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August’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at August’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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August Thompson
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Laconia, NH, The United States
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Elena Ferrante, Jennifer Egan, James Baldwin, Ruth Ozeki, Junot Diaz,
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Anyone's Ghost
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2024
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Listened to the Serkis audiobook of this one, which was extremely enjoyable. His Faramir, in particular, was really engaging. I'd forgotten what a great character he is in the books, so different than the movies. As I have the other times I've read t
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“I would give anything to change the nature of the world, even if I could change it just for you.”
― Anyone's Ghost
― Anyone's Ghost
“We can take it slow; we can move fast. You can leave me and come back. You can be exactly who you are or you can be what you've always wanted to be. You can sell that gold twisted band, and we can find a studio in Queens, and I can cut your hair every other month. Let's live off rice and beans, oranges when they're in season. Let's make friends and forget them for days and weeks at a time. Let's ward off all of the terror with talk. Let's make love over and over, until our ribs hurt and we think we're tired of it, then do it once more, just to see if there's still life to be made.”
― Anyone's Ghost
― Anyone's Ghost
“It’s all here, it’s now if we want it to be. Time, distance, they’re no longer the problem. The problem is courage. The courage I need and the courage you want. We can find it in each other, I swear. I swear, if you’ll just let me show you.”
― Anyone's Ghost
― Anyone's Ghost
“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.”
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