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“Once in my life I knew a grief so hard I could actually hear it inside, scraping at the lining of my stomach, an audible ache, dredging with hooks as rivers are dredged when someone's been missing too long. I have to think my mother felt something like that.”
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“Oh, please. Everyone in this town always says that, like you have to be born here to understand things. I understand plenty. You're only as weird as you want to be.”
― First Frost
― First Frost
“The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.”
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“I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams...”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“Our songs travel the earth. We sing to one another. Not a single note is ever lost and no song is original. They all come from the same place and go back to a time when only the stones howled.”
― The Master Butchers Singing Club
― The Master Butchers Singing Club
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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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
Tessa's Book Club
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Tessa's Book Club is a gathering of lit-inclined women. a place to talk about favorite reads and want-to-reads. ...more
Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon
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Our next readathon will be April 18-19, 2026. We'll start reading at 8am Eastern Time April 18th, and end at 8am April 19th.. ...more
Tessa’s 2025 Year in Books
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