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“And I felt like my heart had been so thoroughly and irreparably broken that there could be no real joy again, that at best there might eventually be a little contentment. Everyone wanted me to get help and rejoin life, pick up the pieces and move on, and I tried to, I wanted to, but I just had to lie in the mud with my arms wrapped around myself, eyes closed, grieving, until I didn’t have to anymore.”
― Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
― Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.”
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“Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.”
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“I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.”
― The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
I do not think that they will sing to me.”
― The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Big Book Summer Reading Challenge 2023
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My annual Reading Challenge to tackle those Big Books (400 pages or more) during the lazy days of summer! Join the fun and sign up here (in the Sign-U ...more
Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
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You just found the Official unofficial Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club. We will read the Goodreads Choice Awards winning books throughout the year b ...more
The Thirteenth Tale Discussion
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A group from the BookTube Besties Virtual Reading Retreat decided to read The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield in October. We would love for you t ...more
Jane Austen July 2026
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Jane Austen July is a month-long readathon, all about reading Jane Austen and related works. We are mostly using Discord now, so please head on over ...more
Random Reads
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— last activity Jun 12, 2022 08:49AM
Hi! Welcome to Random Reads, where we read random books across many genres. Horror? yup. Historical Fiction? yup. Contemporary? you got it! The list g ...more
Angela’s 2025 Year in Books
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