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“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
― The Importance of Being Earnest
― The Importance of Being Earnest
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“Birth and death - what could be more monstrous than that? We like to deceive ourselves and call it wondrous and beautiful and majestic, but it's freakish, let's face it.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance
“An eleven-year-old girl is many things, but she is not stupid.”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
Classics and the Western Canon
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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
readers advisory for all
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— last activity Mar 10, 2026 04:29AM
life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more
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