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Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Wolf

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The book I read was Mrs. Dalloway, this book isn't a normal book it's very unique, it's not a typical story you read and understand the plot, this story is an experience of Clarissa Dalloway life during 1983. This story gives you a stream of stream of consciousness that lets you live inside the character's mind. You don't exactly just read about Clarissa or Septimus, you feel their thoughts, memories, and emotions. It's like this book gave you experience's through someone's soul. It shows how Woolf the author plays with time, compressing a lifetime into a single day in London, which shows how the past constantly influences the present as we pass through decades through flashbacks and memories. This book makes an impact on how you reflect on your own life and helps see how small moments can carry huge emotional weighs on you.  This novel also explores mental health, grief, love, regret, and identity. And it'\s only seen by the sensitivity and honesty ...

One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch

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  One Up on Wall Street: By Peter Lynch After I finished my last book “ The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens”  I was filled with a need for more than just a surface level introduction. I searched many times with many different key words for more books but the one that kept getting recommended was “One up on Wall Street.” I researched the author Peter Lynch and he was a fund manager at a well known brokerage firm called Fidelity. He ended up succeeding massively during his time managing the fund. This is due to the fact that the fund reached an average annual return of nearly thirty percent! This is quite impressive when the average return of the stock market as a whole is only about ten percent. With this impressive background I figured I should buy the book as soon as possible. The book was a far more in depth book about the stock market and how you can use what you already know whether it's through a job you have or a business that you spend a lot of money at. The idea...

Batman: The Killing Joke

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    Batman: The Killing Joke is a comic book originally released in 1988 (long time ago), but since has had multiple recolored updated versions, including the deluxe hardcover released in 2008 which also released a film adaptation. This story of Batman follows, Batman (obviously) but mainly the Joker, as he trying to drive while we see flashbacks, revealing how the Joker went from a failed comedian to a villain.  Quick Summary     After escaping from Arkham Asylum he purchases a old and abandoned amusement park, planning to bring commissioner Gordon here. He first goes to commissioner Gordons house and shoots his daughter, also known as Batgirl, leaving her paralyzed   He then kidnaps Gordon and takes him to the amusement park, where he puts him through psychological torture, including forcing him to view photos of his hurt daughter. The Joker’s main goal is to prove that one bad day can make anyone be driven to madness just like him. Meanwhile, Batman...
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The Summer I turned pretty by Jenny Han Little Summary:      The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han is a novel about 15-year-old Isabella, who goes by "Belly", is a girl who spends her summers at Cousins Beach with her family and the Fishers, a close family friend. The story takes place at the Fisher family's beach house, a place that has always represented a magical escape for Belly. This summer feels different because she has a feeling it might be one of the last summers that feels the same. Throughout the summer they find out about Susannah’s secret illness, this affects everyone differently but what they all get affected by is their relationships with each other. Other than that, the novel centers on Belly's sixteenth birthday and her growth from a teenage girl to a young woman as she experiences her first love, heartbreak, and self-discovery through her complex relationships with two brothers, Conrad who is the oldest and Jeremiah, the youngest.      ...