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“Their pages spoke of the past, a reminder that the battered old world had whirred for a very long time indeed, and that even his latest buffeting would likely be withstood.”
― A Place to Hang the Moon
― A Place to Hang the Moon
“Through plague and war, poverty, desperation, crime- all of it- there is still art, Emile. Wonder casts a spell over all living creatures, great and small. Kist look at the skies at night and imagine what could be. Art, science, imagination... all create wonder.”
― The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck
― The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck
“To the left was a parlor with an arrangement of tufted chairs. No bookcase, Anna noticed. She supposed bookcases were not necessarily requirements of good parents.”
― A Place to Hang the Moon
― A Place to Hang the Moon
“The very idea. To pick just one favorite book seemed impossible as - well, as finding a family through a mass wartime evacuation. But there you have it.”
― A Place to Hang the Moon
― A Place to Hang the Moon
“Inside, the children were greeted by the sort of cool and reverent silence known only to places that house books- well, and perhaps artwork and religious artifacts. Mismatched bookcases stood back to back and side to side, making raucously wobbly passageways of words.”
― A Place to Hang the Moon
― A Place to Hang the Moon
The Stranded Book Club
— 238 members
— last activity Apr 24, 2020 12:30PM
The Stranded Book Club will inspire you to rediscover the staples on your bookshelf, the literature you've always been recommended but never actually ...more
Emma’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Emma’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
283 books
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2 friends
1,377 books
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19 friends
161 books
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18 friends
203 books
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10 friends
0 books
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163 friends
262 books
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5 friends
106 books
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29 friends
Favorite Genres
Art, Children's, Classics, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Young-adult
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