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“I like good strong words that mean something…”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already.”
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“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction.”
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“You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.”
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“Books may not change our suffering, books may not protect us from evil, books may not tell us what is good or what is beautiful, and they will certainly not shield us from the common fate of the grave. But books grant us myriad possibilities: the possibility of change, the possibility of illumination.”
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Christina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Christina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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218 friends
626 books
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523 books
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485 books
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227 books
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947 books
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1,437 books
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174 friends
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176 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Travel
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