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"I'm not sure what it is that makes me persevere with this series, but I know for sure it's not second person narration 🤨" — Aug 25, 2022 04:04PM
"I'm not sure what it is that makes me persevere with this series, but I know for sure it's not second person narration 🤨" — Aug 25, 2022 04:04PM
“I'm tired of everlastingly being unnatural and never doing anything I want to do. I'm tired of acting like I don't eat more than a bird, and walking when I want to run and saying I feel faint after a waltz, when I could dance for two days and never get tired. I'm tired of saying, 'How wonderful you are!' to fool men who haven't got one-half the sense I've got, and I'm tired of pretending I don't know anything, so men can tell me things and feel important while they're doing it.”
― Gone With The Wind
― Gone With The Wind
“(‘What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.’)”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“Books are not about passing the time. They’re about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, Sir Kevin, one just wishes one had more of it.”
― The Uncommon Reader
― The Uncommon Reader
“Anyone who thinks one book has all the answers hasn't read enough books.”
― Saga, Volume 6
― Saga, Volume 6
“Mme Danglars, who could still be described as beautiful despite her thirty-six years,”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
Science and Inquiry
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— last activity Jun 23, 2026 04:18PM
This Group explores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussions on a variety of topics including science in the new ...more
The Lucid Garden
— 354 members
— last activity Jul 14, 2019 05:57AM
For fans of the slightly off-kilter, more in depth variety of fantasy/sci-fi/comics...though by no means limited to specifically those genres. If you ...more
London Queer Books Group
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— last activity Nov 17, 2014 01:05AM
Have a look here for current events: https://www.meetup.com/London-Queer-Books-Group/ This is a book club that focuses on queer literature, from the ...more
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