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Average rating: 4.0 · 402 ratings · 82 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction 4.13 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2001 — 11 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
	Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library 3.87 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 1989 — 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
	The Readers' Advisory Guide to Street Literature by Vanessa Irvin Morris, Teri Woods, Joyce Saricks (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.46 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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
	Read On…Audiobooks: Reading Lists for Every Taste (Read On Series) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 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

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Joyce has read Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) by Hilary Mantel	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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This was a suggestion for my cousins' book group, and I honestly dreaded reading it. Unsurprisingly, I found it thoroughly satisfying. A look at mole catching in the UK (tho not too bloody) and the life of a man fascinated by moles and nature. Also, ...more
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Interestingly, when I read this I was reminded of a 2020 novel, Migrations, which I had loved. Imagine my surprise when I realized it was also by McConaghy! Both beautifully written and provocative.
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“With a library it is easier to hope for serendipity than to look for a precise answer.”
― Lemony Snicket, When Did You See Her Last?

tags: answers, chance, libraries, luck, research, serendipity

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“Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.”
― Neil Gaiman

tags: answers, correct, google, internet, libarary, librarian, librarians, right, search

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“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.”
― Christopher Morley

tags: do, morley, read, think

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“Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkspell

tags: inspirational

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“The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from them is a single breath, one final puff of air.”
― William Kent Krueger, Ordinary Grace

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