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   Classes:  Mon Sep 7 (1 point) Mon Sep 14 (1 point) Mon Sep 21 (1 point) Mon Sep 28 (1 point) Mon Oct 5 (1 point) Mon Oct 12 (1 point) Mon Oct 19 (1 point) Mon Oct 26 (1 point) Mon Nov 2 (1 point) Mon Nov 9 (1 point) Mon Nov 16  (1 point) Mon Nov 23 (1 point) Mon Nov 30 (1 point) Mon Dec 7    (1 point) Mon Dec 14   (1 point) Books and  Movies: Frankenstein (6 points) The Haunting  of  Hill House  (5 points) Vampire Academy (5 points) Byzantium (1 point) The Hole (5 points) Annihilation (6 points) Annihilation Movie  (1 point) Red Lands Vol. 1-5 (5 points)  Lord of the Rings (6 points)  Sea kings (5 points) A wrinkle in time (5 points) Female Man (5 points) Bable 17 (5 points) Blood Child (5 points) The Golem (5 points) Ascension (5 points) Final Future (4 points) 
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