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Luster

by Raven Leilani (Goodreads Author)

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Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her

by Daisy May Cooper

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“Live to the point of tears.”
― Albert Camus

tags: life, living

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“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

tags: secrets

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“One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.”
― Harold Pinter, Various Voices: Prose, Poetry, Politics

tags: life

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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: husband, marriage, opening-lines, wife

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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

tags: first-sentence, opening-lines

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Are you eagerly anticipating the new J.K. Rowling book The Casual Vacancy? If so, this is the group for you! We'll be hosting a week-long read-along, ...more

Books2Movies Club — 2501 members — last activity May 01, 2023 11:36AM
Have you read the book, seen the movie, neither – but you are eager to read and see both? Then this is absolutely perfect group for you! We like to se ...more

Go Book Yourself — 56 members — last activity Sep 20, 2015 02:39AM
This is a book club that corresponds with a Youtube Channel of the same name. We decided to bring it on over to Goodreads so everyone can get involved ...more

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This group has been created to discuss books that have been or are being adapted into movies. This group was originally started for an in-life book cl ...more

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