Sign in with Facebook
Her head was half bent to watch her shoes stir the circling leaves. Her face was slender and milk-white, and in it was a kind of gentle hunger that touched over everything with tireless curiosity.
“If neurotic is wanting two mutually exclusive things at one and the same time, then I'm neurotic as hell. I'll be flying back and forth between one mutually exclusive thing and another for the rest of my days.”
― The Bell Jar
― The Bell Jar
“Gone mad is what they say, and sometimes Run mad, as if mad is a different direction, like west; as if mad is a different house you could step into, or a separate country entirely. But when you go mad you don't go any other place, you stay where you are. And somebody else comes in.”
― Alias Grace
― Alias Grace
“She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Read Around The World Book Club
— 452 members
— last activity Oct 10, 2021 05:22PM
I have created this book club to read books from all over the world, but only from female authors. We will pick a book from a country a month a head ...more
Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine
— 177249 members
— last activity 9 hours, 1 min ago
Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
— 27003 members
— last activity Jul 14, 2026 02:37PM
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
Alice’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alice’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
58 books
|
2 friends
1,726 books
|
22 friends
2,138 books
|
75 friends
69 books
|
13 friends
0 books
|
5 friends
73 books
|
11 friends
135 books
|
19 friends
0 books
|
13 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Art, Classics, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Non-fiction, Suspense, Thriller, and Young-adult
Polls voted on by Alice
Lists liked by Alice