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Out of Africa
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The Orphan Master...

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Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.Margaret Wise Brown
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Out of Africa by Karen Blixen
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The Outcasts by Kathleen Kent
The Outcasts: A Novel
by Kathleen Kent (Goodreads Author)
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Overcoming Thyroid Disorders by David Brownstein
Sydney Young marked as maybe-later
Middle C by William H. Gass
The Orphan Master's Son
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Letters from Africa, 1914-1931 by Karen Blixen
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Daguerreotypes and Other Essays by Karen Blixen
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Breaking Point by C.J. Box
More of Sydney's books…
Winston Churchill
“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.”
Winston Churchill

Ray Bradbury
“I'm seventeen and I'm crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane.”
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson in His Journals

Abraham Lincoln
“People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
Abraham Lincoln

Frank Zappa
“So many books, so little time.”
Frank Zappa

Groups_nophoto-25x33 Red River Valley Reader's Club — 16 members — last activity Apr 27, 2013 08:11am
Open to persons who live in the Red River Valley, for a view of our perspective, which is a far cry from the "Lists" that are out there.
4862 Books on the Nightstand — 3142 members — last activity 30 minutes ago
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.
30097 Paris TX Ladies Book Club — 30 members — last activity Sep 26, 2012 03:13pm
This Book Club is based off of the long standing Bas Bleu ladies book club based in Paris, Texas. Formed in 2000, there is quite a selection of good b...more
59349 Reading the Classics — 3163 members — last activity 13 minutes ago
This is a group for people who want to read the classics and discuss them as a group. Each month we will choose as a group a book to read. Everyone is...more
60280 The Readers — 330 members — last activity May 24, 2013 10:39am
The Readers is a podcast by Gavin Pugh of Gav Reads and Simon Savidge of Savidge Reads, they like to talk about books... alot!
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Jennifer
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2013 Reading Challenge
Sydney Young
Sydney Young has read 40 books toward her goal of 60 books.
 
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2011 Reading Challenge
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Sydney Young has completed her goal of reading 90 books for the 2011 Reading Challenge!
 
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2012 Reading Challenge
Sydney Young
Sydney Young has completed her goal of reading 90 books for the 2012 Reading Challenge!
 
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