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I've added this to my currently reading books, but I don't actually think I'll finish it. I got half way in and it's due to be returned to the library. I am not sufficiently motivated to renew it. That said, my son read all three books and liked them
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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
“If you ain't native to a place, you have a better chance of becoming a gentleman in it.”
― In the Castle of My Skin
― In the Castle of My Skin
“It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death-- ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life. One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“We wants you to surprise us and disappoint us and impress and amaze us. Come home, Bod.”
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“Whatever was said or done, I knew what I wanted; and that was to be a boy among the boys.”
― In the Castle of My Skin
― In the Castle of My Skin
Jacqueline’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jacqueline’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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