title: Reading Journal: For Book Lovers
author:  Potter Gift 
description: <b>Potter Style</b>, an imprint of the Crown Publishing group, is a high-end gift book and stationery line, specializing in lifestyle, design, art, fashion, humor, and DIY.
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  CONTENTS
  
    1. One
    2. Two
    3. Three
    4. Four
    5. Five
    6. Six
    7. Back Ads
    8. About the Author
    9. Books by Victoria Aveyard
    10. Copyright
    11. About the Publisher
  
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  ONE
  
   _As usual, Julian gave_ her a book.
  
  Just like the year before, and the year before, and every holiday or occasion
  he could find in between his sister’s birthdays. She had shelves of his so-
  called gifts. Some given in truth, and some to simply clear space in the
  library he called a bedroom, where books were stacked so high and so
  precariously that even the cats had trouble navigating the labyrinthine piles.
  The subjects varied, from adventure tales of Prairie raiders to stuffy poetry
  collections about the insipid Royal Court they both strived to avoid. _Better
  for kindling,_ Coriane would say every time he left her another dull volume.
  Once, for her twelfth birt