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read‎ (484)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
around-the-world‎ (80)
young-adult‎ (139)
travel‎ (136)
landscape-oceans‎ (111)
kids-books‎ (90)
environment‎ (85)
adventure-and-exploration‎ (83)
lit-fic‎ (83)

hey-ladies‎ (67)
scotland‎ (57)
science‎ (56)
location-africa‎ (54)
on-an-island‎ (53)
location-usa‎ (51)
scandiwegian-stuff‎ (48)
ethnography‎ (47)
location-asia‎ (42)
2011-reads‎ (40)
north‎ (37)
war‎ (36)

aaaaarrrhh-scary-stuff‎ (34)
this-book-will-make-you-smarter‎ (33)
all-at-sea-boats-and-wrecks‎ (27)
the-saucy-shelf‎ (26)
2012-reads‎ (25)
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location-south-america‎ (22)
magic-realism‎ (19)
sisters-doin-it-for-themselves‎ (18)
historic‎ (16)
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unhappy-families‎ (15)

location-russia‎ (14)
landscape-mountains‎ (13)
the-dangerous-girls-adventure-club‎ (13)
location-australia‎ (12)
waste-of-my-time‎ (12)
deep-deep-down-diving‎ (11)
location-pacific‎ (11)
there-s-been-a-murder‎ (11)
location-new-zealand‎ (10)
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dystopia‎ (8)
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

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“The cure for anything is salt water — sweat, tears, or the salt sea.”
― Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)

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“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
― W.C. Fields

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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational, life, live, miracle, miracles

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“BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN”
― Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons

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Around the World — 1912 members — last activity 11 hours, 20 min ago
Each year we look at our to-be-read shelves and choose which countries of the world we want to travel through. Some of our members map their journeys ...more

UK Book Club — 7013 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
This is a book group for Goodreads users in the UK, but members from other countries are welcome too so long as all posts are made in English. Please ...more

Travel Literature Makes My Heart Beat Faster.. — 1110 members — last activity Aug 03, 2026 04:18PM
Do you adore a good piece of travel literature/travelogue? Than this is the group for you!

The World's Literature in India — 876 members — last activity Oct 04, 2026 06:03AM
Literature from the languages of India. Coming in March-May 2027: a trio of writings from Iran. Photos: *"Men playing board games"; *"Dineshkannam ...more

Science and Natural History — 1136 members — last activity Sep 16, 2026 09:37AM
This group is for those that just can't get enough of science and the natural world. *** All books are chosen by group members *** ...more

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