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		<title>The Booklover&#8217;s Curse: When Good Just Isn&#8217;t Good Enough!</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Looking back at the books I&#8217;ve read in the last few months, I find myself in a weird sort of slump. I&#8217;ve read a lot of books in that time: 21 since August 1st. A couple (The Heart&#8217;s Invisible Furies, and Little Fires Everywhere) will even be in the running for my top ten of the year....</p>
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<p>Looking back at the books I&#8217;ve read in the last few months, I find myself in a weird sort of slump. I&#8217;ve read a lot of books in that time: 21 since August 1st. A couple (<a href="https://novelvisits.com/hearts-invisible-furies-john-boyne-review/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>The Heart&#8217;s Invisible</em><em> Furies</em></span></a>, and <a href="https://novelvisits.com/mini-reviews-fall-audio-edition/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em>Little Fires Everywhere</em></span></a>) will even be in the running for my top ten of the year. Those alone truly wowed me. A few others were superior, but missing that &#8220;wow&#8221; factor. Some were just plain boring, but by far the majority were simply good. For me (and I suspect for many others), that&#8217;s just not good enough anymore! It&#8217;s beginning to feel like I&#8217;ve developed a new malady unique to bibliophiles. Let&#8217;s call it <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff; font-family: terminal, monaco, monospace;"><strong>&#8220;The Booklover&#8217;s Curse,&#8221;</strong></span> whose symptoms include:&#8230;</p>
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