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Books for the Lockdown – Moving Gems

On April 27, 2020 By bookskepticIn Thoughts1 Comment

Welcome to week six! I hope you are all still safe and healthy. After last week's relatively depressing fare I wanted to treat you this week to some of the most moving books I've read since I started writing this blog. Some of them are funny, others full of hope, yet others are tragic. What …

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