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Guinevere de la Mare

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http://silentbook.club

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Guinevere de la Mare is the co-founder of Silent Book Club, a global community of readers with local chapters in 2000 cities around the world. She's the author of I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers (Chronicle Books, 2017) . ...more

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Average rating: 3.56 · 2,001 ratings · 433 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers 3.56 avg rating — 1,997 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'd Rather Be Reading: Notebook Collection: (Book Lover's Gift, Literary Birthday Gift) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'd Rather Be Reading: Hardcover Journal: (Book Lover's Gift, Journal Notebook and Notecard Set, Literary Birthday Gift) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Books are the best remedy for boredom, but it's a remedy you have to discover for yourself.”
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“In our leisure moments, whenever we have downtime, we should turn to literature—to works that took some time to write and will take some time to read, but will also stay with us longer than anything else.”
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“Why hasn’t a hip alliance emerged that’s concerned about what happens to our intellectual health, our country, and, yes, our happiness when we consume empty-calorie entertainment?”
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“Books are the best remedy for boredom, but it's a remedy you have to discover for yourself.”
― Guinevere de la Mare, I'd Rather Be Reading: A Library of Art for Book Lovers

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