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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“It wasn't easy telling my family that I'm gay. I made my carefully worded announcement at Thanksgiving. It was very Norman Rockwell. I said, 'Mom, would you please pass the gravy to a homosexual?' She passed it to my father. A terrible scene followed.”
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“What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?”
― The Warden
― The Warden
“You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said.
The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer”
― The Road to Oz
The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer”
― The Road to Oz
Persephone Books
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Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more
Exploring Anthony Trollope
— 76 members
— last activity Jan 18, 2023 07:47AM
A place to learn about the author Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) and to share reading experiences of the author's works. I am astonished at Trollope's ...more
Raising the Middlebrow Book Club (1910-60)
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— last activity Aug 26, 2026 09:45AM
A bookclub that is member driven in its reading of the “middlebrow” genre and other undervalued women writers published in 1910-1960.
Holocaust and genocide
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— last activity Sep 28, 2026 03:12PM
All books about the Holocaust and other genocides. Scholar books, memoires etc.
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