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currently-reading (3)
to-read (88)
before-1986 (102)
mystery (92)
kiddie-lit (81)
2007 (61)
2008 (45)
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Gail is currently reading
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08/05
Gail
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Testament of Youth (Penguin Classics) by Vera Brittain bookshelves: 2008, currently-reading, ww-i |
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08/05
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The Guns of August (Mass Market Paperback) by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman bookshelves: 2008, currently-reading, ww-i |
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05/07
Gail
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Swann's Way: In Search of Lost Time, Vol. 1 (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Marcel Proust bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Red Dragon
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Red Dragon (Paperback) by Thomas Harris |
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The Voyage of the Beagle: Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World (Modern Library Classics) by Charles Darwin bookshelves: to-read |
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marked as to-read:
1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England (A Methuen Humour Classic) by W.C. Sellar bookshelves: to-read |
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Gail
read and liked
Bunny Watson's
review of Lord Valentine's Castle (Majipoor Cycle, Book 1):
"This is a long damn book, but once I stopped trying to make everything happen right now and just settled in for the ride it was a great ride, full of strange and beautiful and funny and awesome things and people. " | |||
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The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition (Hardcover) by Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner |
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Death by Chocolate: The Last Word on a Consuming Passion (Hardcover) by Marcel Desaulniers bookshelves: cooking |
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Gail's favorite quotes
"She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain."
— Louisa May Alcott (Work: A Story of Experience)
— Louisa May Alcott (Work: A Story of Experience)
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"Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them."
— Arnold Lobel
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them."
— Arnold Lobel
"Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education."
— Mark Twain
— Mark Twain
Gail's groups (recent posts)
Constant Reader
— 871 members
— last activity 23 minutes ago
An open forum for friendly discussion of books and anything to do with reading, movies and art.
Books I Loathed
— 948 members
— last activity 1 hour, 34 min ago
This is a public forum for people to kvetch (cleanly, please) about books they absolutely hated, and for others to respond. Though nonfiction is certa...more
Language & Grammar
— 347 members
— last activity 3 hours, 54 min ago
This group is for word lovers and has topics both serious (grammatical questions and concerns) and not so serious (word play and word games of all sor...more
Mermaid & Merman Readers
— 93 members
— last activity 9 hours, 37 min ago
This is a group for people who love fantastic fiction, old myths, fairytales, stories of the sea and forgotten things. And of course mermaids. :)
Book Buying Addicts Anonymous
— 1032 members
— last activity 14 hours, 58 min ago
For the booklover who reads four or five books at a time, buys just as many at a time and who changes books like he/she changes his/her clothing. If ...more
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