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Jennifer is currently reading

Fortune's Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family, and a Lost Inheritance

by Simon Welfare

bookshelves: currently-reading, historical, history, ireland, biog, irelan, sco, scotland, victorian, nobility, architecture, art, aristocracy, ar, decorating, dec, interior-design-deco, iculture, philanthropy, charity, chari, house-home, royals, royalty

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Moon Olympic Peninsula: Coastal Getaways, Rainforests & Waterfalls, Hiking & Camping (Travel Guide)

by Jeff Burlingame (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, travel-ref, travel, moon-guide, guidebook, washington, pacific-northwest, pnw, olympic-peninsula, national-parks, n, coastal-highway, rainforests, historical, history, hiking, road-trip

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“Others said--and they meant it as a compliment--- that he was 'utterly unconventional in everything that he did.”
― Simon Welfare, Fortune's Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family, and a Lost Inheritance

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“It's not every day that a hippopotamus asks for a fruitcake!”
― Ethan Reed, Santa Stops at Disneyland (Disney Classic)

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“I believe that a biography is more effectual than any other kind of literature in turning the mind into a new channel, and causing it to take an interest in the concerns of others rather than its own.
GEORGE HAMILTON-GORDON, 5th EARL of ABERDEEN”
― Simon Welfare, Fortune's Many Houses: A Victorian Visionary, a Noble Scottish Family, and a Lost Inheritance

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“A reminder that, despite our cultural differences, we all sometimes need a little comfort grease.”
― Lucy Knisley, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen

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“Taking my vitamins in the morning reminds me of the sweet, chalky taste of the jar of Flintstones I snuck, in an act of delicious medicinal rebellion, eaten like candy, inches from the television screen.”
― Lucy Knisley, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen

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European Royalty — 1566 members — last activity May 07, 2026 07:33AM
This is a group for anyone who enjoys fiction and non-fiction books about European royalty and history in general. We have a wide variety of discussio ...more

Non Fiction Book Club — 5119 members — last activity 8 hours, 10 min ago
This group is for anyone who enjoys Non Fiction. Genres discussed here include Histories, Autobiographies, Biographies, Memoirs, Science and Technolog ...more

Tudor History Lovers — 3130 members — last activity 20 hours, 5 min ago
Anyone who enjoys historical fiction or history books about Tudor England will like this group. Whether you have been all the way to England just to t ...more

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more