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Book #80 was Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner. The back of the book reads: Sometimes all you can do is fly away home . . . When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politician’s wife—her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced
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Book #37 was Goodnight Nobody , by Jennifer Weiner. I have mixed feelings about this book. Story-wise, it wasn’t bad. However… I know Jennifer Weiner’s books are supposed to be “fat girl does good” sort of things, but I got sooooooo tired of the references to her weight. I felt like every page had some reference to her thighs being larger than her husband’s, or
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Book #5 was The Big Love, by Sarah Dunn. I was pleased with this book. I really liked the author’s conversational tone, and I could understand exactly why she thought the things she did, sometimes. And I even wanted to scream at her at times and cheer for her at others, much like her friends did. It was a quick read (I essentially read it
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Book #64 was Nora, Nora, by Anne Rivers Siddons. I have a strange relationship with Anne Rivers Siddons books. They always start off really slow for me, and I have to struggle through the first several chapters. However, they really pay off in the end. I guess maybe there’s just too much background and set-up for me. So, I like them, but I wish she’d
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