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Reading for the 3rd time
read in March 2014
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
― The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
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“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
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Persephone Books
— 1438 members
— last activity Jun 05, 2026 12:02PM
Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more
Raising the Middlebrow Book Club (1910-60)
— 37 members
— last activity Oct 03, 2024 10:37AM
A bookclub that is member driven in its reading of the “middlebrow” genre and other undervalued women writers published in 1910-1960.
Victorians!
— 3806 members
— last activity Jun 11, 2026 02:43PM
Some of the best books in the world were written and published in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901. What's not to love? Dickens, the Brontes, Co ...more
anthony trollope and angela thirkell
— 43 members
— last activity May 07, 2016 05:05AM
For those of us who are trying to decide which to read next: share your thoughts on which you liked, loved, couldn't finish ...more
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