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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“Don't you know that I laugh because it is my last defense against tears?
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― One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
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― One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd
“Because the difference between seeing and not seeing can be the difference between living and dying.”
― The Drawing of the Three
― The Drawing of the Three
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A buddy reading group for those interested in twentieth century books and authors. From 2023 our time period will be 1900-1980. Authors like M.M. Kaye ...more
VICTOBER 2025
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Greetings all! Victober is a month-long readathon hosted each October all about reading Victorian literature. The Goodreads group remains in place, ...more
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Classics and the best novels ever created lovers, this is for you!
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But once a woman stole the initiative, plundered the perquisites and took the lead, what happened to the globe? The fabric cracked [Daphne du Maurier] ...more
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