progress:
(page 790 of 882)
"So this was an interesting read for me. Long and a bit tedious, but it reminded me a lot of the French works that I've read that have autobiographical. It captures the essence of the time and it has a lot of quips and humor folded in. I appreciate the subtle interjections of a narrator looking back on his younger self and poking fun at his own naïveté. I liked the play between supposed "nobles" and the lower class" — Sep 24, 2016 06:35AM
"So this was an interesting read for me. Long and a bit tedious, but it reminded me a lot of the French works that I've read that have autobiographical. It captures the essence of the time and it has a lot of quips and humor folded in. I appreciate the subtle interjections of a narrator looking back on his younger self and poking fun at his own naïveté. I liked the play between supposed "nobles" and the lower class" — Sep 24, 2016 06:35AM
“I have found God, but he is insufficient.”
― Tropic of Cancer
― Tropic of Cancer
“Do anything, but let it produce joy. Do anything, but let it yield ecstasy.”
― Tropic of Cancer
― Tropic of Cancer
“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
“Every day we're told that we live in the greatest country on earth. And it's always stated as an undeniable fact: Leos are born between July 23 and August 22, fitted queen-size sheets measure sixty by eighty inches, and America is the greatest country on earth. Having grown up with this in our ears, it's startling to realize that other countries have nationalistic slogans of their own, none of which are 'We're number two!”
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
― Me Talk Pretty One Day
“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was a brilliant professor, and another fig was Ee Gee, the amazing editor, and another fig was Europe and Africa and South America, and another fig was Constantin and Socrates and Attila and a pack of other lovers with queer names and offbeat professions, and another fig was an Olympic lady crew champion, and beyond and above these figs were many more figs I couldn't quite make out. I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
The Next Best Book Club
— 26128 members
— last activity 1 hour, 24 min ago
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more
Homa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Homa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Homa
Lists liked by Homa


















































