Kathryn Craddock

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Kathryn is Currently Reading

Kathryn Craddock is currently reading

Água Viva

by Clarice Lispector

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"I really really don’t understand
The words are pretty but it’s getting repetitive I don’t understand how I can read any more pages of the same concept
But I will try just so that I’ll have finished it" — 4 hours, 4 min ago

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El viento conoce mi nombre

by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)

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Feb 13, 2026 05:16PM

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My Tender Matador

by Pedro Lemebel

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Feb 13, 2026 05:13PM

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Kathryn’s Notes & Highlights

The Trial by Franz Kafka

3 highlights

he hardly had the choice now whether to accept or reject the case, he was in the middle of it and must fend for himself. If he was tired, that was unfortunate.

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

by Noor Naga

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Kathryn’s Quotes

“Sweater, n. Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

tags: child, children, clothes, clothing, definition, humor, mothering, mothers, sweaters

445 likes

“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

tags: identity, originality

6274 likes

“Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty.
Chocolate isn't like premarital sex. It will not make you pregnant.
And it always feels good.”
― Lora Brody

tags: chocolate, food, humor, sex

549 likes