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Matti’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (1002)
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read‎ (4193)
kotikirjasto‎ (2108)
sarjakuvat‎ (2011)
kaunokirjallisuus‎ (1509)
2010-2019‎ (1363)
in-english‎ (1284)
mieskirjailijat‎ (1249)
2000-2009‎ (937)
romaanit-aikuiset‎ (860)
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1970-1999‎ (812)
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historia‎ (577)
x-suomi‎ (569)
2020-2029‎ (449)
x-usa‎ (444)
sarjakuvat-bande-dessinée‎ (428)
kuvakirjat‎ (378)
toinen-maailmansota‎ (359)
sotahistoria‎ (357)
sarjakuvat-huumori‎ (345)

sarjakuvat-kotimainen‎ (333)
1940-1969‎ (330)
romaanit-lapset‎ (317)
muistelmat-ja-elämäkerrat‎ (309)
sarjakuvat-lapset‎ (298)
suomen-historia‎ (276)
tytöt‎ (267)
huumori‎ (257)
historiallinen-fiktio‎ (249)
sarjakuvat-nuoret‎ (235)
manga‎ (233)
romaanit-nuoret‎ (225)

sarjakuvat-kauhu‎ (199)
helppolukuiset‎ (196)
luettu-ennen-2010‎ (195)
sarjakuvat-fantasia‎ (193)
ihmissuhteet‎ (179)
strippikokoelmat‎ (172)
fantasia-lapset-ja-nuoret‎ (171)
musiikki‎ (168)
supersankarit‎ (166)
ilmailu‎ (155)
sarjakuvat-historia‎ (152)
kauhu‎ (148)

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Matti is Currently Reading

Matti Karjalainen is currently reading

Metsäjätti

by Miika Nousiainen

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2010-2019, romaanit-aikuiset, x-suomi, mieskirjailijat, kaunokirjallisuus

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Matti Karjalainen is currently reading

Pieni runotyttö

by L.M. Montgomery

bookshelves: 1900-1939, kaunokirjallisuus, klassikot, lanu-retrot, naiskirjailijat, realistinen-lapset, romaanit-lapset, x-kanada, currently-reading, tytöt

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Matti’s Quotes

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

tags: culture, reading

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“People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?"

[Interview in The Independent, 15 October 2005]”
― Lemmy Kilmister

tags: books, films, imagination, lemmy-kilmister, movies, reading, vision

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“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”
― Bram Stoker

tags: dracula

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“When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equalizer.”
― Keith Richards

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