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“I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice. Not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God. I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.”
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
“If you care about something you have to protect it – If you’re lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
― A Prayer for Owen Meany
“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.”
― Of Mice and Men
― Of Mice and Men
“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
The Open Book Club
— 43 members
— last activity Mar 28, 2014 11:12PM
Come join my book club! Everyone!! If you love to READ; come and join/like my facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/brookeopenbookclub
Traveling Book #2
— 32 members
— last activity Sep 24, 2019 10:29AM
For those who did not participate in the first traveling book basically I will be selecting a book soon to travel around the United States along with ...more
Traveling Book #1 2012
— 24 members
— last activity Nov 16, 2015 08:29AM
The idea is to read a book and send it to other people around the world leaving comments and your name/location inside the book. For leaving comments ...more
September 2012: Book for the Month
— 40 members
— last activity Oct 26, 2012 04:00PM
For this month we will be reading, "The Light Between Oceans," by: M.L. Stedman. While reading through the book think of questions you want to ask p ...more
October 2012: book of the month
— 21 members
— last activity Dec 28, 2012 09:25AM
We will be reading and discussing the book, "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society". ...more
Brooke’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brooke’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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149 friends
1,048 books
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555 friends
832 books
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36 friends
465 books
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116 friends
3,207 books
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507 friends
386 books
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203 friends
902 books
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60 friends
1,387 books
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267 friends
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