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Mary Beth
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“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
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“Ove feels an instinctive skepticism towards all people taller than six feet; the blood can’t quite make it all the way up to the brain.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“She laughed and laughed and laughed until the vowels were rolling across the walls and floors, as if they meant to do away with the laws of time and space.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“It's been six months since she died. But Ove still inspects the whole house twice a day to feel the radiators and check that she hasn't sneakily turned up the heating.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― The Fran Lebowitz Reader
― The Fran Lebowitz Reader
Historical Info for Historical Fiction Readers
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Information about eras past in different parts of the world. Help for readers who may feel lost in an unfamiliar historical setting, may not understan ...more
Historical Fiction Readers
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This group is for readers of Historical Fiction and History from across all genres, eras, and time periods.
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