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Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi
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bookshelves: 2018

An outstanding debut novel. Can't wait to gush about it next week on First Reads Friday.
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Reading Progress

August 11, 2017 – Shelved
August 11, 2017 – Shelved as: to-read
August 11, 2017 – Shelved as: 2018
January 9, 2018 – Started Reading
January 9, 2018 –
page 19
5.78% "I am a cruciverbalist and I am ON BOARD with this book!"
January 9, 2018 –
page 27
8.21% ""You're too young to be preoccupied with making sense.""
January 10, 2018 –
page 58
17.63% "Mim Malone isn't the only YA character reeking havoc on the bus and she has some stiff competition in the sarcasm and charm departments. Scott has totally captured my heart thus far."
January 10, 2018 –
page 59
17.93% "I could use a drink at the Thomas Foolery tonight myself."
January 10, 2018 –
page 71
21.58% ""I can live with my downs and acrosses; I accept the larger truths of my life. But I don't take the cells so seriously.""
January 11, 2018 –
page 117
35.56% "Fiora is so badass: "Saaket, my presence is a contribution to feminism.""
January 13, 2018 –
page 144
43.77% "Scott and Fiora are such real and compelling characters--from quick, sarcastic back and forth chats to these guy-wrenching emotional chats."
January 14, 2018 –
page 200
60.79% ""I'm not such a free spirit. Life gets to me. Sometimes...I take my downs and acrosses seriously.""
January 15, 2018 –
page 200
60.79% "True story: I left my book at work last night and even though I had other reading material, I missed it. I honestly don't know what I'm going to do when I actually finish this book."
January 16, 2018 –
page 272
82.67% "This quote is from about 50 pages back because the quote I thought I posted last night didn't save: "But she was an honest liar, self-admitted thief, straightforward tease, and transparent manipulator. And like the rest of us, she had bad days.""
January 19, 2018 – Finished Reading

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