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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

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Andrea’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It by Gabriel Wyner

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I encountered three basic keys to language learning: 1. Learn pronunciation first. 2. Don’t translate. 3. Use spaced repetition systems.

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Andrea’s Quotes

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: books, library, reading

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“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”
― T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph

tags: dreamers, dreaming, dreams, open-eyes, open-mind

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books, library

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Reading the Chunksters — 400 members — last activity Jul 06, 2024 09:13AM
This is a group for anyone who wants to read the Chunksters (the BIG books like Anna Karenina, War & Peace, Les Miserables, Don Quixote, Infinite Jest ...more

The Book Vipers — 1555 members — last activity Jun 02, 2022 02:33AM
A friendly, informal and established group with a diverse range of members. We read the classics, contemporary fiction and non-fiction. Come and join ...more

SciFi and Fantasy Book Club — 42771 members — last activity 1 hour, 30 min ago
Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more

The Readers Review: Literature from 1714 to 1910 — 3794 members — last activity 18 hours, 19 min ago
This is a group for discerning readers looking to discover, explore, and critically discuss some of the World’s literature, with a primary emphasis on ...more

Classics and the Western Canon — 4963 members — last activity Jun 07, 2026 08:37PM
This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more

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