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And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrik Backman

I Did NOT Expect to Cry Over This Book!

69 books — 15 voters

Surprise! You're Royalty!

28 books — 16 voters

Crispy in No Place Like Home by Justine Korman Fontes

Received New (non-digital) Book as Unsolicited Free Promotional Copy

4 books — 1 voter

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Books You Thought Were Going To Suck, But Ended Up Great

5 books — 4 voters

Pregnancies, Babies and Children

85 books — 67 voters

Best Twist

24 books — 4 voters

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Celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with 189 New Books

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“ I stood on my toes and stole a soft kiss from his lips. "Surprise attack," I said. Sam leaned down and kissed me back, his mouth lingering on mine, teeth grazing my lower lip, making me shiver. "Surprise attack back." "Sneaky," I said, my voice breathier than I intended. ...more ”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver

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“ People are invariably surprised to hear me say I am both an atheist and an agnostic, as if this somehow weakens my certainty. I usually reply with a question like, 'Well, are you a Republican or an American?' The two words serve different concepts and are not mutually exclusive. Agnosticism addresses knowledge; atheism addresses belief. The agnostic says, 'I don't have a knowledge that God exists.' The atheist says, 'I don't have a belief that God exists.' You can say both things at the same tim ...more ”
― Dan Barker, Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists

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