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“He’d never understood the need to go around stewing on why things turned out the way they did. You are what you are and you do what you do, and that was good enough for Ove.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“Why couldn't all cities post a map at the entrance? How had anyone found any strange place before GPS? Before they had cell phones to call for directions the instant they got lost? It was a wonder the entire human race hadn't taken the wrong left one day and wound up dead in a ditch. A brick-colored church with two”
― The Breakers Series #1-3
― The Breakers Series #1-3
“A great sorrow, and one that I am only beginning to understand: we don’t get to choose our own hearts. We can’t make ourselves want what’s good for us or what’s good for other people. We don’t get to choose the people we are.”
― The Goldfinch
― The Goldfinch
“Since the Industrial Revolution, we’ve treated our world like it was a hotel room and we were rock stars.”
― Pines
― Pines
“That was the other advantage to walking. It gave you time to think. To explore things down to the roots. If a voyage was a transition from one place to another, it made sense for it to take place over a transition in time, too. Cars, planes, they obliterated that transition, making a separation in space less real. Less meaningful. It removed the chance for growth. No wonder everyone had been so damn confused and angry before.”
― The Breakers Series #1-3
― The Breakers Series #1-3
Michelle’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michelle’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
377 books
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16 friends
1,537 books
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172 friends
1,744 books
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341 friends
1,465 books
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99 friends
3,050 books
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59 friends
141 books
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11 friends
1,295 books
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341 friends
1,195 books
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132 friends
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