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"Can’t turn down a free book for participating in a faculty book club at work! Still skeptical that the benefits of using AI outweigh the costs." — Feb 01, 2026 11:25AM
"Can’t turn down a free book for participating in a faculty book club at work! Still skeptical that the benefits of using AI outweigh the costs." — Feb 01, 2026 11:25AM
“Nostalgia is recall without the criticism of the present day, all the good parts, memory without the pain. Finally, nostalgia asks so little of us, just to be noticed and revisited;”
― Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir
― Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir
“In compliance with World Health Organization guidelines, Europe has forbidden the feeding of all slaughterhouse and animal waste to livestock.1267 The American Feed Industry Association called such a ban “a radical proposition.”
― How to Survive a Pandemic
― How to Survive a Pandemic
“My favorite kind of musical experience is to feel afterward that your heart is filled up and transformed, like it is pumping a whole new kind of blood into your veins. This is what it is to be a fan: curious, open, desiring for connection, to feel like art has chosen you, claimed you as its witness.”
― Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir
― Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir
“The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of course, Genesis was written by a man, not a horse. There is no certainty that God actually did grant man dominion over other creatures. What seems more likely, in fact, is that man invented God to sanctify the dominion that he had usurped for himself over the cow and the horse.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“For what it’s worth... it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you’ve never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start over again.”
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Amanda’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Amanda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,016 books
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51 friends
1,834 books
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116 friends
272 books
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80 friends
1,307 books
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580 books
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557 books
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86 friends
933 books
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21 friends
466 books
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