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rebecca is Currently Reading

rebecca is currently reading

If It Makes You Happy

by Julie Olivia (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 03, 2026 06:09AM

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Remarkably Bright Creatures

by Shelby Van Pelt

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read in April 2024

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rebecca said: " I think I am going to round up my rating a bit for this one. This is not my favorite book, but it is extremely delightful and charming. The octopus POV is odd but somehow just works! Like Tova, I fell in love with Marcellus. All of the characters are ...more "

Apr 08, 2024 08:41AM · see review

rebecca’s Notes & Highlights

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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So when you look out at the sky, the farther you can see, the further back you are looking in time. The space between you and the star is time.

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rebecca’s Quotes

“If you're Native American and you pray to the wolves, you're a savage. If you're African and you pray to your ancestors, you're a primitive. But when white people pray to a guy who turns water into wine, well, that's just common sense.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

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“Life offers up these moments of joy despite everything,”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

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“Being chosen is the greatest gift you can give to another human being.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

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“It was culture as class performance, literature fetishised for its ability to take educated people on false emotional journeys, so that they might afterwards feel superior to the uneducated people whose emotional journeys they liked to read about.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

tags: art, culture, intellectual-snobbery, literature, snobbery

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“Comfort can be dangerous. Comfort provides a floor but also a ceiling.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

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