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Buckeye

by Patrick Ryan (Goodreads Author)

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Reading for the 3rd time

read in December 2025

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Jan said: " Excellent book to end the year with. Great story and writing. I will be looking for more by this author!! "

Oct 29, 2026 09:02PM · see review

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John of John

by Douglas Stuart (Goodreads Author)

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Every Note Played by Lisa Genova

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A flower doesn’t blossom from a seed without the persistent love of sun and water.

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Jan’s Quotes

“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: books, children

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

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“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

tags: cats, humor, women

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“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

tags: books

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On The Same Page — 516 members — last activity 8 hours, 22 min ago
On The Same Page promotes love of literature in a positive, friendly, relaxed environment. We want to bring our reading community together to learn ...more

The Life of a Book Addict — 12129 members — last activity 21 hours, 9 min ago
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The Crazy Life of A Book Addict — 19 members — last activity Dec 07, 2025 12:47AM
Welcome to The Crazy Life of Book Addict. We love to read books. Anytime and anyplace. We can talk about reading challenges and discuss books. Pull up ...more

Q&A with Garth Stein — 174 members — last activity Mar 18, 2012 05:07PM
In celebration of the re-release of his first novel, Raven Stole the Moon, Garth Stein, the author the NYT bestselling literary novel The Art of Racin ...more

Unputdownables Book Club — 273 members — last activity Jun 25, 2015 01:37PM
Welcome! This is a place to continually hunt for books that are so good they are unputdownable! ALL ARE WELCOME: the group is for anyone who is on ...more

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