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The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory
The Kingmaker's Daughter (The Cousins' War #4)
by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
I don't think I've ever read another series where the heroine of one book was the villain of the next. The White Queen was from Elizabeth Woodville's POV, while The Kingmaker's Daughter is from Anne Neville's POV and Anne can only see Elizabeth as a...more
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“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”J.K. Rowling
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“Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool!”Armistead Maupin
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Start by Jon Acuff
This is one of those books where I wanted to highlight everything and hand the book to everybody I know. I had to restrain myself from endlessly posting quotes on Twitter & Facebook, though my family was not spared my randomly reading bits to the...more
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Dave Eggers
“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
Dave Eggers

Bohumil Hrabal
“I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop.”
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Louis Adamic
“My grandfather always said that living is like licking honey off a thorn.”
Louis Adamic

Armistead Maupin
“Laugh all you want and cry all you want and whistle at pretty men in the street and to hell with anybody who thinks you're a damned fool!”
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W. Somerset Maugham
“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”
W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon And Sixpence

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2013 Reading Challenge
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Mary Desive has read 12 books toward her goal of 20 books.
 
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2012 Reading Challenge
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