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A Multiple Award Winner Which Was Good, Not Great.

August 27, 2016 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I have been trying to read some of the runner up choices for book club in addition to the ones we pick. So far, I’ve read Venetia by Georgette Heyer and this book, The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness. This one feels like a bit of a cheat, since I had already requested it from the library before I put it on the list of voting options (although I had also figured out how to procure The Absolutely True Diary of […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Young Adult Tagged With: cannonball book club runner up, faintingviolet, Patrick Ness, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, YA

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:55 · Genres: Book Club, Young Adult · Tags: cannonball book club runner up, faintingviolet, Patrick Ness, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, YA ·
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