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Carole’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (183)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (498)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
fantasy‎ (118)
historical‎ (109)
romance‎ (109)
humour‎ (94)
satire‎ (82)
modern‎ (78)
non-fiction‎ (69)
french‎ (67)

ambivalent‎ (61)
don-t-bother‎ (57)
adventure‎ (55)
terry-pratchett‎ (46)
19th-c‎ (44)
classics‎ (41)
autobiography-biography‎ (37)
gold-orchid-publishing‎ (36)
cartoons‎ (35)
manga‎ (34)
18th-c‎ (32)
erotica‎ (28)

shoujo‎ (28)
mystery‎ (25)
21st-century‎ (21)
poetry‎ (21)
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orient‎ (11)
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techno-sci-fi‎ (8)
theatre‎ (7)
didn-t-finish‎ (6)
ecchi‎ (6)
journalistic‎ (6)
shonen‎ (6)
linguistics‎ (5)

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Carole’s Quotes

“Data!data!data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

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“There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World

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“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of Four

tags: impossible

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“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Case of Identity - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

tags: fiction, invention, life, reality, strangeness, truth

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“It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I

tags: alleys, beautiful, countryside, experience, john-watson, london, love, rural-life, sherlock-holmes, sin, smiling, vile

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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

Pump Up Your Book — 408 members — last activity Jan 08, 2026 01:41AM
Announcing new tours, books for review and announcements of upcoming events at Pump Up Your Book. Plus Q&A sessions with authors and virtual book club ...more

Book Giveaways — 5521 members — last activity 16 hours, 29 min ago
The place to go to tell others about your book giveaways and contests. And where book lover's can go to find ways to get free books. We all love those ...more

The Gothic Poets Society — 403 members — last activity Dec 31, 2024 07:03PM
Wits, Words & Spirits! Who Are We? We are a group of like minded individuals who haunt dark halls and cemeteries, armed with pens, books and black li ...more