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“There is no better distraction in this world than losing oneself in books for awhile.”
― Chain of Gold
― Chain of Gold

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
― Meditations
― Meditations

“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History

“You see, but you do not observe.”
― A Scandal in Bohemia
― A Scandal in Bohemia

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
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Yale posted a series of lectures entitled, "The American Novel Since 1945." This group will follow this lecture series. Your Host: Lisa of Troy (htt ...more

This March, I will be hosting a readalong of Dan Brown's classic The Da Vinci Code. Please do join in if you would like to read this book or learn a b ...more

This May, I will be hosting a readalong of Arthur Golden's classic Memoirs of a Geisha. Please do join in if you would like to read this book or learn ...more

This June, I will be hosting a readalong of Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women. Please do join in if you would like to read this book or learn a ...more

This July, I will be hosting a readalong of Alice Sebold's classic The Lovely Bones. Please do join in if you would like to read this book or learn a ...more
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