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Reading for the 2nd time
read in October 2017
Jan C said:
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This is the book where Sayers introduces us to mystery author Harriet Vane. She is about to be convicted of murdering a former lover (possibly scandalous in itself) when Lord Peter Wimsey declares his love for her. The Dowager Duchess likes her, too.
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Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics
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Lucas, in his story of four friends on the cusp between youth and adulthood, captured on film the America that was poised to reelect Nixon, the America that saw change as something that happened somewhere else.
American Graffiti
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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