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“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.”
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“There is creative reading as well as creative writing.”
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“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
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“Take no heed of her.... She reads a lot of books.”
― The Eyre Affair
― The Eyre Affair
“But the not-very-highbrow truth of the matter was that the reading was how I got my ya-yas out.
For the sake of my bookish reputation I upgraded to Tolstoy and Steinbeck before I understood them, but my dark secret was that really, I preferred the junk. The Dragonriders of Pern, Flowers in the Attic, The Clan of the Cave Bear. This stuff was like my stash of Playboys under the mattress.”
― Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
For the sake of my bookish reputation I upgraded to Tolstoy and Steinbeck before I understood them, but my dark secret was that really, I preferred the junk. The Dragonriders of Pern, Flowers in the Attic, The Clan of the Cave Bear. This stuff was like my stash of Playboys under the mattress.”
― Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen
Sarah’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Sarah’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
424 books
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41 friends
799 books
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38 friends
141 books
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31 friends
116 books
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43 friends
564 books
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38 friends
87 books
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54 friends
122 books
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23 friends
321 books
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21 friends
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Favorite Genres
African American, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Contemporary, Crime, Fiction, Food, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Romance, and Young-adult
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