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The Perfume Burned His Eyes

by Michael Imperioli

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Wake of the Perdido Star: A Novel

by Gene Hackman

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In Search of Lost Time, Volume II: Within a Budding Grove (A Modern Library E-Book)

by Marcel Proust

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Beth’s Quotes

“Oh, please don't go—we'll eat you up—we love you so!”
― Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

tags: where-the-wild-things-are

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“Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

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“Still, there are times I am bewildered by each mile I have traveled, each meal I have eaten, each person I have known, each room in which I have slept. As ordinary as it all appears, there are times when it is beyond my imagination.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies

tags: achievements

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“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

tags: books, censorship

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“To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: death, dumbledore, harry, inspirational, philosophers-stone, ron, sorcerers-stone

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The Next Best Book Club — 26373 members — last activity 21 hours, 22 min ago
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more

The Seasonal Reading Challenge — 9363 members — last activity 38 minutes ago
Do you want to broaden your reading horizons and discover new books, authors and genres? Do you love reading challenges? Do you live for competition? ...more

Literary Lushes — 10 members — last activity Apr 14, 2020 03:59PM
Literary Lushes is a book club for ladies in Louisville, Kentucky who love to read a variety of literature and enjoy drinking the occasional beverage.

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 27046 members — last activity 14 hours, 53 min ago
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more

The Bowie Book Club — 452 members — last activity Sep 14, 2025 02:24PM
This book club was created in honor of the extraordinary artist and avid reader David Bowie. May all fans rejoice in some of the literary works that h ...more

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