Santa

Santa’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (245)
currently-reading‎ (1)
read‎ (604)
piedodiet-nevaru‎ (23)
latvian‎ (191)
zelta-klasika‎ (88)
stāsti‎ (76)
young-adult‎ (72)
humorīgi‎ (60)
patīkams-pārsteigums‎ (54)
chick-lit‎ (46)
fantāzija‎ (44)

2025‎ (43)
crime‎ (42)
biogrāfija‎ (39)
non-fiction‎ (37)
uk‎ (37)
dragging‎ (34)
mystery‎ (32)
addiction‎ (24)
science-fiction‎ (23)
2024‎ (22)
survival‎ (22)
bernu‎ (20)

books-about-books‎ (20)
disappointment‎ (20)
france‎ (20)
kg‎ (20)
sex‎ (20)
šausmas‎ (20)
ceļojumi‎ (19)
feminisms‎ (19)
okupācija‎ (19)
sieviešu-draudzība‎ (19)
90tie‎ (18)
dystopia‎ (18)

vēsture‎ (18)
unputdownable‎ (16)
dzīvnieki‎ (14)
canada‎ (13)
latviesu-bernu‎ (12)
magical-realism‎ (12)
mental-health‎ (12)
dzeja‎ (11)
literary-fiction‎ (11)
psiholoģija‎ (11)
italy‎ (10)
skandināvi‎ (10)

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Santa is Currently Reading

Santa is currently reading

Ja reiz ziemas naktī ceļinieks

by Italo Calvino

bookshelves: currently-reading, postmodernisms, 2024

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Aug 14, 2024 07:28AM

“Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren't. I'm not surprised some people prefer books.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

tags: books, life

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“First we only want to be seen, but once we’re seen, that’s not enough anymore. After that, we want to be remembered.”
― Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven

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“He had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

tags: crises

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“bookshops are
time machines
spaceships
story-makers
secret-keepers
dragon-tamers
dream-catchers
fact-finders
& safe places.

(this book is for those who know this to be true)”
― Jen Campbell, The Bookshop Book

tags: bookshops, dedications, time-machines

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