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The Home Bird: Creating joyful interiors where old meets new

by Elle Hervin

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In the Country of Women

by Susan Straight (Goodreads Author)

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The White Octopus Hotel

by Alexandra Bell (Goodreads Author)

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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E.B. White

tags: activism, humor, life, pleasure

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“Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.”
― Anne Sexton

tags: exuberance, moderation, poem, poetry, poets, saints

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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: good, writing

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“When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. ”
― Mae West

tags: goodness, sexuality, virtue

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“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
― Sid Ziff

tags: bad-reviews, book, humorist, misattributed-dorothy-parker, wit

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Chick Lit — 2059 members — last activity Jul 09, 2020 01:12PM
For all fans and writers of chick lit, especially those interested in seeing where this genre is going.

Let's Pretend This Never Happened Book Club — 1246 members — last activity Apr 10, 2013 04:49PM
A (probably temporary) book club created to discuss "Let's Pretend This Never Happened" while home, in our pajamas and (optional) drunk. It will be aw ...more

Book Bazaar’s Summer Reading Challenge! — 9 members — last activity Oct 11, 2012 04:59AM
•The challenge will run from November 1, 2012, to February 1, 2013. No books that are started before November 1 or finished after February 1 will coun ...more

Ask Anne Lamott - Thursday, December 12th! — 1184 members — last activity Dec 16, 2014 10:21AM
Join us for a special discussion with author Anne Lamott on Thursday, December 12th! Anne will be discussing her latest book, Stitches, a follow u ...more

Womankind Worldwide Book Group — 1634 members — last activity Feb 11, 2023 06:14AM
Sharing women's stories and making a difference for women's rights worldwide. ...more

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