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“Most young dealers of the Silicon Chip Era regard a reference library as merely a waste of space. Old Timers on the West Coast seem to retain a fondness for reference books that goes beyond the practical. Everything there is to know about a given volume may be only a click away, but there are still a few of us who'd rather have the book than the click. A bookman's love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them.”
― Larry McMurtry, Books

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“Don't threaten me with your death, Mother. God doesn't want you, and the Devil won't have you. Doesn't want the competition.”
― Lynn Hall, The Giver

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“But dying's part of the wheel, right there next to being born. You can't pick out the pieces you like and leave the rest. Being part of the whole thing, that's the blessing.”
― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

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“You're making yourself too important. Guilt comes from feeling we're at the center of the universe. We're not.”
― Gloria Whelan, See What I See

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“If Los Angeles is a woman reclining billboard model with collagen-puffed lips and silicone-inflated breasts, a woman in a magenta convertible with heart-shaped sunglasses and cotton candy hair; if Los Angeles is this woman, then the San Fernando Valley is her teenybopper sister. The teenybopper sister snaps bug stretchy pink bubbles over her tongue and checks her lipgloss in the rearview mirror, . . . Teeny plays the radio too loud and bites her nails, wondering if the glitter polish will poison her.”
― Francesca Lia Block, I Was a Teenage Fairy

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What's the Name of That Book??? — 121187 members — last activity 16 minutes ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more

Mount TBR 2020 — 193 members — last activity Jan 23, 2021 06:44AM
This group is for those who would like to participate in the 2020 edition of the Mount TBR Reading Challenge which I am hosting on my blog My Reader's ...more

Mount TBR Challenge 2023 — 169 members — last activity Feb 20, 2024 07:42AM
This group is for those who would like to participate in the 2023 edition of the Mount TBR Reading Challenge which I also host on my blog My Reader's ...more

Mount TBR Challenge 2025 — 112 members — last activity Jan 15, 2026 06:38PM
This group is for those who would like to participate in the 2025 edition of the Mount TBR Reading Challenge which I also host on my blog My Reader's ...more

Mount TBR 2021 — 180 members — last activity Jan 06, 2023 01:44AM
This group is for those who would like to participate in the 2021 edition of the Mount TBR Reading Challenge which I am hosting on my blog My Reader's ...more

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