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From Our Bookshelf to Yours

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Our shelves are a little all over the place—and so are our tastes 😂 These are books my husband and I have read, enjoyed, or still find ourselves thinking about. Different genres, different perspectives, and definitely different opinions. If one of u...
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My taste in books is a little bit of everything—and that’s exactly how I like it. 📚 I’ll go from a heartbreaking Lurlene McDaniel novel to a Nicholas Sparks romance, then jump into a Dan Brown mystery or disappear completely into a fantasy world. I...
 
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I read this when I was still in school, and it was one of my favorite books. The exploration between the different views based on being from different worlds regarding the Mother-Daughter relationship, grabs you, reels you in and resonates with you....
The Joy Luck Club | Barnes & Noble®
 
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I’m still not sure why I was so addicted to Lurlene McDaniel books—I just know I read them constantly in high school. They were emotional, dramatic, and completely impossible to put down. Looking back, I think I loved getting swept up in the stories ...
Lurlene McDaniel: books, biography, latest update
 
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I started reading the Heartland series in high school and completely fell in love with it. I loved the horses, the relationships, and watching Amy grow while helping horses heal from their own trauma. There was something comforting about these books—...
Heartland (TV Series 2007
 
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Apparently teenage me really enjoyed emotional damage. 😂 Nicholas Sparks was another high school favorite. I loved the romance, the complicated relationships, and the way his stories could be beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. You pretty ...
Nicholas Sparks
 
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The Brontë sisters are probably where my love of complicated, slightly dark romances really shows. Their stories have love, heartbreak, strong personalities, family drama, secrets, and relationships that are definitely not simple. I love that their b...
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
 
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I loved both the book and the movie. The movie did a great job bringing the characters and their friendship to life, and I appreciated actually getting to see the story I had pictured while reading. But, like most adaptations, there are pieces that g...
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: Complete
 
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The Golden Compass reeled me in as a teenager, and of course I had to keep going through the whole trilogy. I remember there being a lot of controversy surrounding the books, especially with churches, which I never really understood—even after readin...
His Dark Materials 3-Book Paperback Set
 
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I actually watched The Da Vinci Code movie first, and afterward I needed to read the book. I wanted all the details and pieces of the story that a movie just can’t fit in. I remember all the controversy surrounding it, but much like The Golden Compas...
The Da Vinci Code - Books