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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides (Goodreads Author)

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Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)

by Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)

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Laurel’s Quotes

“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different?”
― Anonymous

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“I know that grief, like regret, settles into our DNA and remains forever a part of us.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

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“He is half of my soul, as the poets say.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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“He was a man of black and white. And she was color. All the color he had.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

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“Today’s young people want to know everything about everyone. They think talking about a problem will solve it. I come from a quieter generation. We understand the value of forgetting, the lure of reinvention.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale

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Jane Austen — 5365 members — last activity Apr 18, 2026 05:56AM
Established July 2007. Readers of Jane, gather here to discuss anything from Frank Churchill's secrets to Lady Catherine's whims. What finally "persua ...more

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J.R.R. Tolkien — 3853 members — last activity Dec 26, 2025 03:51AM
Discussion, recommendations, and all-over appreciation for Britain's own myth maker, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien. ...more