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“A bit of theory as we settle down for lunch: the waiter's treatment of Kitty is actually a kind of sandwich, with the bottom bread being the bored and slightly effete way he normally acts with customers, the middle being the crazed and abnormal way he feels around this famous nineteen-year-old girl, and the top bread being his attempt to contain and conceal this alien middle layer with some mode of behavior that at least approximates the bottom layer of boredom and effeteness that is his norm.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“Kathy was a Republican, one of those people who used the unforgivable phrase "meant to be"--usually when describing her own good fortune or the disasters that had befallen other people.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“The answers were maddeningly absent—it was like trying to remember a song that you knew made you feel a certain way, without a title, artist, or even a few bars to bring it back.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“...water laughing softly down a black stone wall.”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
“Rebecca was an academic star. Her new book was on the phenomenon of word casings, a term she'd invented for words that no longer had meaning outside quotation marks. English was full of these empty words--"friend" and "real" and "story" and "change"--words that had been shucked of their meanings and reduced to husks. Some, like "identity" and "search" and "cloud," had clearly been drained of life by their Web usage. With others, the reasons were more complex; how had "American" become an ironic term? How had "democracy" come to be used in an arch, mocking way?”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
Chicks On Lit
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(Est. Feb 14, 2008) More than a reading group of women but a place for honest, respectful, intelligent conversations led by adult women. Discussions a ...more
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Welcome to Coffee & Books. Snuggle up with a warm cup and a book! We do monthly reads, challenges and personal readings here at C&B. Follow us on in ...more
The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group
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“It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the ...more
Monthly Challenges
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This group is based off the many groups that also are reading challenge groups. Every month there is a new challenge and each one will be working to r ...more
History, Medicine, and Science: Nonfiction and Fiction
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Discussion about the fascinating stories of our scientific and medical past
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