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"Rising Up and Rising Down is correctly compared to Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. At least so today ; in one hundred years, who can say. Both are massive, multi-volume works which intimidate in their physical presences. Both have a..."
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13MAY18. Two chapters in and I'm hooked. That first chapter had me weeping, and I mean weeping. Absolutely unbelievable. Published solo it would win Story Of The Year. (Somewhere. Whatever. You know what I mean.) 14MAY18. So I pop in here this morning ...more |
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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa
― Frank Zappa
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln
― Abraham Lincoln
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain
― Mark Twain
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot
― George Eliot
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A group for the amazing work of David Foster Wallace, now deceased. RIP 1962-2008 Feel free to add his books to the bookshelf for the group.
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Women and Men began as a reading group for Joseph McElroy's masterpiece. It has developed into All Things McElroy. We have chapter threads for discuss ...more
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