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astrangerhere
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by Yiyun Li
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astrangerhere
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by Leo Tolstoy
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Reading for the 4th time
read in March 2010
astrangerhere said:
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I was terribly excited to receive the new translation for Christmas. I expect it will take me a few years to get through it, but if the first chapters are any indication, it is WELL worth the effort. I've not read the last translation for more than 1
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“There is a proverbial saying chiefly concerned with warning against too closely calculating the numerical value of un-hatched chicks.”
― Stardust
― Stardust
“You'll find another.'
God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'? No, sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.”
― This Side of Paradise
God! Banish the thought. Why don't you tell me that 'if the girl had been worth having she'd have waited for you'? No, sir, the girl really worth having won't wait for anybody.”
― This Side of Paradise
“I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”
― The Vicar of Wakefield
― The Vicar of Wakefield
“I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”
― This Side of Paradise
― This Side of Paradise
“As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
No ... eight days a week.”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
No ... eight days a week.”
― The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
MobileRead Book Challenges
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A group for MobileRead members participating in a variety of reading challenges. The group started in 2011 for those who joined the "100 Books in 2011 ...more
The MR Literary Club
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— last activity Feb 06, 2015 10:23PM
We focus on a variety of literary works. Anyone is welcome to join! We pick one selection a month to read together through a nomination and voting pro ...more
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