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A Year in Reading: Alana Pockros

There was a point about two or three years ago when I thought it would be prudent to start a Goodreads. I liked it for its lo-fi website, and thought it might help me remember what I had read, as I have a knack for forgetting. All turned to chaos when I requested my entire Facebook friends list to connect via the inevitable plug-in to Goodreads, and suddenly my second grade teacher and some boy who I kissed in a closet in middle school were liking my entries. I deleted my

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