Beth

Beth’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (13)
currently-reading‎ (3)
read‎ (1315)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
shortstories‎ (215)
biographymemoir‎ (176)
essays‎ (107)

classics‎ (82)
1940s1950s‎ (70)
coming-of-age‎ (67)
nonfiction‎ (63)
literary-biography‎ (53)
humor‎ (46)
cooking-restaurants‎ (45)

historicalfiction‎ (44)
southernfiction‎ (40)
history‎ (37)
1970s‎ (34)
all-timefavorites‎ (28)
true-crime‎ (27)
movies‎ (26)

survival‎ (20)
pop-science‎ (18)
thriller‎ (15)
loser-lit‎ (14)
poetry‎ (10)

Stats | More…

Beth is Currently Reading

Beth is currently reading

It Will Come Back To You

by Sigrid Nunez

bookshelves: currently-reading, shortstories

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

21 hours, 59 min ago

Beth is currently reading

Up All Night: A World History of Nightlife

by Imogen Willetts

bookshelves: currently-reading, nonfiction

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

Aug 02, 2026 08:06AM

Beth is currently reading

Famous Men

by Julie Buntin (Goodreads Author)

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

Jul 27, 2026 09:08AM

“What did you bring your host family?'
'Chocolate.'
'Chocolate.' She sighed.
'I'm afraid I'll accidentally eat it all before I get there,' I said, following the rule that you had to pretend to have this problem where you couldn't resist chocolate.”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

25 likes

“[it was not a] circle—just a concrete platform with a pay phone and a sign that read EUCLID CIRCLE. I thought Euclid would have been mad.
“That’s so typical of your attitude,” Svetlana said. “You always think everyone is angry. Try to have some perspective. It’s over two thousand years after his death, he’s in Boston for the first time, they’ve named something after him—why should his first reaction be to get pissed off?”
― Elif Batuman, The Idiot

9 likes