Joined May 2016

favorites: theology, YA, entrepreneurial
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Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
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Red Rising | Pierce Brown
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Really liked the characters, setting, plot, and twists. A book my son will enjoy when he's a little older!

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Loved it! Making me enjoy the new Gilmore Girls episodes even more!

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Dorothy Must Die | Danielle Paige
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Bailedbailed

I wanted to like it, but a minor character cusses a lot just to prove she's a rebel, and I feel like that's lazy writing.

readinginthedark I think if she did it with all of the characters, it would be lazy, but some high schoolers do that. You know, small rebellions and such. 8y
Laura317 I dislike swear words, but if it is used sparingly and as part of the character, I can take it. 8y
SandraPeoples @Laura317 This was practically every time the character spoke. Too much for me. 8y
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Britt-Marie Was Here | Fredrik Backman
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Loved this novel almost as much as I loved A Man Called Ove. Such interesting characters.

christineandbooks I completely agree! 8y
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The Chemist | Stephenie Meyer
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It started slow and there were lots of paragraphs with so many details, I just scanned them. But I liked it a lot overall!

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Heartless | Marissa Meyer
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A look at the Queen of Hearts when she was just Cath, a girl who loved baking, adventure, and didn't love the King of Hearts. Really enjoyed it!

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Scrappy Little Nobody | Anna Kendrick
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Love Anna Kendrick and enjoyed the book, but felt like the last few chapters didn't flow well with the rest of the book. Almost like bonus content. But still good!

Blair_Reads Just got this today and am really enjoying it so far 😊 8y
jessdean I just bought this today!!😃 8y
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Enjoyed this sweet and sad story (it's sad from the beginning—that's not a spoiler). The setting is a book store and it's full of characters in the book industry and regular readers (some reluctant).

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Starting this today for our book club!

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Unashamed | Lecrae Moore
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I enjoyed this quick read! A look at Lecrae's life and the decisions he made to get to where he is. His recent evolution to talk about theology less in his music was especially interesting.

Laura317 This was a good read! My daughter is a huge fan of his music, too. 8y
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Catcher in the Rye | J D Salinger
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Weekend read!

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The Nest: A Novel | Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
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So many characters and dysfunction and I only like Bea so far (half way through). I'm going to skip to the end.

Laura317 I bailed on it, too. I felt the same exact way. 8y
christineandbooks I stuck with it all the way through but I am realizing that I don't love dysfunctional family stories. I liked Commonwealth better because I felt like the characters were a little more likeable than in The Nest. 8y
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Bronte Plot | Katherine Reay
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A great book for book lovers! So many great ones are mentioned.

SusaninTX That's my favorite thing about Reay, she has literary allusions in all her books. ❤️📚 8y
Laura317 Reay is lots of fun. 8y
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"Beds empty! No note! Car gone ... could have crashed ... out of my mind with worry ... did you care? never, as long as I've live ... you wait until your father gets home, we never had trouble like this from Bill or Charlie or Percy ..." Happy late birthday to Molly Weasley!

saresmoore Molly Weasley is my absolute favorite. My husband and I dressed as Harry and Ginny for Halloween (we have that look about us), but I will always be Molly in my heart! 8y
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The Road Back to You Study Guide | Ian Morgan Cron, Suzanne Stabile
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The enneagram has been such a helpful tool over the last couple years and this book is great for those who are unfamiliar with the personality typing and for those know some but want to learn more. (I'm a 1 and my husband is a 3, so we get things done!)

saresmoore Thank you for reviewing this! I'm a Myers-Briggs junkie, but I believe the Enneagram has much more potential for depth and nuance. 8y
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Learned so much from this book about the Afghan people and culture. Excited to discuss it with my book club tonight!

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She Reads Truth | Raechel Myers, Amanda Bible Williams
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Weekend read!

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Enjoyed this series! Always fun to root for bad guys! 😏

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Excited to use this with my editing clients! Over 100 more pages than the previous edition.

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Getting inspired for more deep work.

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Puffin Classics Little Women | Louisa May Alcott
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#3fictionalcharacters Molly Weasley, Jo March, and Paris Gellar. (Runners up: Grams from Dawson's Creek and Belle in Beast's library)

saresmoore Wow, great choices! 👏🏻 8y
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My pick for a book club that's kicking off tomorrow night! I enjoyed it. Looking forward to hearing what everyone thought.

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Love Warrior: A Memoir | Glennon Doyle Melton
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I don't always agree with her, but I appreciate the honesty in her story!

pattierwr I'm anxious to read this book for that same reason. 8y
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Excited to start this! I've read such good reviews.

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A Man Called Ove: A Novel | Fredrik Backman
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My favorite read of the year so far. I love the view of community and the reminder of how important it is to love your neighbors.

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Very appropriate reading when I'm sick and can't get anything on the to-do list done!

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Very appropriate reading when I'm sick and can't get anything on the to-do list done!

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The Muse: A Novel | Jessie Burton
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I know nothing about this book, but I want to read it because I love the cover!

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Excited to start this one!

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What's in my bag!

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Finally starting this!

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Mehso-so

This series isn't for everyone. I'm not sure it's for me. 😁 But I'm going to give book four a shot!

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Listening to the audio book while cleaning and doing laundry! #24in48

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Twilight | Stephenie Meyer
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When I can't sleep ...

TeriLynneU I read The Hunger Games when I can't sleep! 8y
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Queen of Hearts | Colleen Oakes
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Stayed up late to finish this one! Enjoyed it! Looking forward to book 2 in the series in January.

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Another cute YA book! 3.5 stars. Didn't realize it was by the same author as the book I read last week until the same characters showed up in this one too!

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One of my prized book possessions—the Psalms, with the introduction written by Bono.

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The Life We Never Expected | Andrew and Rachel Wilson
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Loved this book as much the second time as the first. So honest about pain and suffering, but also full of hope.

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Since You've Been Gone | Morgan Matson
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Thought this was a cute YA book! Easy read. Probably 3.5 stars. I think most of us can relate to having a friend who seems to overshadow us and then finding ourselves when we're no longer overshadowed

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"The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying."

Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles

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The Life We Never Expected | Andrew and Rachel Wilson
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Love this book so much!

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You're 99% sure this won't end well, but hang on to that 1% of hope!

SandraPeoples @TeriLynneU I think you'd like this one! 8y
TeriLynneU Adding it to me list of #SandraSays books. 😊😊 8y
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Wrath and the Dawn | Rene Ahdieh
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I enjoyed this book! It was a little tough to keep up with all the minor characters, but I was surprised by the ending and am excited to read the next book in the series.

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The Master Magician | Charlie N. Holmberg
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The third book in the series (I didn't read the second book). Thought it had good resolution, but I wasn't as invested in the story as I was in book one.

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Alexander Hamilton | Ron Chernow
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Listening to the audio of this one. It's just shy of 37 hours! Already really interesting though.

Momo_mama Wow! That's ambitious! 8y
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The Paper Magician | Charlie N. Holmberg
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This was a quick, interesting read! Deciding if I want to read the rest of the series.

AmandaJoy1 Just bought it on sale for my Kindle! 8y
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A Different Beautiful by @cwestlake is releasing August 1st and I can't wait to dig in! Those of us raising kids with unique needs will be inspired and encouraged by her writing!

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Jane Steele | Lyndsay Faye
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Jane Eyre as a heroic serial killer? Intrigued.

TeriLynneU Ok, this looks very intriguing. 8y
Momo_mama Just checked this out today. 8y
SandraPeoples @Momo_mama I don't think I'm going to finish it. 😁 Not loving it, even though I think it's about to take a positive turn. 8y
Momo_mama Oh, that's a bummer. I haven't started it yet. I'm in the middle of three other books and feel like I should finish at least one before I start this one. 8y
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"Well, well, well. Look what we have here. It's Harry Potter. He's all bright and shiny and new again, just in time for the Dark Lord." (New box set for a friend so she doesn't have to keep borrowing mine!)