Bev Mynott

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Bev Mynott is currently reading

Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

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Benbecula

by Graeme Macrae Burnet

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“There are seasons of our lives when nothing seems to be happening, when no smoke betrays a burned town or homestead and few tears are shed for the newly dead. I have learned not to trust those times, because if the world is at peace then it means someone is planning war.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Death of Kings

tags: life, peace, war

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“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
― Richard P. Feynman

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“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.”
― Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche

tags: epitaph, first-sentence, great-first-lines, laughter, literary, merriment, opening-lines

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“War is always an adventure to those who've never seen it.”
― Anthony Ryan, Blood Song

tags: irony, war

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Booker List — 146 members — last activity May 26, 2018 07:54PM
This club discusses and reviews the long and the short lists of the Man Booker Prize and for the forth coming years will nominate books that should ma ...more

Historical Fictionistas — 15971 members — last activity 24 minutes ago
Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more

Read Scotland 2015 — 43 members — last activity Jun 02, 2016 04:54PM
A Scotland Reading Challenge. Books written by Scots, set in Scotland or about Scotland.

Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) — 15893 members — last activity 2 minutes ago
The world is made up of two kinds of people: first, those who love classics, and second, those who have not yet read a classic. Be bold and join us as ...more

Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction — 6143 members — last activity Jan 13, 2026 10:23AM
The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is g ...more

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