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“And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.”
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“For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.”
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“My books promised me that life wasn’t just made up of workday tasks and prosaic things. The world is bigger and more colorful and more important than that.”
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“I am a tiny seashell
that has secretly drifted ashore
and carries the sound of the ocean
surging through its body.”
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that has secretly drifted ashore
and carries the sound of the ocean
surging through its body.”
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“Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare’s kings to Merry England; he went with Lord Byron poetry to Spain and Portugal. Literature allowed him to transcend his surroundings.”
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Alyssum’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alyssum’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
132 books
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135 friends
76 books
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3,331 friends
241 books
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86 friends
117 books
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68 friends
57 books
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94 friends
136 books
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3,466 friends
10 books
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102 friends
7 books
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193 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Christian, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Religion, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, and Travel
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