Sign in with Facebook
2,289 books
—
2,492 voters
Kirsti
https://www.goodreads.com/kirsti
to-read
(6290)
currently-reading (54)
read (3451)
did-not-finish (0)
nonfiction (1604)
fiction (1220)
arts-and-photography (1012)
anger (934)
kindle (754)
history (681)
imagination (653)
mayhem (611)
currently-reading (54)
read (3451)
did-not-finish (0)
nonfiction (1604)
fiction (1220)
arts-and-photography (1012)
anger (934)
kindle (754)
history (681)
imagination (653)
mayhem (611)
humor
(574)
children-s (538)
bewilderment (513)
deserves-the-hype (489)
emotions (486)
determination (479)
sarcasm (439)
audio (433)
nevertheless-she-persisted (433)
mystery (408)
philosophy (369)
wish-it-had-been-fiction (358)
children-s (538)
bewilderment (513)
deserves-the-hype (489)
emotions (486)
determination (479)
sarcasm (439)
audio (433)
nevertheless-she-persisted (433)
mystery (408)
philosophy (369)
wish-it-had-been-fiction (358)
Hesiod came away a poet with words as golden as the grain he sowed and as sharp as the scythe that cut it. ‘Let no woman deceive your mind with her shapely bottom / And wheedling conversation,’ he urged, ‘it’s your barn she is seeking.’[1]
“You don’t have a soul, Doctor. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.”
― A Canticle for Leibowitz
― A Canticle for Leibowitz
“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
―
―
“Another female household-hinter gave me a recipe for a big hearty main dish of elbow macaroni, mint jelly, lima beans, mayonnaise and cheese baked until 'hot and yummy.' Unless my taste buds are paralyzed, this dish could be baked until hell freezes over and it might get hot but never 'yummy.”
― Onions in the Stew
― Onions in the Stew
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
―
―
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
―
―
Classical music lovers
— 584 members
— last activity Dec 03, 2025 01:54AM
Our fast-growing classical music group is sometimes erudite - and maybe a little eccentric - but we aim never to be exclusive. Classical music is a g ...more
Kirsti’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kirsti’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
4,079 books
|
60 friends
441 books
|
78 friends
2,884 books
|
1,398 friends
1,876 books
|
135 friends
1,960 books
|
5,038 friends
1,289 books
|
4,981 friends
900 books
|
1,224 friends
4,376 books
|
693 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Kirsti
Lists liked by Kirsti
