146 ratings (4.45 avg)
3 reviews

Amanda

Add friend

Amanda’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (280)
currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (150)
favorites‎ (1)

another‎ (0)
over-here‎ (0)

Stats | More…

Amanda is Currently Reading

Amanda is currently reading

Briefly, A Delicious Life

by Nell Stevens

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

progress:

(page 47 of 304)
— 17 hours, 25 min ago

Mar 05, 2026 09:44PM

“Slowly, very slowly, he sat up, and as he did so he felt more alive, and more aware of his own living body than ever before. Why had he never appreciated what a miracle he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart? It would all be gone...or at least, he would be gone from it. His breath came slow and deep, and his mouth and throat were completely dry, but so were his eyes.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

tags: harry-potter

434 likes

“Well I haven't fucked much with the past,
But I've fucked plenty with the future.

- Babelogue”
― Patti Smith, Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970-2015: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future

tags: lyrics

389 likes

“He's like a drug for you, Bella.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Eclipse

19588 likes

“Please, no matter how we advance technologically, please don't abandon the book. There is nothing in our material world more beautiful than the book."

(Acceptance speech, National Book Award 2010 (Nonfiction), November 17, 2010)”
― Patti Smith

tags: books, materialism, musicians, pure-awesome, technology

724 likes