JoAnn Brown

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JoAnn is Currently Reading

JoAnn Brown is currently reading

Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts

by Andrew Robinson

bookshelves: ancient, history, science, books-about-books, currently-reading

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Jul 23, 2026 03:41PM

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The Rockies

by David Lavender

bookshelves: american-west, history, currently-reading

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"Used the phrase “primitive minds” referring to a Native American tribe.

History of the Mormon migration and settlement in Utah." — Jun 25, 2026 03:50PM

Jun 22, 2026 01:11PM

JoAnn’s Quotes

“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.”
― Mortimer J. Adler

tags: reading

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“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

tags: books

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“Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary.”
― Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

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“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
― Mark Twain

tags: bookroom, books, libraries, wisdom

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