![]() If you like to read, you should read the Uglies series. They meet a new girl, ANNELISE, who is impossibly cool and always wears baggy sweaters. Two nerdy girls are at a church summer camp, despite neither of them being particularly involved with church. ![]() And up until probably middle school? I think? I mostly read book series like The Babysitter’s Club ( Mary-Anne Spier 4 lyfe) or the Mandie series or The Boxcar Children or Dear Canada. All excellent book series, but I never searched out for anything. So I don’t reeeeally classify Harry Potter as the start of my love of reading. I loved reading the books most of all, but there was also SO MUCH MORE about it that I loved. ![]() I mean, I love Harry Potter, and I certainly loved reading at the same time, but I also loved Harry Potter outside of reading? If that makes sense? I lived for the movies, the merch, the characters, the actors, EVERYTHING. Okay, so, other than Harry Potter™, which is the pinnacle of all things I love, I want to say that the Uglies trilogy is reeeeeally what started it all. Me, 24/7, whenever I think about how much I love the Uglies series. I know I haven’t been around a terribly long time in the book blogger world, but if you don’t know how much I love the Uglies series at this point… I personally stole this idea from Elizabeth the Bookish Connoisseur, so thanks girl. In this prompt we discuss books that have yet to be published that we’re excited about! Head over to her blog to learn more. ![]() Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. ![]()
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![]() Business Adventures is truly financial journalism at its liveliest and best. Five additional stories on equally fascinating subjects round out this wonderful collection that will both entertain and inform readers. Business Adventures is a collection of 12 stories exploring the successes, failures, and lessons learned in the world of business. John Brooks's insightful reportage is so full of personality and critical detail that whether he is looking at the astounding market crash of 1962, the collapse of a well-known brokerage firm, or the bold attempt by American bankers to save the British pound, one gets the sense that history repeats itself. 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