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“It would be inappropiate, undignified, at 38, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour or intensity of a 22 year old. Falling in love like that? Writing poetry? Crying at pop songs? Dragging people into photobooths? Taking a whole day to make a compilation tape? Asking people if they wanted to share your bed, just for company? If you quoted Bob Dylan or TS Eliot or, god forbid, Brecht at someone these days they would smile politely and step quietly backwards, and who would blame them? Ridiculous, at 38, to expect a song or book or film to change your life.”
― One Day
― One Day
“A novel is a mirror walking down a road”
― The English Patient
― The English Patient
“This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.”
― One Day
― One Day
“I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge
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Around the Year in 52 Books
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Deirdre’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Deirdre’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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37 friends
328 books
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125 books
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658 books
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161 books
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54 books
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339 friends
72 books
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452 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Chick-lit, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Poetry, Science fiction, Thriller, Travel, and Young-adult
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