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“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
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“I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest. The day Hazlitt came he opened to "I hate to read new books," and I hollered "Comrade!" to whoever owned it before me.”
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Persephone Books
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Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more
Clare’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Clare’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Biography, Chick-lit, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Crime, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Spirituality, Sports, Thriller, Travel, history and biograpgy, british literature, christmas, 20th century, books about books, food writing, feminist studies, diary, and european-history
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