Sign in with Facebook
Ioana
https://www.goodreads.com/userioana
“There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
―
―
“Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
“Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.”
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
― Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
Loosely Bound Book Club
— 647 members
— last activity Aug 29, 2019 05:53AM
A very laid back book club focusing on a book from a different genre every month.
Ioana’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ioana’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
208 books
|
6 friends
224 books
|
4 friends
24 books
|
40 friends
294 books
|
1 friend
47 books
|
3 friends
931 books
|
37 friends
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Ioana
Lists liked by Ioana