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Ilse is Currently Reading

Ilse is currently reading

Tender Morsels

by Margo Lanagan (Goodreads Author)

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— Jun 23, 2026 01:28AM

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Pencils You Should Know: A History of Ultimate Writing Utensil in 75 Anecdotes

by Caroline Weaver

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Jun 12, 2026 10:01AM

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The Story of Art Without Men

by Katy Hessel

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— Mar 04, 2026 11:30PM

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Ilse’s Quotes

“You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“The shapes of letters do not derive their beauty from any sensual or sentimental reminiscences' he wrote. 'No one can say that the O's roundness appeals to us only because it is like that of an apple or a girl's breast or of the full moon. Letters are things, not pictures of things”
― Simon Garfield

tags: just-my-type

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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: read, readers, reading, reading-books

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“I'm tired of living unable to love anyone. I don't have a single friend - not one. And, worst of all, I can't even love myself. Why is that? Why can't I love myself? It's because I can't love anyone else. A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else. Do you understand what I am saying? A person who is incapable of loving another cannot properly love himself.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

tags: loneliness, love

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Ilse’s Groups

Haruki Murakami Book Group — 5918 members — last activity Jun 02, 2026 05:59AM
Discuss all things Haruki Murakami: novels, short stories, non-fiction, books about HM, translation projects, related music/film, interviews, symbolis ...more

Utopian and Dystopian Reading Group — 886 members — last activity Apr 04, 2026 02:08AM
This group is for anyone interested in Utopian and Dystopian Literature to discuss anything from Thomas More's Utopia to present day fiction. Everyone ...more

BookTuber Book Club — 231 members — last activity Mar 17, 2018 08:45AM
Welcome to the BookTuber Book Club!! A place where all BookTubers unite and read a book together for a month. Please post your progress in the folder ...more

LITTLE BOOK CLUB — 6765 members — last activity Dec 09, 2021 05:14AM
AMERICAN GODS Liveshow: Date TBA Due to popular demand, I have decided to start up a book club! I'll be organising some read-a-longs each month or so ...more