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"May is roaring on, so time to read book 5. Next month it'll be book 6 and that puts me halfway through the series (and the year)." — 17 hours, 16 min ago
"May is roaring on, so time to read book 5. Next month it'll be book 6 and that puts me halfway through the series (and the year)." — 17 hours, 16 min ago
“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― 1984
― 1984
“two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes”
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― 1984
― 1984
“Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read; and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the little time he had in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know.”
― Stoner
― Stoner
“We took away your art because we thought it would reveal your souls. Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go
The Obscure Reading Group
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July 2024 update: This group is going on hiatus due to low participation in recent discussions. Like a phoenix, however, it reserves the right to fly ...more
The Mookse and the Gripes
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Forum for spirited and convivial discussion of fiction from around the world, with particular though not exclusive focus on 20th and 21st century fict ...more
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