Lauren

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Lauren is Currently Reading

Lauren is currently reading

To Have and to Hoax (The Regency Vows, #1)

by Martha Waters (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 17, 2026 07:27PM

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First-Time Caller (Heartstrings, #1)

by B.K. Borison (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 15, 2026 08:08PM

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Game Changer (Game Changers, #1)

by Rachel Reid

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Dec 18, 2025 10:44PM

Lauren’s Quotes

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

tags: friendship

88107 likes

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing

128936 likes

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, imagination

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“You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.”
― Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz

tags: body-soul, misattributed-to-c-s-lewis

21121 likes

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

tags: inspirational, music, philosophy

74359 likes

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Book Buying Addicts Anonymous — 3310 members — last activity Dec 12, 2025 09:39AM
All are welcome, but this group is meant for those who not only love to read, but those who also love to buy their books to read as well as those who ...more

Amazon Kindle — 11676 members — last activity Jan 19, 2026 01:03AM
For readers using the Amazon Kindle ebook device.

The Amazingness of Musicals! — 51 members — last activity May 16, 2014 12:12PM
This is a group dedicated to musicals of all types! They are just amazing!

The Apocalypse — 9 members — last activity Aug 18, 2012 04:40AM
Dispite what most thought, 2012 actually occured, and the world ended in mass chaos. Only a few survivors are scattered across what is left of America ...more

Reading Glasses - Fan Group — 3602 members — last activity Nov 29, 2025 01:20PM
A group for readers who listen to the 'Reading Glasses' podcast - our own little community!! ...more

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