{"title":"Zoya's Picks","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"text-bubble image-with-caption-padding\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHi I’m Zoya! I’m an Oklahoma born (go sooners!) classics nerd and mom to a feral toddler. I tend to gravitate towards anything with magical world-building, complex characters, and LOTS of yearning. 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