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Anthony  Powell
“The latter's boast that he had never read a book for pleasure in his life did not predispose me in his favour.”
Anthony Powell, A Question of Upbringing

“Snowflakes fell from the sky like tiny pieces of a snowman who had stood on a landmine.”
Alan Partridge, I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan

Laurent Binet
“The dead are dead, and it makes no difference to them whether I pay homage to their deeds. But for us, the living, it does mean something. Memory is of no use to the remembered, only to those who remember. We build ourselves with memory and console ourselves with memory.”
Laurent Binet, HHhH

“Anyone who believes he has caught him in a fantastic lie is apt to find out that the fantastic story is the truth. And some unimportant statement, like just having bought an evening paper a half-hour ago, is the lie."

--On Orson Welles”
Bernard Herrmann

Thomas Hardy
“Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.”
Thomas Hardy, The Personal Notebooks Of Thomas Hardy

2059 THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP — 2680 members — last activity 2 hours, 17 min ago
A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more
60280 The Readers — 1002 members — last activity Oct 30, 2024 05:36AM
The Readers is a podcast by Simon Savidge of Savidge Reads and Thomas Otto of Hogglestock, they like to talk about books... alot!
220 Goodreads Librarians Group — 305317 members — last activity 2 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
124217 Golden Age of Hollywood Book Club — 407 members — last activity Dec 29, 2025 06:40PM
This reading group is for lovers of classic Hollywood. We discuss the films, crews, actors, designers, and books that cover the Golden Age of Tinsel ...more
22454 Historical Fictionistas — 15863 members — last activity 3 hours, 48 min ago
Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more
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