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Mary is Currently Reading

Mary is currently reading

That's What Friends Are For

by Wade Rouse

bookshelves: adult, adult-fiction, currently-reading, 2026-reading-challenge, adult-humor, adult-romance

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A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell, #10)

by Deanna Raybourn (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026-reading-challenge, adult, adult-historical-fiction, adult-fiction, adult-mystery

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— May 18, 2026 11:14AM

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The Forsyte Saga

by John Galsworthy

bookshelves: 2026-reading-challenge, adult, adult-fiction, adult-historical-fiction, currently-reading

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Mary’s Quotes

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
― Robert Bloch

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“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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“Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all.”
― Michael Landon

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