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As A Book Club Member, Here Are 8 Books Everyone Loved, And 8 We Wish We Never Touched
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I’m a lifestyle and pet writer with over a decade of experience in copywriting, covering viral animal moments, well-being topics, and lifestyle trends. Description: Over 200 years after an ancestor cast a dark curse upon herself and her descendants, the Owens sisters — Sally and Gillian — want nothing more than to escape the small New England town where they and their aunts live like outsiders. As adults, the Owens women are brought back together under scary, mysterious circumstances, but can sisterhood and practical magic help them break the family curse for good? Description: This contemporary fantasy novel follows a magical cafe that appears only on the full moon and the human-sized cats who run it. Instead of ordering from a menu, the customers receive the drinks and wisdom they didn't know they needed as the cats help guide them toward their destinies. Description: New widow Tova began working at an aquarium, where she befriends an octopus named Marcellus. The intelligent sea animal had never connected with a human before, but he bonds with Tova and even helps her discover the missing pieces around her son Erik's mysterious disappearance. Description: Bishop walks her readers along her road to Broadway and the Tony Awards, with unexpected, exclusive sneak peeks into her professional and personal life, from ballet dancing and performing as a Las Vegas showgirl to becoming the iconic diva Emily Gilmore. Description: This novel follows a young prince-turned-prophet named Paul Atreides, whose father rules the desert planet Arrakis. As several competing empires fight for control of Arrakis and its priceless resource — spice — Paul's struggle for both power and survival takes him deeper into the desert than he ever expected. Description: Although this is technically another memoir, it doesn't read like one. Through a series of short stories inspired by her own life experiences, Doyle explores themes of authenticity, freedom from expectation, and letting go of the idea of being good. Description: Natalie Heller Mills leads the ideal rural family life — or so her followers think. After becoming a popular "tradwife" social media influencer, the behind-the-scenes reality of her family farm isn't as it seems. Suddenly, things get even more complicated when she wakes up one morning to find herself seemingly back in time. There's no question she's still on the farm, but nothing about her home, not even her husband and children, is quite the same. Description: Two childhood friends from different walks of life meet at school in Iran, but when one of them gets the chance to return to a life of limitless luxury, they assume they'll never see each other again. As women, however, they meet again during a time of political unrest when a betrayal threatens to change everything. Description: After a horrific ship crash that leaves just one alive, Pi Patel survives on a lifeboat for 227 days before he is found. He left the ship alongside a hyena, an injured zebra, an orangutan, and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, but by the time he lands on the coast of Mexico, he and the tiger are alone. Description: After she kills a wolf to help her family survive, Feyre Archeron is kidnapped and taken to a magical realm to repay her debt. Her captor, the beast who took her, is actually a faerie king, and his entire land has been cast under a curse that only she can help solve. Description: Waldo is a lonely 17-year-old who longs to be seen, but there's only one person she wants to be seen by: her creative writing teacher, Mr. Korgy. He may be married with children and twice her age, but Waldo is so desperate for love and belonging that nothing could stand in her way...right? Description: This dystopian tale takes place in the Republic of Gilead, a future version of the United States that's been fractured by a Second Civil War. There's a strict social hierarchy that dictates citizens' everyday lives, but one brave Handmaid begins to write her story in an attempt to remember who she truly is and how she can survive. Description: Arthur Dent finds himself suddenly in an entirely different world when Earth is suddenly destroyed to make room for a fancy space superhighway. He navigates the vast universe with a group of new friends, including his best friend from Earth, who turned out to be an alien. Description: Food blogger Julie Powell embarks on a year-long cooking project inspired by the recipes of Julia Child. Description: Every book inside the Midnight Library represents another version of your life. Every tiny decision or coincidence that could have gone another way has its own book in the library, allowing Nora Seed to view its limitless possibilities. Could her life truly be better? Nora's search for purpose and joy leads her through the Library and its infinite lessons. Description: Bilbo Baggins is a Hobbit who prefers a quieter life, but he is suddenly whisked away on an adventure by a group of wizards led by Gandalf the Great. While traveling, Bilbo acquires a magical ring and meets plenty of people who want it, including a horrific creature called Gollum.
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