360 books
—
254 voters
to-read
(462)
currently-reading (15)
read (1323)
did-not-finish (31)
ya (293)
sociology-culture (118)
psychology-mental-health (103)
sci-fi (92)
fantasy (85)
self-help (71)
currently-reading (15)
read (1323)
did-not-finish (31)
ya (293)
sociology-culture (118)
psychology-mental-health (103)
sci-fi (92)
fantasy (85)
self-help (71)
memoir
(69)
gender-studies (66)
wishlist (46)
history (38)
lgbtq (37)
health-and-medicine (32)
sex-relationships (32)
race (26)
classics (23)
politics (22)
gender-studies (66)
wishlist (46)
history (38)
lgbtq (37)
health-and-medicine (32)
sex-relationships (32)
race (26)
classics (23)
politics (22)
"I am so gay," she whispered to herself happily. It was just your ordinary classical nude, probably a Muse or something, but it was curvy and well-made and it put a smile on her face.
“I always looked forward to being an adult, because I thought the adult world was, well—adult. That adults weren’t cliquey or nasty, that the whole notion of being cool, or in, or popular would case to be the arbiter of all things social, but I was beginning to realize that the adult world was as nonsensically brutal and socially perilous as the kingdom of childhood.”
― Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
― Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
“The only reason you say that race was not an issue is because you wish it was not. We all wish it was not. But it’s a lie. I came from a country where race was not an issue; I did not think of myself as black and I only became black when I came to America. When you are black in America and you fall in love with a white person, race doesn’t matter when you’re alone together because it’s just you and your love. But the minute you step outside, race matters. But we don’t talk about it. We don’t even tell our white partners the small things that piss us off and the things we wish they understood better, because we’re worried they will say we’re overreacting, or we’re being too sensitive. And we don’t want them to say, Look how far we’ve come, just forty years ago it would have been illegal for us to even be a couple blah blah blah, because you know what we’re thinking when they say that? We’re thinking why the fuck should it ever have been illegal anyway? But we don’t say any of this stuff. We let it pile up inside our heads and when we come to nice liberal dinners like this, we say that race doesn’t matter because that’s what we’re supposed to say, to keep our nice liberal friends comfortable. It’s true. I speak from experience.”
― Americanah
― Americanah
“I hate stand-up comics; I think funny is something you are, not something you desperately try to be in front of a roomful of obnoxious people.”
― Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
― Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
“It seemed that everyone else could mate, could fit their parts together in pleasant and productive ways, but that some almost indistinguishable difference in my anatomy and psyche set me slightly, yet irrevocably, apart.”
― Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
― Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
“When you died, you died in small doses. You had trouble speaking. You forgot who was beside you. You were suddenly furious and in a panic of outrage. You wished you could be saintly. You wished you weren't so weak. You suddenly felt better and fooled yourself into believing that a miracle was about to happen. Well, wasn't that all a dirty rotten thing to pull on somebody.”
― The House of Broken Angels
― The House of Broken Angels
Daily Show / Colbert Report / Nightly Show / The Opposition
— 387 members
— last activity May 18, 2026 08:26PM
Books featured by these shows.
Tournament of Books
— 2364 members
— last activity May 19, 2026 05:13PM
This book group was established for those interested in participating in The Morning News's Tournament of Books. Please do not feel the need to finish ...more
Miri’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Miri’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Miri
Lists liked by Miri

































































