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kayla is Currently Reading

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Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 16, 2024 05:58PM

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All the Young Dudes

by MsKingBean89

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Babel

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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kayla’s Quotes

“Loving someone was traumatizing. You never knew what would happen to them out there in the world. Everything precious was also vulnerable.”
― Mary H.K. Choi, Emergency Contact

tags: emergency-contact, loveing, precious, the-world, traumatizing, vulnerable

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“Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little? For all my despair, for all my ideals, for all that - I love life. But it is hard, and I have so much - so very much to learn.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath

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“In short: I felt my existence was tainted, in some subtle but essential way.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

tags: donna-tartt, secret-history

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“You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: mr-darcy, pride-and-prejudice

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“Does such a thing as 'the fatal flaw,' that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn't. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

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The Gilmore Girls Book Club: A Stars Hollow Community — 9635 members — last activity 17 hours, 19 min ago
Welcome to The Gilmore Girls Book Club: A Stars Hollow Community — formerly known as The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, and now a little bigger, a li ...more

World of Writers — 154 members — last activity Aug 27, 2023 01:24PM
Welcome to World of Writers! This is a place where all sorts of writers can gather. If you're looking for tips and advice, stuck on a plot point, got ...more

❤ the queer books group ❤ — 295 members — last activity Oct 12, 2025 12:05PM
hiii!! are you queer/an ally? then join us - here are a bunch of queer books for you to read! activities ❥ BOTM: the book will be chosen based on t ...more

All The Young Dudes — 1102 members — last activity Aug 27, 2024 02:17PM
For the: - All The Young Dudes - The Secret History - Death Poets Society - Narnia - The Perks Of Being a Wallflower and more lovers