Diane V-R's Profile

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Diane is Currently Reading

Diane V-R is currently reading:

The Forgotten Garden

by Kate Morton

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Jan 21, 2012 02:32am

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Gone For Good

by Harlan Coben

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Jan 17, 2012 10:46am

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Mao's Last Dancer

by Li Cunxin

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Jan 17, 2012 01:17am

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Diane V-R liked Nadine Rose Larter's review of The Night Circus: " An exquisitely written book that takes you into a world that you cannot help but wish was real. Not since Harry Potter has a novel so fully taken my breath away and woken such a longing for magic in me. I couldn't help but savour every word, every po... " Read more of this review »
Feb 11, 2012 05:12am · see review
Diane V-R marked as to-read: No One Left to Tell by Karen Rose	My rating:
Feb 08, 2012 10:43am
Diane V-R marked as to-read: How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran	My rating:
Jan 30, 2012 04:57am
Diane V-R marked as to-read: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern	My rating:
Jan 25, 2012 09:33am
Diane V-R marked as to-read: Fourth Degree Freedom by Libby Heily (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Jan 23, 2012 10:05am
Diane V-R gave to: Story Of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon (Goodreads Author) read in January, 2012	My rating:
A breath-taking and absorbing read. This book will break your heart and then lift it up with hope and admiration for the human spirit.
Jan 22, 2012 10:14am · see review
Diane V-R gave to: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson read in January, 2012	My rating:
I loved this book! Despite all the 'spoilers' floating around the interwebs, it still held my attention all the way through. I love Isaacson's style of writing and I'm very interested in reading his biography on Albert Einstein. I must admit that ...more
Jan 22, 2012 10:00am · see review
Diane V-R gave to: Future-Proof Your Child: Parenting the Wired Generation by Nikki Bush read in January, 2012	My rating:
"Future-proof Your Child" is essential reading for today's parents. Did you know that our children will be still working in the year 2070! Did you know that many of today's professions won't exist then? It's a daunting thought! As parents there i...more
Jan 22, 2012 09:37am · see review
Diane V-R is currently reading: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton	My rating:
Jan 21, 2012 02:32am
Diane V-R marked as to-read: The Distant Hours by Kate Morton	My rating:
Jan 21, 2012 02:32am

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Quotes Diane Likes

“Go anywhere you wish, talk to everyone. Ask any questions; you will be given answers. When you want to learn, you will be taught. Use the library. Open any book.”
― Terry Pratchett

8 people liked it

“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it.
But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

tags: inspirational-life

907 people liked it

“I'm sure the Bursar would not agree with those figures," said the Senior Wrangler sourly.
"That is so,' said Ponder, "but I'm afraid that is because he regards the decimal point as a nuisance.”
― Terry Pratchett

tags: humourous

3 people liked it

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx