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Rose is Currently Reading

Rose is currently reading

Alkibiades

by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: fiction, greek-mythology, historical-fiction, nederlands, currently-reading

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— Oct 07, 2025 08:48AM

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Spring Snow (The Sea of Fertility, #1)

by Yukio Mishima

bookshelves: fiction, japan, currently-reading

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Jul 21, 2025 11:49PM

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I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)

by Robert Graves

bookshelves: historical-fiction, history, roman-empire, autobiography, currently-reading

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— Sep 26, 2025 03:35AM

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Rose’s Quotes

“Do your thing and don't care if they like it.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

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“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased

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“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
― Terry Pratchett

tags: fantasy, humor, imagination, literature, stories

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“I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop.”
― Bohumil Hrabal

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“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
― Daphne du Maurier

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Reading the Classics — 4053 members — last activity May 10, 2025 07:28AM
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Fantastic Strangelings Book Club — 438 members — last activity Apr 17, 2025 06:33PM
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Dark Academia Book Club — 928 members — last activity Jul 30, 2023 02:20PM
All welcome! A bookclub for those of us who spend too much time on dark academia aesthetic, but also, enjoy reading and knowledge.

Boekenroedel — 309 members — last activity Dec 23, 2025 03:58AM
Welkom in onze gezellige community waarin je kan meelezen wanneer je maar wil. We staan open voor alle soorten boeken en meningen! IG: Boekenroedel W ...more

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