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“I want to go swimming,” the child said. She waited for opposition, but none came. So she took off her clothes, slowly and nervously. She glanced at her grandmother—you can’t depend on people who just let things happen. She put her legs in
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“We eat the year away. We eat the spring and the summer and the fall. We wait for something to grow and then we eat it.”
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
“All the Blackwood women had taken the food that came from the ground and preserved it, and the deeply colored rows of jellies and pickles and bottled vegetables and fruit, maroon and amber and dark rich green, stood side by side in our cellar and would stand there forever, a poem by the Blackwood women.”
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
“Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the very air tastes like wine. I have been frightened half out of my foolish wits, but I have somehow earned this joy; I have been waiting for it for so long.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
Malena’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Malena’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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1 friend
86 books
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9 friends
691 books
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10 friends
68 books
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1 friend
1,863 books
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28 friends
63 books
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14 friends
926 books
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12 friends
103 books
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1 friend
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