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I must not have taken the right High School English class, because I never read The Great Gatsby until a few weeks ago. It was one of those books that you hear is amazing, but figure it can only be so-so, because really…what book ever lives up to the hype?

I’m here to tell you -- it really is amazing.

And now I find myself dreaming of 1920s parties in Long Island mansions, flapper dresses, and top-down convertible rides into the city.

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source: Janelle McCulloch’s Library of Design

“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter — tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…. And one fine morning —

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.“

- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

 What book exceeded your expectations?

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