Sign in with Facebook
to-read
(240)
currently-reading (3)
read (413)
did-not-finish (0)
halloween-reading-challenge (11)
currently-reading (3)
read (413)
did-not-finish (0)
halloween-reading-challenge (11)
5-star-reads
(82)
book-club-reads (80)
buddy-read-with-mads (77)
fave-couples-of-all-time (41)
all-time-favorites (23)
book-club-reads (80)
buddy-read-with-mads (77)
fave-couples-of-all-time (41)
all-time-favorites (23)
“These violent delights have violent ends, you have always known this.”
― Our Violent Ends
― Our Violent Ends
“I made a vow to you, Roma.’ She took a step forward. No one stopped her. ‘Where you go, I go. I will not bear a day parted. I will take a dagger to my own heart if I must.”
― Our Violent Ends
― Our Violent Ends
“To have and to hold, where even death cannot part us,’ Juliette whispered.
‘In this life and the next,’ Roma returned, ‘for however long our souls remain, mine will always find yours.”
― Our Violent Ends
‘In this life and the next,’ Roma returned, ‘for however long our souls remain, mine will always find yours.”
― Our Violent Ends
“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― Babel
― Babel
“But what is the opposite of fidelity?' asked Professor Playfair. He was approaching the end of his dialitic; now he needed only to draw it to a close with a punch. 'Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, it means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So, where does that leave us? How can we conclude except by acknowledging that an act of translation is always an act of betrayal?”
― Babel
― Babel
BiblioBoos!
— 7 members
— last activity Oct 11, 2021 08:09AM
A group of spook-loving friends who want to talk about books.
Kennedy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kennedy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
10 books
|
717 friends
202 books
|
1,066 friends
1,007 books
|
1,385 friends
2,618 books
|
3,334 friends
579 books
|
511 friends
1,838 books
|
4,530 friends
8,674 books
|
532 friends
3,363 books
|
1,047 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Kennedy
Lists liked by Kennedy
