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Countess of Scandal (The Daughters of Erin, #1)

by Laurel McKee

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The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

by Barbara W. Tuchman

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“When you're twenty, love is like a fever, it makes you almost delirious. When it's over you can hardly remember how it happened...Fire in the blood, how quickly it burns itself out.”
― irene nemirovsky

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

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“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
― Logan Pearsall Smith

tags: life, reading

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“My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
― Malcolm X

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“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”
― William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

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A group to talk about all those books with sexy alpha heroes and their spitfire heroines. Think: Anne Stuart, Kresley Cole, Heather Graham, Julie Garw ...more

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Fans of the old Signet and Fawcett (along with Zebra) Regency Romance line and of True Traditional Regency Romance novels

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