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Yesteryear

by Caro Claire Burke

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The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

by John Green (Goodreads Author)

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Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)

by Suzanne Collins

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“Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
"After all this time?"
"Always," said Snape.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

tags: dumbledore, life, love, snape

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“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”
― Italo Calvino, The Uses of Literature

tags: books, classics, literature, meaning, reading, words

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“His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs.”
― Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend

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“I don't think any word can explain a man's life.”
― Orson Welles, Citizen Kane

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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Jane Austen July 2025 — 1555 members — last activity Aug 11, 2025 11:13AM
Jane Austen July is a month-long readathon, all about reading Jane Austen and related works. ---The Challenges--- 1. Read one of Jane Austen’s six ...more

VICTOBER 2025 — 1922 members — last activity Nov 04, 2025 02:35AM
Greetings all! Victober is a month-long readathon hosted each October all about reading Victorian literature. The Goodreads group remains in place, ...more

Once Upon a River Readalong #OnceUponaReadalong — 219 members — last activity Jan 11, 2022 10:04PM
This February (2021) I'll be hosting a readalong of Diane Setterfield's Once Upon a River, an amazing novel by my favourite modern author, Diane Sette ...more

The 1900 to 1950 Readathon — 158 members — last activity Oct 26, 2021 07:15PM
Well hullo there, and welcome to the 1900 to 1950 Readathon. The 1900 to 1950 Readathon is a month-long readathon happening 1st to 31st May 2021, all ...more