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dabbe
Christmas by the Book | Anne Marie Ryan
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“Nora Walden's eyes drifted from the spreadsheet in front of her to the stack of stocking fillers on the counter--a spotter's guide to local birds, a little gift book of the world's ugliest Christmas sweaters and a reindeer-shaped board book with a squashy red nose.“

No wonder I named my group the #UglySweaterSquad (#USS) for #WinterGames! 😍

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Teresereading
Aunts Up the Cross | Robin Dalton
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My great-aunt Juliet was knocked over and killed by a bus when she was 85.
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AmandaBlaze
Christmas Presents | Lisa Unger
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“The past is alive.”
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Blueberry
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"Everything I've ever let go of has claw marks in it." Michael Peake

This isn't the first line but the first line of chap 4. It just resonated with me right now. ?

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tpixie Great line! 6h
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AnneCecilie
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Now that‘s a first sentence, absolutely pulled me in

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dabbe Yowza! 🤩🤩🤩 3h
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Yuki_Onna
Hotel Africa: New Short Fiction from Africa | Helen Moffett, Africa Day Story Short
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You took over your route from a man who was half-blind in one eye and had the IQ of a pine table.
-from the short story 'Why Don't You Live In The North?' by Wamuwi Mbao in the tagged collection

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#FirstLineFridays #winterreading #Africa #hotels #hotellife #SouthAfrica #shortstories #emergingwriters

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Monica5
Saving Noah | Lucinda Berry
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Noah being charged as a sex offender sucker punched our entire suburban community.

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"It was July 5, 2003, and Edith Magnusson's day hadn't been too bad, so far."

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Reggie Omg I love this book sooooo much. Hope you like it! 4h
TheBookgeekFrau @Reggie I'm glad for your enthusiasm bc it seems off to a slow start 3h
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Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany | Charles Portis, Jay Jennings
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The Rockport, Ind., Jaycee flatboat entered Memphis waters yesterday morning, and was duly captured by Memphis Jaycees after a few cap gun volleys and a lot of rebel-yelling.

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