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Gary the Bookworm

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“One of the many things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out of mind. But printed books have body, presence. ... I often seek electronic books, but they never come after me. They may make me feel, but I can't feel them. They are all soul with no flesh, no texture, and no weight.”
― Will Schwalbe, The End of Your Life Book Club

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“One becomes moral as soon as one is unhappy.”
― Marcel Proust, Within a Budding Grove, Part 2

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“Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

tags: cutting-for-stone-my-abyssinia

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“There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.”
― Abraham Lincoln

tags: beauty, photography, portraits

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“Each place has its own advantages - heaven for the climate, and hell for the society.”
― Mark Twain

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Read Between the Wines — 152 members — last activity Mar 19, 2020 07:06PM
A wine club for book lovers, or a book club for wine lovers? We can never remember which.

The Thomas Mann Group — 246 members — last activity Aug 12, 2020 09:04PM
Members of Kindred Spirits and other interested GR members read the works of Thomas Mann. Our next scheduled read is The Magic Mountain, taking plac ...more

Infinite Jest – David Foster Wallace — 182 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

Everything Booklikes & Leafmarks — 730 members — last activity Oct 08, 2020 03:13PM
Want to know about BookLikes? Want to know how those of us who are on BL find it? It's here. If you have a BL account, please post your name. If you h ...more

Thomas Mann's "The Magic Mountain" — 32 members — last activity Mar 18, 2014 09:23PM
This small group is designed to help readers share questions, answers, views and reviews about "The Magic Mountain". ...more

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