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“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

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

“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

William Haggard
“Listening to other opinions was invariably more profitable than antagonizing their owners by pointing out tiresome objections.”
William Haggard

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

2059 THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP — 2680 members — last activity 12 hours, 9 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 — 305736 members — last activity 1 minute 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 — 408 members — last activity 7 hours, 25 min ago
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 — 15884 members — last activity 1 hour, 14 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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