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The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1)

by Richard Osman

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The First Ladies

by Marie Benedict (Goodreads Author)

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Leonardo da Vinci

by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author)

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The Collection of Heng Souk by S.R. Wilsher

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“Few people commit evil without any stain on their conscience. But there are times when your life changes so gradually that you don’t realize what you are doing is wrong. The abnormal becomes the normal in slow uncertain steps of misfortune ...more

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People of the Book

by Geraldine Brooks

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Mary Ann’s Quotes

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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“The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.”
― W. Somerset Maugham

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“If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books.”
― Roald Dahl

tags: books

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“the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

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“..though silence must add intensity to your intimate moments, it must also shrivel your soul to lie beside someone who doesn't talk to you.”
― Nuala O'Faolain, My Dream of You

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Q&A with Laurie R. King — 611 members — last activity Jun 22, 2024 09:08AM
This discussion group ran from September 4 to 11, 2012, to celebrate the publication of Laurie's new novel, Garment of Shadows. Feel free to browse th ...more

On the Same Page Cincinnati — 14 members — last activity Mar 26, 2014 08:33AM
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Presents: On the Same Page 2014! Join your community to read and discuss A Star for Mrs. Blake, b ...more

The Mercantile Library — 130 members — last activity Mar 18, 2020 08:05AM
A place for members and friends of the Mercantile Library in Cincinnati Ohio to meet and discuss books.

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more