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5 Books I Can’t Live Without: Kit of Books are My Boyfriends

5 Books I Can’t Live Without:  Kit of Books are My Boyfriends

  In real life, Kit is a nationally produced and award winning playwright, an award winning screenwriter, a performing arts teacher and a world traveller. In internet life she blogs about books at Books are my Boyfriends and writes the webcomic “Aces.” That’s the story of Kit!     1.) MIDDLEMARCH, by George Eliot. MIDDLEMARCH is a sharper, smarter, more tragic and hilarious PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.  An early 19th century tale about a girl who … Read entire article »

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5 Ways to Feel Infinite: Lessons from Perks of Being a Wallflower

5 Ways to Feel Infinite:  Lessons from Perks of Being a Wallflower

I read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky for the first time my senior year of high school.  I absolutely loved it.   If you haven’t read it, it’s a great coming-of-age story about Charlie as he begins high school.  He’s precocious, shy, and socially awkward. I  related to Charlie’s struggles to fit in (also being somewhat shy) and find his place in the world, as I was … Read entire article »

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