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One of the things I enjoy about Judith Ivory’s books is that there’s nothing predictable or repetitive about them, at least as far as I can see yet. So far I’ve had the pleasure of reading about:- A good-natured London rat catcher and the elocutionis ...more "
she was someone with whom, by some unheard-of miracle, joys above the joys of friendship were to be tasted, but who, even through these fleeting ecstasies, remained simply and securely his friend.
“The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work.”
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“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“And then when I got home I burrowed about among my books, arranging their volumes and loving the feel of them.”
― In the Mountains
― In the Mountains
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Melissa’s 2025 Year in Books
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