Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Betty
https://www.goodreads.com/xbetina
“You see, I take the parts that I remember and stitch them back together to make a creature that will do what I say or love me back.”
― Crush
― Crush
“Toska - noun /ˈtō-skə/ - Russian word roughly translated as sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness.
"No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.”
―
"No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.”
―
Betty’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Betty’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Betty
Lists liked by Betty


























