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Crystal Chow
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“You can when you mean to,' said Maurice gently. 'You can do anything once you know what it is.”
― Maurice
― Maurice
“It may be true that death is a big empty hole and that sorrow is to know just how empty that hole is, but it's only true if you are sober. If you have liquor, then you can fill the hole up with all the beautiful thoughts you can think of and all the nice words you can find. You can fill it up all the way to the brim and place a stone on it afterward.”
― A Moth to a Flame
― A Moth to a Flame
“I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.”
― Violent Silence: Celebrating Georges Bataille
― Violent Silence: Celebrating Georges Bataille
The World's Literature in Europe
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— last activity Nov 30, 2025 10:23PM
Literature from the many languages of Europe: Turkey -Musatalasli, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. "Cotton miller of Kültür Turkey" -H005, CC ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
Historical Fictionistas
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Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more
Around the World
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— last activity Nov 28, 2025 07:02PM
Each year we look at our to-be-read shelves and choose which countries of the world we want to travel through. Some of our members map their journeys ...more
Great African Reads
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— last activity Dec 02, 2025 03:12AM
Here is an overview of the group reads & activities: Regional reads Nominations and Book discussions. Buddy Reads Find someone to read along with!. Sh ...more
Crystal’s 2024 Year in Books
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