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Laura Jane Round

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Average rating: 4.65 · 31 ratings · 12 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Querencia Winter 2023 by Emily Perkovich (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Ann Kammerer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dani De Luca (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	TEATH by Laura Jane Round (Goodreads Author), Alien Buddha (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hiding Under the Leaves by Donna Scott (Editor), Tim Major, Liam Hogan 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lumpen: A Journal for Poor and Working Class Writers, Issue 010, Spring 2022 by Dorothy Spencer, Craig Gent, Fran Lock really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE COVETED it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alien Buddha Zine #43: black and white print by Alien Buddha, Thasia Anne, N.J. Gallegos (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lumpen: A Journal for Poor and Working Class Writers, Issue 011, Summer / Autumn 2022: The Land by Dorothy Spencer (Editor), Hannah Pearce (Editor), Laura Jane Round (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mother Hode & The Saelvatici Tour Booklet by Steven C. Davis (Goodreads Author), Laura Jane Round (Goodreads Author), Ash Mandrake it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales from the Bookshop by Steven C. Davis (Goodreads Author), C. D. Phillip (Illustrator), Nimue Brown (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Queen James: A New History About the Life and Loves of Britain’s First King, James Stuart

by Gareth Russell (Goodreads Author)

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Ian Brady: A riveting true crime biography investigating the infamous serial killer (Nina)

by Alan Keightley

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The Cement Garden

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“When the bad bleeds, then is the tragedy good.”
― Cyril Tourneur, The Revenger's Tragedy

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“At times I imagine the map of the world laid out and you stretched across it. And all that is left for my life are the areas you don’t cover or can’t reach.”
― Franz Kafka, Letter to His Father

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“Not even your mistrust of others is as great as my own self-mistrust instilled in me by you.”
― Franz Kafka, Letter to His Father

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“Avarice is one of the surest signs of profound unhappiness”
― Franz Kafka, Letter to His Father

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“Even inside the hut I felt a miserable specimen, and what’s more, not only in your eyes but in the eyes of the whole world, for you were for me the measure of all things. ”
― Franz Kafka, Letter to His Father

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