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Five Survive

by Holly Jackson (Goodreads Author)

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

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The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classic Guide to World Literature

by Clifton Fadiman

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“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

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“There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense

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“There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.”
― Mae West

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“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

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“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

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Windsor Book Club is a group of men and women, of all ages who meet once a month at a coffee shop to discuss a book that was previously voted on to re ...more

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Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Co ...more

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