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“Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to.”
― Dolores Claiborne
― Dolores Claiborne
“I recognize terror as the finest emotion and so I will try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I cannot terrify, I will try to horrify, and if I find that I cannot horrify, I'll go for the gross-out. I'm not proud. ”
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“There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words--the language. Don't be like the play-it-safers who won't do that. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book.”
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“First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead”
― The Gunslinger
― The Gunslinger
“The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.”
― The Stand
― The Stand
Alena’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alena’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,377 books
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2,020 friends
3 books
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24 friends
1 book
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9 friends
81 books
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19 friends
3 books
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51 friends
2 books
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96 friends
2 books
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4 friends
94 books
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23 friends
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