Meme: The Big Read

From in_the_blue:

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed.
1.) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2.) Italicize those you intend to read.
3.) Underline those you LOVE.
4.) Put an asterisk next to the books you’d rather shove hot pokers in your eyes than read.

And my own addition:

5.) Strikethrough those you tried to read and put down.
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Pretending

He pretends he hasn’t been exiled from his wife for the last ten years. She pretends her husband hasn’t been in a coma for the last seven.

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Awaken

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series The World Turns 'Round

It should have been the best news of her life. Instead Rogue stared at the phone, in a potent mix of fear and dread, trying desperately to comprehend what she was hearing.

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Turning

He hadn’t been there for so many of the things they had planned together. Did you see Alaska? Were you pregnant? Did you conquer your powers?

No, no, no. All pain and wounded answers, but trying to be brave.( Read the rest of this entry » )

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Gently

She remembers her vows. She remembers dancing.

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Endnotes

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series The World Turns 'Round

The Story Behind the Story

This story has slowly grown and begun to sprawl through the course of multiple prompters inspiring additions. It’s a story of Rogue and Bobby and Rogue and Remy, illusions and pretensions and, of course, some heartbreaking realities.

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