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Avid reader, story maker-upper who more than anything wants to be a writer when she grows up! Attributes all of her best work to her cat, who is also her editor

10 books
Book Cover for: The Girl with the Louding Voice: A Read with Jenna Pick, Abi Daré

The Girl with the Louding Voice: A Read with Jenna Pick

Abi Daré
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Line I am liking today: ‘I think that maybe God pack a whole city inside a suitcase, travel to this street, open the suitcase and let the whole city out.’ The Girl With The Louding Voice - Abi Daré #writerscommunity #WritingCommunity #writers #writing #Writer #writersoftwitter https://t.co/BSMmcjSOod

Paperback, 2021

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Night Bus Hero, Onjali Q. Raúf

The Night Bus Hero

Onjali Q. Raúf
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Description I am liking today: ‘Huh?’ said Will, his face scrunched up like a finished bag of crisps.’ The Night Bus Hero - Onjali Q. Rauf #writersoftwitter #WritingCommunity #writers #Writer #writing #kidlit #readingcommunity #Read https://t.co/f91vEeSx0z

Paperback, 2023

$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith
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Lines I am liking today and fitting for Easter🐣: ‘Eyes changed after they looked at new things.’ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith #WritingCommunity #writerscommunity #writers #writer #writing #writersoftwitter #Reading #readingcommunity https://t.co/Im1YErVBwa

Paperback, 2005

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sea of Tranquility, Emily St John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility

Emily St John Mandel
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I feel this description sums up my writing approach nicely 😏 ‘he falls prey to a personal weakness he’s been aware of all of his life: Edwin is capable of action but prone to inertia.’ Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel #WritingCommunity #writing #writerslife #writers https://t.co/kcIfhuHsfC

Paperback, 2023

$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Clarice Bean, Think Like an Elf, Lauren Child

Clarice Bean, Think Like an Elf

Lauren Child
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Line I am loving today: ‘How can your wishes come TRUE, if you NEVER even bother to wish?’ Clarice Bean Think Like An Elf - Lauren Child #writerscommunity #WritingCommunity #writing #writers #Writer #kidlit #writersoftwitter #Reading #readingcommunity https://t.co/gWN3zzL3DN

Hardcover, 2022

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Good Wives, Louisa May Alcott

Good Wives

Louisa May Alcott
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Lines I am liking today: 'Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.' Good Wives - Louisa May Alcott. #WritingCommunity #writers #writing #writerscommunity #writer #writersoftwitter #Reading #readingcommunity https://t.co/Jys8tMdmG4

Hardcover, 2022

$25.00Member price:$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Jamaica Inn, Daphne Du Maurier

Jamaica Inn

Daphne Du Maurier
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Line I am liking today: ‘No human being could live in this wasted country, thought Mary, and remain like other people; the very children would be born twisted, like the blackened shrubs of broom, bent by the force of a wind that never ceased,’ Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier. https://t.co/U4YTw7HiEw

Paperback, 2023

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway

Old Man and the Sea

Ernest Hemingway
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Lines to live by: 'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.'The Old Man And The Sea - Ernest Hemingway #writerscommunity #writersoftwitter #writerslift #writers #writing #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #Readers #readerscommunity https://t.co/ZlmC4DaAG3

Paperback, 1995

$15.00Member price:$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Piranesi, Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke
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Lines I am liking today: 'Our clothes were plastered to our bodies with wet. My hair - which is dark and curly-was as full of droplets as a Cloud. I rained every time I moved.' Piranesi - Susanna Clarke. Best opening pages to a novel I have read in eons! #WritingCommunity #Writer https://t.co/rGEQ5xwDGr

Paperback, 2021

$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Boy Called Christmas, Matt Haig

A Boy Called Christmas

Matt Haig
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Lines I am liking today: ‘But if you are one of those people who believe that some things are impossible, you should put this book down right away. It is most certainly not for you. Because this book is full of impossible things.’A Boy Called Christmas - Matt Haig #writers #write https://t.co/i8S4XlPOVP

Paperback, 2018

$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book