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This week it has been a good week with reading 2 books.  I have read… Impulse by Ellen Hopkins Perfect by Ellen Hopkins These books are written in a poetry format and are written in the same timeline as each other.  They are well done and I would highly recommend them.  There are some trigger warnings with these books so I would keep that in mind when you go to read them. This is what I thought of each book. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins I thought this book was good. I particularl