Landline - Rainbow Rowell

PLOT

Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble; it has been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems beside the point now. Maybe that was always beside the point.

Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset with Georgie — but she doesn't expect him to pack up the kids and go home without her.

When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything. That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts...

Is that what she’s supposed to do? Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?

THOUGHTS

What's amazing about Rainbow Rowell's books is the ingenious of her plots. I'll admit they seem like simple plots as you read her descriptions, but that's the beauty of it. They'er the cute romantic comedies you watch in your pj's while munching on pizza or popcorn. They'er fun, cute, and quirky BUT not easily predicted.  The plot may seem straight forward at first but as you read you aren't sure what direction the characters will end up in.

Where will their thoughts lead them? Will their actions do what their mind has said to do? Think about all the times you've given yourself advice but totally disregard it the moment the opportunity presents itself. ( I am constantly guilty of this by the way)

I had hope for Georgie I really did. But I began to worry about her once her thoughts began going in all kinds of different directions. Which I understood. I'd do a lot of rationalizing myself if I was given a magic phone.
I love Rowell's quirky style. From the cool names, to the hilarious dialog (we can always depend on in her books), and the direction of her plots.

I appreciated Rowell for giving us a book about love in a marriage. First love is great and all, but what about after? What happens to love after ten to fifteen years?
With Landline you're given that opportunity to dive deeper into those questions. So ask yourself what would you have said if you were Georgie?

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Me Before You - Jojo Moyes

 Plot

Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick.

What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane.
Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that.
What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time.

Thoughts

Do you understand the hell I went through looking for this book!? The days searching every Target and Barnes and Noble near my house was like torture. I wanted this book badly. I saw it everywhere. On my Twitter and Instagram feed, even Goodreads was torturing me by letting me know that my friends had already bought a copy and rated it. I felt alone in the world (pity me). 

You're probably thinking "well why didn't you just order it like a sane person would have?" 

It wasn't like the idea didn't come to mind I just get frustrated with ordering books online. Don't get me wrong it's great and all I just hate sitting and waiting 5-10 business days for my books to finally arrive. 

That's another form of torture for me. It's like counting down the days of your due date so that you can finally hold your baby only to find out your baby won't come till seven days past it's due date. 

(my youngest did that to me, it was awful)

Well anyways a quick run for diapers I finally found a freshly shelved copy at Target.

I must say it was definitely worth the wait and torture. Lou was adorable, the plot meaningful, and the lesson important. I related to Lou so much. While she was quirky, sweet, and clumsy she was also comfortable, cautious, and a bit naive. I had issues with the rich paraplegic wanting to end his life when he had more resources than most in his situation. But I had to remember that I couldn't begin to understand his situation. How could I judge someone so harshly without knowing their mind? We all deserve to make our own choices and to be heard. 

Me Before You is exactly the type of book every twenty-something needs. It's not about finding love or a coming of age story. It's a book with a lesson not to underestimate yourself. To live the life you want, to better yourself, to make choices for you. It's lovely, and definitely something we need to be reminded of sometimes.

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The Garden of Letters - Alyson Richman

Plot

Portofino, Italy, 1943. A young woman steps off a boat in a scenic coastal village. Although she knows how to disappear in a crowd, Elodie is too terrified to slip by the German officers while carrying her poorly forged identity papers. She is frozen until a man she’s never met before claims to know her. In desperate need of shelter, Elodie follows him back to his home on the cliffs of Portofino.

Only months before, Elodie Bertolotti was a cello prodigy in Verona, unconcerned with world events. But when Mussolini’s Fascist regime strikes her family, Elodie is drawn into the burgeoning resistance movement by Luca, a young and impassioned bookseller. As the occupation looms, she discovers that her unique musical talents, and her courage, have the power to save lives.

In Portofino, young doctor Angelo Rosselli gives the frightened and exhausted girl sanctuary. He is a man with painful secrets of his own, haunted by guilt and remorse. But Elodie’s arrival has the power to awaken a sense of hope and joy that Angelo thought was lost to him forever.

Thoughts

I have been stuck in Italy lately. Not just Italy, but the 1930's - 1940's Italy. Have you ever just loved a place you haven't been to before? It's an odd kind of love. I know that one day I will be able to travel there, but until then, I'm only able to experience Italy through books.

The Garden of Letters is by far my favorite novel based in Italy. Alyson Richman's writing was so captivating. The way she explained music and food enchanted me. Every passage of Elodie playing her cello broke me to tears. It was as if I could hear her playing. I'm not sure how to explain it because it wasn't really me hearing music it was more me seeing the colors and emotions of her playing. It was beautiful. Elodie was just the type of character you wish you knew, because then you'd have the honor of hearing talent in person.

Between the beautiful descriptions of the food, scenery, love, books, and music I couldn't pick a favorite part in The Garden of Letters. 

Reading about Angelo and Elodies lives before meeting was so incredibly heart breaking. The writing may have been beautiful but Richman's characters and story was what brought the novel depth. I wanted happiness for both of these characters. Whenever they experienced heartbreak or pain I experienced it with them. I was so engrossed into the story it physically hurt me to put it down between reading.

So I guess when the time comes for me to finally travel I will definitely be visiting Portofino, Italy. 

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Garden Spells - Sarah Addison Allen

PLOT

The women of the Waverley family -- whether they like it or not -- are heirs to an unusual legacy, one that grows in a fenced plot behind their Queen Anne home on Pendland Street in Bascom, North Carolina. There, an apple tree bearing fruit of magical properties looms over a garden filled with herbs and edible flowers that possess the power to affect in curious ways anyone who eats them. 

For nearly a decade, 34-year-old Claire Waverley, at peace with her family inheritance, has lived in the house alone, embracing the spirit of the grandmother who raised her, ruing her mother's unfortunate destiny and seemingly unconcerned about the fate of her rebellious sister, Sydney, who freed herself long ago from their small town's constraints. Using her grandmother's mystical culinary traditions, Claire has built a successful catering business -- and a carefully controlled, utterly predictable life -- upon the family's peculiar gift for making life-altering delicacies: lilac jelly to engender humility, for instance, or rose geranium wine to call up fond memories. Garden Spells reveals what happens when Sydney returns to Bascom with her young daughter, turning Claire's routine existence upside down. With Sydney's homecoming, the magic that the quiet caterer has measured into recipes to shape the thoughts and moods of others begins to influence Claire's own emotions in terrifying and delightful ways. 

As the sisters reconnect and learn to support one another, each finds romance where she least expects it, while Sydney's child, Bay, discovers both the safe home she has longed for and her own surprising gifts. With the help of their elderly cousin Evanelle, endowed with her own uncanny skills, the Waverley women redeem the past, embrace the present, and take a joyful leap into the future. 

THOUGHTS

Magical Realism is a fiction genre in which magical elements blend to create a realistic atmosphere that accesses a deeper understanding of reality.

Magical Realism is my favorite genre. With these types of books we are given clever ways on how magic (and things that the world of science tells us shouldn't exist) exists in our world. It's amazing! Garden Spells gives us not only a family of women but a whole town, who are convinced they all have their own "family given gifts". The strongest men in one family, the seductress women in another, and the Waverleys who were a family of strangely gifted women. The entire novel is magic! There's romance, enchanting recipes, and sister bonding. This is literally everything I could ever want in a book! (If I seem overly excited with all my exclamation points I'm sorry. I just love this book!) 
The characters may have magical talents, but they are still so relatable. Think Practical Magic, with a family of Witches, a lovable aunt, a handsome stranger, and two sisters who have their differences, but also love each other. 
If you know me you'd know that I have a twin sister who means the world to me. We may only be 26 but we've had our fair share of petty differences and had to find our way back to each other on numerous occasions. So any book about sisters has always held a soft place in my heart. 
Please read this, each page is magic.




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China Dolls - Lisa See

PLOT

In 1938, Ruby, Helen and Grace, three girls from very different backgrounds, find themselves competing at the same audition for showgirl roles at San Francisco's exclusive "Oriental" nightclub, the Forbidden City. Grace, an American-born Chinese girl has fled the Midwest and an abusive father. Helen is from a Chinese family who have deep roots in San Francisco's Chinatown. And, as both her friends know, Ruby is Japanese passing as Chinese. At times their differences are pronounced, but the girls grow to depend on one another in order to fulfill their individual dreams. Then, everything changes in a heartbeat with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Suddenly the government is sending innocent Japanese to internment camps under suspicion, and Ruby is one of them. But which of her friends betrayed her?

THOUGHTS

I am obsessed with Lisa See, she could easily be my favorite author. Every book is a stab to the heart (in a weird good way haha!) Every book she has ever written has brought me to tears, which is why I usually try my best to mentally prepare myself before starting any book written by her. (It doesn't work but I still try.) 
Now here's the thing, just because you have loved an authors other work does not mean you will love every single one. I had actually started this book and simultaneously gave up on it half way through (gasp!). 
Now listen Lisa See  has a way of not only bringing out your emotions but making you feel them ten fold. China Dolls brought out my anger and I couldn't handle it. I needed a break from these characters. It wasn't until five months later - I know that's a while, but I needed time until I built up the courage - before I could pick the book back up. 
The characters didn't feel like friends, more like co-dependent enemies. They were too much for me and I was relieved to finally finish so that I could move on to another book. 
BUT HOLD ON A MINUTE. Just because I had an issue with the characters, their relationship, and their personalities did not mean I didn't enjoy everything else.
The book is set in the 1930's - 1940's of San Francisco! How amazing is that!? We are given a vivid glimpse into the old world of China town. The food, the people, the fashions, the talent, the history! It was amazing. I live an hour away from San Francisco, and I'm ashamed to say I have never been to China Town. (Ugh I know! I'm terrible!) 
If you think you can handle the three divas in the novel then China Dolls is the book to read when you need to experience San Francisco's China Town in the most glamorous time in our history. 




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I might like my legs way too much haha!

The Debt of Tamar - Nicole Dweck

PLOT

In 2002, thirty-two-year-old Selim Osman, the last descendant of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, flees Istanbul for New York. In a twist of fate he meets Hannah, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and an artist striving to understand a father she barely knows. Unaware the connection they share goes back centuries, the two feel an immediate pull to one another. But as their story intertwines with that of their ancestors, the heroic but ultimately tragic decision that bound two families centuries ago ripples into the future, threatening to tear Hannah and Selim apart.

From a 16th-century harem to a seaside village in the Holy Land, from Nazi-occupied Paris to modern-day Manhattan, Nicole Dweck's The Debt of Tamar weaves a spellbinding tapestry of love, history, and fate that will enchant readers from the very first page.

THOUGHTS

I'm a huge fan of Historical Fiction, mix that in with intertwining fates, a mysterious family heirloom and I'm in awe. You always wonder if your ancestors choices and lives still somehow have an impact on you and if your life will still impact your own lineage hundreds of years from now. Our stories sometimes become lost within history, so why is it hard for us to believe that maybe our great-great-great grandmother choosing one man over another has no effect on our life. 

It's an amazing idea and Nicole Dweck has executed it beautifully in her debut novel The Debt of Tamar. There were some characters I couldn't agree with. How easily their bad decisions effected their descendants. But I guess there wouldn't be much of a story if we always made the best decisions. 

The writing was impeccable, Dweck changed stories and times so flawlessly I barely noticed. You felt yourself transcend through time and into the next story so easily that for a moment you forget about the previous character.  I hope I don't sound too dorky when I say that, but IT'S TRUE! I enjoyed every page of this beautiful book. 

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Witch Child - Celia Rees

PLOT

Enter the world of young Mary Newbury, a world where simply being different can cost a person her life. Hidden until now in the pages of her diary, Mary's startling story begins in 1659, the year her beloved grandmother is hanged in the public square as a witch. Mary narrowly escapes a similar fate, only to face intolerance and new danger among the Puritans in the New World. How long can she hide her true identity? Will she ever find a place where her healing powers will not be feared? 

THOUGHTS

I am all about magical realism. Some people find it far fetch, cheesy, predictable but I don't. I guess a small part of me wishes magic could exist in our world. Which is ridiculous for me to think since I'm not a religious person, so I guess wishing for magical realism feels like I'm being a hypocrite. I don't know, maybe I am maybe I'm not. Either way it gives me hope.

A high school teacher actually gave me this copy (I have since gifted it to a young family member) and I loved it. It is in a way a Young Adult type of genre since the Main Character is in her teens but keep in mind so was I. I could relate to someone her age then. 

Mary was a very quiet character, her movements and thoughts were always precise and mysterious. I could have chalked it up to having to do with her trying to be conspicuous (for her survival), but no. I think it was just a part of her personality. The ending drove me crazy until I found out there was a second installment. I remember for an hour after finishing I kept thinking "That can't be the ending! That is not how it was supposed to end! I'm going to write a very mad letter to the author demanding for a version with a rewritten ending!" 
When I got to school the next day to give my teacher a piece of my mind she promptly handed me the second book and said I could keep them. I was over the moon. Haha!

The Historical Fiction was my favorite part. Even as a teenager I had an appreciation for reading about the past. I always admired authors who took their time researching everything so that their novels were as accurate as possible. From a settlers village to the woods where the natives lived. Celia Rees will make you believe in magic in 1659 and have you wondering if maybe a girl like Mary Newbury could really have existed. 

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Eleanor And Park - Rainbow Rowell

PLOT

Eleanor... Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough...Eleanor.

Park... He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises...Park.
Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.

THOUGHTS

This is my little sisters copy. She's not much of a reader, but this book had her in a blubbering ugly crying mess. I had already read every Rainbow Rowell book but for some reason I put this one off. I'm not sure if it's because it may be her best seller or that I'm not a YA person. There's nothing wrong with YA! So please don't be offended if you do enjoy it. I just relate better to characters who are 24 and up. 

Alas I watched my sister ugly cry and profess her love for a book (she hasn't read any other book since) and I was intrigued.

I enjoyed it. It was very different from every other YA I had tried. There were complexities to both main characters that weren't far fetch. This story could easily be a reality for someone out there. Which breaks my heart because Eleanor's life was a hard life. She and her siblings deserved a lot better. So it was hard not to judge her mom. Park was all kinds of adorable. My sister fell head over heels for him. Before reading it I promised her that Park was all hers haha! 

The plot explored a lot of the Main characters family dynamics. From living as a product of an interracial couple to dealing with an abusive step-parent. I felt those details were very much an important part to the characters relationship and the plot build up. They weren't just background noise you usually experience with a novel.

Rainbow Rowell did it again. Making us all fall in love with her humor, her characters, her story telling, and HER. 

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I'm trying to stick to a specific theme with my INSTAGRAM account. Which can be tough since sometimes I take some pretty great photos that don't go with my theme.
So Hey! Just because I can't put them on INSTAGRAM doesn't mean I can't put them on the Blog right!?! (Wink, Wink)

Introducing My Instagram Page

I'll admit I had a lot of issues starting out my Instagram Page. You wouldn't believe how many photos I have posted and deleted in the hour or day that I post it. I could never find the rhythm or theme that felt just right for me.
I even changed my blog and social media accounts name a total of four times.
1. ReadandMore
2. Bookwormparent
3. Topofthebookshelf
4. Sleeplessreads
Hey! Fourth times a charm. Right??
Here are some of my favorites that I deemed good enough to bypass the "Delete" button.

Dumplin - Julie Murphy

PLOT

Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.

Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all. With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers, Dolly Parton songs, and a wildly unforgettable heroine—Dumplin’ is guaranteed to steal your heart.

THOUGHTS

When my mother had seen this book on my shelf, her first reaction was to inform me I "couldn't relate to a big girl" since I never had an issue with weight. I found that ridiculous, when I knew having purchased it, the book would be about so much more than the issue of "weight". 
Dumplin may have a "self proclaimed fat girl" as the lead character, but the story ventures past that and into every insecurity women of all ages feel. We are all insecure about one thing or another, and we are constantly looking for that one magic potion that will make us instant beauties. I don't know about you guys but I'll have those moments when I feel like the most beautiful woman in the world and in the next moment feel insecure and grotesque. I loved Willow for having the same thoughts. One day she will be happy and comfortable in her own skin and the next feel like she could look a lot better. It's not easy to have confidence twenty-four seven. 

With the media telling us what we should look like can be grating to our self-esteem. It's time to remember what matters most is our relationships, our choices, and who we are as women. And if you forget, that's okay. Willowdean will remind you. 
Willowdean reminded me a lot of my younger sister. Curvy, sarcastic, confidant, has a bit of an attitude. (haha!) The entire plot started out on the idea of the pageant and I assumed that would be the main focus when instead the main focus was being who you were meant to be and not letting your insecurities keep you from experiencing life the way you want. 
Eat what you want, say what you want (as long as your'e not hurting anyone with your words), do what you want, and be who you want to be.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have a craving for some Dumplings and eggrolls. (wink) 

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Peony in Love - Lisa See

PLOT

For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a small theatrical troupe is performing scenes from this epic opera, a live spectacle few females have ever seen. Like the heroine in the drama, Peony is the cloistered daughter of a wealthy family, trapped like a good-luck cricket in a bamboo-and-lacquer cage. Though raised to be obedient, Peony has dreams of her own. 

Peony’s mother is against her daughter’s attending the production: “Unmarried girls should not be seen in public.” But Peony’s father assures his wife that proprieties will be maintained, and that the women will watch the opera from behind a screen. Yet through its cracks, Peony catches sight of an elegant, handsome man with hair as black as a cave–and is immediately overcome with emotion. So begins Peony’s unforgettable journey of love and destiny, desire and sorrow–as Lisa See’s haunting new novel, based on actual historical events, takes readers back to seventeenth-century China, after the Manchus seize power and the Ming dynasty is crushed.  

Steeped in traditions and ritual, this story brings to life another time and place–even the intricate realm of the afterworld, with its protocols, pathways, and stages of existence, a vividly imagined place where one’s soul is divided into three, ancestors offer guidance, misdeeds are punished, and hungry ghosts wander the earth. Immersed in the richness and magic of the Chinese vision of the afterlife, transcending even death, Peony in Love explores, beautifully, the many manifestations of love. Ultimately, Lisa See’s new novel addresses universal themes: the bonds of friendship, the power of words, and the age-old desire of women to be heard.

THOUGHTS

Warning! Whenever you find yourself about to pick up a Lisa See novel (and you will) I recommend taking some time to mentally and emotionally prepare yourself for the heartache she will put you through. (And even then it will not be enough to keep you from crying.)
I don't know, maybe you are able to keep your emotions in check a lot better than I can, but if your'e like me than Peony in Love will have you in tears all the way through to the very last page. 

Lisa See is most knowen for her ability to write about the struggles and heartache of women. (Especially Chinese women.) Peony in Love is no different in that aspect, yet what makes it different is the window Lisa See gives us into the afterworld of the Chinese Culture. How our choices and thoughts stay with us even in death. My heart ached for Peony. I wanted nothing for her but peace. With her choices effecting those she loved, she had a lot of growing up to do. 
It was beautiful to read about a young woman who loved and felt so strongly, who was intelligent in spite of the time she lived in (men frowned on women being in the academic world so it was nice to see Peony challenge that), and how she could also make deep impacting mistakes like the rest of us.  

The beauty that is Lisa See's writing will transport you into the soul of a young Chinese woman, the struggles of heart ache, and the perils of the afterworld. 

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Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell

PLOT

Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan...But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving. Reading. Rereading. Hanging out in Simon Snow forums, writing Simon Snow fan fiction, dressing up like the characters for every movie premiere. 

Cath’s sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath can’t let go. She doesn’t want to. Now that they’re going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn’t want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. She’s got a surly roommate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words... 

And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone. For Cath, the question is: Can she do this? Can she make it without Wren holding her hand? Is she ready to start living her own life? Writing her own stories? And does she even want to move on if it means leaving Simon Snow behind?

THOUGHTS

Rainbow Rowell is a goddess among crossover writers. With Young Adult and Fiction books under her sleeve, she has reached peak perfection. The first thing you will notice with Rowell's writing is the characters. The plot is important yes, but her characters are the stars in her writing. 

With Cath, you are given a character who is both introverted and socially anxious. With many tragedies and hardships in her life. It was understandable for her to reseed into a small world of her own. Her need to stay in that world however, made it harder for her to get a grip on reality and in there lies the beauty of Rainbow Rowell. 

This is supposed to be a Young Adult novel! Yet there are so much meaning into her stories and complexity to her characters. You instantly fall in love with anything Rainbow Rowell. Each thought, each emotion she gives to her characters brings them to life in all their glory and imperfections. 

With Fangirl there are no shortages of laughs, swooning, and tears. You will easily find a fondness for Cath, a crush on Levi, a friend in Reagan, and a sister in Wren. 

HAIL OUR QUEEN RAINBOW ROWELL!

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