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Why So Many Adults Love to Read YA

By Jessica Morrell Posted in Jessica Page Morrell , and Delights, Curiosities, Professor Renoir's Collection of Oddities, Randall Platt, Why Adults Read YA | 1 Comment »

Summer might be only a week away, but temperatures are hitting near 100 today. I’m in a bit of trouble in the watering department because I’ve been buying more than my share of ‘rescue’ plants lately. A nearby Fred Meyers garden department marks them down and I’m lured to them like other people might be […]

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