Kate

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Kate ’s Bookshelves

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reference‎ (25)
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library‎ (4452)
coasters‎ (3345)

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history‎ (2668)
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england‎ (2371)
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doorstops‎ (1613)
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france‎ (1275)
biography‎ (1255)

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love-what-is-it-good-for‎ (1001)
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Kate ’s Quotes

“Remember, we can judge better by the conduct of people towards others than by their manner towards ourselves.”
― Maria Edgeworth, The Absentee

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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books

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“To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.”
― Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Aphorisms

tags: content, materialism

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“The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average drivers.”
― Dave Barry, Dave Barry Turns Fifty

tags: driving, human-beings, united

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“I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

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Victorians! — 3828 members — last activity 58 minutes ago
Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Co ...more

NYRB Classics — 1603 members — last activity 4 hours, 38 min ago
For friends of NYRB Classics

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov — 236 members — last activity Nov 29, 2016 06:32AM
A group to gather and discuss, question, comment, interpret, review etc. Drinking of actual Margaritas while reading and/or discussing strongly encour ...more

Completists' Club — 554 members — last activity Mar 25, 2026 12:59PM
A group for those attempting to complete, or who have completed, the canons of their favourite writers. Share your canon-wide knowledge and opinion wi ...more

Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace — 184 members — last activity Dec 22, 2019 08:18PM
This group read of DFW's Infinite Jest starts January 01, 2013 and finishes April 30, 2013. Please see this thread for the current reading schedule. ...more

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