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What a wonderful roundup of books! I'm not a graphic novel reader either but loved the Charlie Mackesy gorgeousness of a novel!

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Great list. I've only read "You Could Make This Place Beautiful" (loved it) and "Happy Place" (I always enjoy her books). I've added a bunch of these to my Libby holds. I'm bummed that Kate Morton's book isn't available as an audiobook there, since I get totally intimidated by long physical books these days :).

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Love you! Love this list!

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I also enjoyed Maggie Smith’s memoir! Just finished “Better” and would highly recommend that book/memoir.(:

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I loved House of Eve, too! And Bess Kaleb’s memoir is one of my all time favorites. I think of her grandmother a lot!

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I haven't read most of these books! I picked up Kate Morton's new book, but felt overwhelmed because it was so long. Ha! I also loved Maggie Smith's memoir!

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Am here for all the book lists!! Adding many to my cue!!

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Interesting list! I’ll be looking into the ones I haven’t read! We’ve read all the Vanderbeekers except the last one. I loved them at first, but have mixed feeling about the last couple. My reasoning is more of a conversation than a comment though. 😅 I started reading the Wingfeather Saga to my kids, and they want me to finish before reading that before anything else. Parable of the Sower sounds interesting. Have you read The Story of More by Hope Jahrens? Sounds like it says a lot of similar things, but I found it very hopeful and inspiring.

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