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In progress....started Apr 1, 2025, last updated Sep 7, 2025Reading this excellent anthology with The Short Story Club, one story per week. Lots of lively discussions there! Come join us at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/.... Currently we have ...more "
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Yvettte and Rose 2025/09/30I'm so glad to be back to reading this collection! Yvette and Rose are young adult sisters living with their single mother. The story begins with preparing for a hurricane, an almost mundane thing for which they've been thr ...more "
“A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral.”
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“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
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“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
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“As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest.
But the frogs die in earnest.”
― The Female Man
But the frogs die in earnest.”
― The Female Man
The Short Story Club
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We read and discuss one short story a week. Authors are welcome, but it's not a group to promote one's own work. The first post of each week's discus ...more
The Poetry Collective
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Welcome! Here poetry readers unite to share and discuss a single poem a week. ( Note: currently we are not discussing original poetry promoted by t ...more
What next, now notifications are reduced, DMs abolished, so GR is dying?
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On 20 Sept 2024, GR removed the option for email notifications, without telling users (unless they looked at the "help" page). In-app/web notification ...more
Augustus -buddy read
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Buddy read of Augustus - John Williams
The Middle of the Journey, August 2025
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Lionel Trilling's novel The Middle of the Journey. Of ideologies, Trilling wrote, "Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the rit ...more
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