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Cathy is Currently Reading

Cathy S. is currently reading

The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)

by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: historical-fiction, read-pre-2010, kindle, currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in January 1995

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— Dec 05, 2023 05:06PM

Oct 21, 2021 06:31PM

Cathy S. is currently reading

The Last Grand Duchess

by Bryn Turnbull (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

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"So far the story is nicely paced and moves fairly swiftly. Passages jump back and forth between 1917 the end of the revolution and 1913 before the changes. Progress remains slow only because of my eye." — Sep 12, 2022 09:12PM

Aug 28, 2022 12:10PM

Cathy’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Women of Chateau Lafayette

The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray

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Because the world always snuffs out fire, and every generation must bring light from darkness again.” SIX

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Cathy’s Quotes

“You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.”
― Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass

tags: change, drama, kinsey-milhone, poor-baby, sue-grafton, sympathy

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“I’m at my very best when things are at their very worst.”
― Katherine Center, Things You Save in a Fire

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“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.”
― Shania Twain, From This Moment On

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