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The River Is Waiting

by Wally Lamb (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 14, 2026 01:41PM

love is what moves the world, I’ve always thought … it is the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity always seems to want to pull them down … bring them low … and make them crawl … we were … so much in ...more

The Last Romantics

by Tara Conklin

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The Cement Garden

by Ian McEwan

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Shawna’s Quotes

“Life is a mystery, and it should be so, for the sorrow that accompanies being human and the choices one will have to make are a burden, too heavy for most to know before their time comes. He came home plastered, nearly unconscious,”
― Alice Hoffman, The Rules of Magic

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“To a parent, your child wasn’t just a person: your child was a place, a kind of Narnia, a vast eternal place where the present you were living and the past you remembered and the future you longed for all existed at once.”
― Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere

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“All you hear these days is that everything’s going to hell in a handcart, how everybody’s a pedophile or a crook, and it’s not true. You forget that the world is full of ordinary decent people like yourselves, Good Samaritans who’ll stop and help a soul in need.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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“You only live once, and no one has any idea how long that once is going to be, so grab on tight and hold on for the ride and don’t worry about it and don’t look back.”
― Suzanne Redfearn, In an Instant

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“Help is help to anyone, Mary. Even if they don’t know they’re asking for it.”
― David Arnold, Mosquitoland

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readers advisory for all — 5761 members — last activity Jul 14, 2026 02:35PM
life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more

2013 Turn Off Your TV Reading Challenge — 25 members — last activity Dec 28, 2013 11:25AM
24 books in 12 months with a new theme each month! Lets challenge ourselves to read things we've never read before or to revisit old loves! This group ...more

The Book Basilisks — 108 members — last activity Mar 27, 2017 07:51AM
Welcome to the Book Basilisks... like bookworms, but deadlier! This is a book club for bookworms to read various books from different genres together ...more

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 87778 members — last activity Aug 30, 2026 11:24AM
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

Book Junkies — 1858 members — last activity Jul 29, 2026 11:44AM
A group for anyone with eclectic tastes. Really, we have no specific genre we like to adhere to. Join if you like to read anything and everything.

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