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Julia ☆ is Currently Reading

Julia ☆ is currently reading

The Hobbit

by J.R.R. Tolkien

bookshelves: 2025, currently-reading

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Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners: Read for pleasure at your level, expand your vocabulary and learn Spanish the fun way! (Readers nº 1)

by Olly Richards (Goodreads Author)

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

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“It’s not like I took a painting and passed it off as my own. I inherited a sketch, with colors added only in uneven patches, and finished it according to the style of the original.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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“Perhaps it’s because so many people claim Irishness that we keep putting our private jokes on higher and higher shelves, so you have to ask a member of staff to get them down for you.”
― Caroline O'Donoghue, The Rachel Incident

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“Not every girl has a rape story. But almost every girl has an “I’m not sure, I didn’t like it, but I can’t quite call it rape” story.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hurts too much.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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“I think they felt guilty that they couldn’t help me in the way that I wanted to be helped. But we would get through it the way Irish people traditionally get through things. By getting shit-faced.”
― Caroline O'Donoghue, The Rachel Incident

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