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Finding a good book is a study in serendipity. I have a bookish pen pal who loves travel books and who introduced me to Patrick Leigh Fermor, the polymath author of the trilogy about a 1938 walk from England to Constantinople (A Time of Gifts, etc).
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I am 'currently reading" Don Quixote in the same sense that I am currently a cat owner. We live in the same house and we interact from time to time. (In the cat's case, it is at her whim.) I stole this book from my son who was a philosophy major but
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Books I Loathed
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This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa ...more
Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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For those attempting the crazy feat of reading all 1001 books! For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 10 ...more
The History Book Club
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"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more
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