Preloading
We road-tested these new reads to see whether we could finish them in one 48-hour period. The result? They were so compelling that we only needed two long, sunny afternoon sessions (with breaks for dips in the pool).
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3 Books That Will Rock Your Weekend

Marlena

By Julie Buntin

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 288

In this icy and accomplished first novel, the intoxicating friendship between an inexperienced loner and her manic, wild-child neighbor continues to exert an irresistible pull on our narrator decades later.

— Hamilton Cain & Erin Vanderhoof

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