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might still be persuadable that Jake was a famous, or at least a “highly regarded” young (now “youngish”) novelist, but the would-be David Foster Wallaces and Donna Tartts who were certainly present in the pile of folders? Not so much. This
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“What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library?”
― If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
― If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
“More than any other form of entertainment, video games tend to divide rooms into Us and Them. We are, in effect, admitting that we like to spend our time shooting monsters, and They are, not unreasonably, failing to find the value in that.”
― Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
― Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
“It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“What's that smell in this room? Didn't you notice it, Brick? Didn't you notice a powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity in this room? There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity. You can smell it. It smells like death.
—Big Daddy”
― Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
—Big Daddy”
― Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
“Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon...”
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Kate Rose’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kate Rose’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Art, Contemporary, Historical fiction, Mystery, Philosophy, Religion, Self help, Suspense, and plays
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