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“The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.”
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“It is possible to leave so much out of any given story.”
― The Glass Hotel
― The Glass Hotel
“Being able to return to the books was a sanctuary for my heart. And a joy bolted free, lessening my own grievances, forgiving spent youth and dying dreams lost to a hard life, the hard land, and to folks’ hard thoughts and partialities.”
― The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
― The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
“she believed in understanding upon meeting someone for the first time that they were going to be important in her life, a sensation like recognizing a familiar face in an old photograph: in a sea of faces that mean nothing, one comes into focus. You.”
― The Glass Hotel
― The Glass Hotel
“Maybe life is just carrying news. Surviving to carry the news. Maybe we have just one message, and it is delivered to us when we are born and we are never sure what it says; it may have nothing to do with us personally but it must be carried by hand through a life, all the way, and at the end handed over, sealed.”
― News of the World
― News of the World
Kindred Spirits
— 322 members
— last activity Nov 15, 2025 07:31AM
Join us! We're a new group of devoted lovers of YA and Middle Grade books, with an emphasis on discovering/rediscovering classics. We'll be doing rea ...more
YA Reads for Teachers (And Any Other Adults!)
— 1912 members
— last activity Jul 22, 2025 08:45AM
We are a group of educators (teachers, media specialists / librarians, and home school teachers) parents and other adult fans of young adult and child ...more
The Spirit of Children's Literature
— 15 members
— last activity Jun 02, 2019 09:09PM
This is a group for people who love to read children's and young adult literature and want to discuss with others! This group will read books for youn ...more
Epic Reads Book Club
— 2054 members
— last activity Dec 15, 2021 09:11AM
Epic Reads Book Club is a discussion of one YA/teen lit title each month, across all genres. Here’s how it works: Read. Discuss. Repeat. Yup, it’s tha ...more
#BookClubFix
— 26 members
— last activity Aug 19, 2017 02:41PM
#BookClubFix is a light-hearted, fun club for lovers of historical fiction of all types. All are welcome to join us here, and also participate in our ...more
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