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“You don’t have a home until you leave it and then, when you have left it, you never can go back.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“It is the way of weakened minds to see everything through a black cloud. The soul forms its own horizons; your soul is darkened, and consequently the sky of the future appears stormy and unpromising”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“If you cannot love me, I will die. Before you came I wanted to die, I have told you many times. It is cruel to have made me want to live only to make my death more bloody.”
― Giovanni’s Room
― Giovanni’s Room
“A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“One of the disadvantages of almost universal education was the fact that all kinds of persons acquired a familiarity with one's favorite writers. It gave one a curious feeling; it was like seeing a drunken stranger wrapped in one's dressing gown.”
― Cold Comfort Farm
― Cold Comfort Farm
Adela’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Adela’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
222 books
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3 friends
623 books
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1 friend
102 books
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3 friends
139 books
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4 friends
522 books
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9 friends
899 books
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5 friends
82 books
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6 friends
364 books
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9 friends
Favorite Genres
Art, Book Club, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Philosophy, gothic, historical, magical-realism, and vampires
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