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Travelling is a great time to catch up on my reading. It's hard falling asleep in new places, but a good book always makes it easier.

Amanda Hocking

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Amanda Hocking
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: July 12
Novelist
Writer
Rochester
Minnesota
Book
Asleep
Hard
Catch
Great
Falling
Good
Places
Always
Easier
Time
Reading
Fall
Makes
Travelling

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