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The librarian eyed her, unimpressed. “I’m sure anyone sensible can understand a library must stand regardless of ruling party.”
“quiddling’ (attending to the trivial tasks in life as a way of avoiding the important ones).”
― Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
― Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year
“They were not happy, they could not settle, they had the distrait air of cats whose feet had not been buttered.”
― One Fine Day
― One Fine Day
“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“She glanced round the garden. It was perfect, she thought. They were always gloomy about it, her mother and father. Terrible, terrible, they said - as though a few old weeds mattered! She liked it shaggy, its lawns white with daisies, the golden rod and the aster making tunnels of green gloom through which one could creep comfortably. But in the grown-up world, isolated behind the glass partition, such things counted.”
― One Fine Day
― One Fine Day
“Bloody men are like bloody buses —
You wait for about a year
And as soon as one approaches your stop
Two or three others appear.
You look at them flashing their indicators,
Offering you a ride.
You’re trying to read the destinations,
You haven’t much time to decide.
If you make a mistake, there is no turning back.
Jump off, and you’ll stand there and gaze
While the cars and the taxis and lorries go by
And the minutes, the hours, the days.”
― Serious Concerns
You wait for about a year
And as soon as one approaches your stop
Two or three others appear.
You look at them flashing their indicators,
Offering you a ride.
You’re trying to read the destinations,
You haven’t much time to decide.
If you make a mistake, there is no turning back.
Jump off, and you’ll stand there and gaze
While the cars and the taxis and lorries go by
And the minutes, the hours, the days.”
― Serious Concerns
Persephone Books
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Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more
Afternoon Tea and Scones with the Lovely Ladies
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In this group, you will find great literature by British female authors. Recently we have added in female authors from other countries also. The books ...more
Raising the Middlebrow Book Club (1910-60)
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— last activity Oct 03, 2024 10:37AM
A bookclub that is member driven in its reading of the “middlebrow” genre and other undervalued women writers published in 1910-1960.
Around the World in 80 Books
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— last activity Apr 16, 2026 06:54PM
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
NetGalley Readers
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This is a group for those who participate in NetGalley.com to discuss the books that they have been reading from the website, share helpful hints, and ...more
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