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“Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want to get through, but you get distracted by life events, e.g., books arriving in the mail/World War III, and you are temporarily deflected from your chosen path.”
― The Polysyllabic Spree
― The Polysyllabic Spree
“I don't want anyone writing in to point out that I spend too much money on books, many of which I will never read. I know that already. I certainly intend to read all of them, more or less. My intentions are good. Anyway, it's my money. And I'll bet you do it too.”
― The Polysyllabic Spree
― The Polysyllabic Spree
“The non-fiction bestseller lists frequently prove that we all want to know more about everything, even if we didn't know that we wanted to know - we're just waiting for the right person to come along and tell us about it.”
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“But the penciled sheets did not seem like nor smell like the library book so she had given it up, consoling herself with the vow that when she grew up, she would work hard, save money and buy every single book that she liked.”
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
― A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“And what would happen if we never read the classics? There comes a point in life, it seems to me, where you have to decide whether you're a Person of Letters or merely someone who loves books, and I'm beginning to see that the book lovers have more fun. ”
― Housekeeping vs. the Dirt
― Housekeeping vs. the Dirt
Laura’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Laura’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
424 books
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166 friends
498 books
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31 friends
1,452 books
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186 friends
549 books
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125 friends
984 books
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43 friends
427 books
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46 friends
3,943 books
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4,243 friends
1,238 books
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740 friends
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