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Molly is Currently Reading

Molly is currently reading

The Leopard

by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

bookshelves: audiobooks, male-author, translation, historical-fiction, to-reread, currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in April 2020

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Molly said: " I listened to the BBC radio 4 audiobook, which was abridged.

I really enjoyed this and would like to read it properly at some point to get a better appreciation of the characters involved. "

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— Oct 21, 2026 12:37AM

Oct 20, 2026 03:00AM · see review

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East of Eden

by John Steinbeck

bookshelves: 2026-plan, bookclubpod, currently-reading, classics, writers-to-read-more-of

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— Oct 24, 2026 06:29AM

Oct 06, 2026 07:06AM

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Lonesome Dove

by Larry McMurtry

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(page 50 of 871)
— Sep 21, 2026 02:10AM

Sep 10, 2026 03:02PM

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This is a Goodreads group for people who follow the Times First Edition Facebook group and others who love to share a love of good books.

Bookmarks Readers — 28 members — last activity Feb 23, 2023 07:55AM
Created from a pre-existing group - Bookmarks is a community where readers across the UK are invited to help shape the books published at Penguin Rand ...more

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