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Jared | beardedreading’s favorite books

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

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Jared | beardedreading’s Quotes

“Be hole, be dust, be dream, be wind/Be night, be dark, be wish, be mind,/Now slip, now slide, now move unseen,/Above, beneath, betwixt, between.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

tags: ghosts, spells

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“To say goodbye is to die a little.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

tags: change, life, parting, romantics

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“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased

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“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: humor

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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

tags: books, thought

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Jared | beardedreading’s Groups

Haruki Murakami Book Group — 5888 members — last activity Mar 04, 2026 07:06PM
Discuss all things Haruki Murakami: novels, short stories, non-fiction, books about HM, translation projects, related music/film, interviews, symbolis ...more

Banned Books — 5176 members — last activity 3 hours, 17 min ago
To celebrate our love of reading books that people see fit to ban throughout the world. We abhor censorship and promote freedom of speech.

Nerdist Book Club — 750 members — last activity Nov 30, 2022 05:23PM
Welcome to our official GoodReads club! Hosted by Nerdist’s Rachel Heine, Geek & Sundry’s Hector Navarro, and Geekbomb’s Maude Garrett, Nerdist Book ...more

Burbank Book Club — 158 members — last activity Jan 04, 2022 11:58AM
A 100% online book club formed by the Burbank Public Library in order to bring us together in a time of social distancing. We meet the third Saturda ...more