“Turns out blood isn't thicker than water, after all. All of us here, we're in this together. We'll go down in flames, together, too. A burning inferno. Screaming in the night about the things that came before.”
― This Is Why We Lie
― This Is Why We Lie
“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
“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
“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
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.
Favorite Genres
Art, Children's, Classics, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Young-adult
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