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currently-reading (8)
to-read (142)
fiction (176)
childrens (89)
nonfiction (48)
memoir (36)
yafiction (35)
parenting (33)
shortstories (33)
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plays (26)
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Deirdre is currently reading
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07/21
Deirdre
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The Emperor's Children (Hardcover) by Claire Messud bookshelves: currently-reading, leftunfinished |
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07/21
Deirdre
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The Book Thief (Hardcover) by Markus Zusak bookshelves: currently-reading |
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06/07
Deirdre
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The Water Horse (Paperback) by Dick King-Smith bookshelves: currently-reading, kids-library-list |
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Deirdre said:
"Can't wait to start this one with Aidan. The movie seemed made for him. He keeps pretending he has a water horse living in our tub now.
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Deirdre
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""In dark times, the definition of good art would seem to be art that locates and applies CPR to those elements of what's human and magical that still live and glow despite the times' darkness. Really good fiction could have as dark a worldview as it wished, but it'd find a way both to depict this world and to illuminate the possibilities for being alive and human in it." " — David Foster Wallace | |
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Deirdre
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"Both destiny's kisses and its dope-slaps illustrate an individual person's basic personal powerlessness over the really meaningful events in his life: i.e. almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it. Destiny has no beeper; destiny always leans trenchcoated out of an alley with some sort of Psst that you usually can't even hear because you're in such a rush to or from something important you've tried to engineer." — David Foster Wallace | |
| June 17 | ||
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Deirdre
read and liked
Nicole's
review of The Ten-Year Nap:
"The Ten Year Nap is an easy, enjoyable read. I am not a fan of 'mommy lit', but this is smart and real. An ensemble of characters share the stage with the main character, Amy. We hear all of their stories, plus a few historical figures give light ...more " | |
| May 13 | ||
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Deirdre
read and liked
Lauren's
review of Parenting With Love and Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition):
"I bought this book, as well as 4 other parenting books, so that I could compare a bunch of different theories and techniques and decide what spoke to me. I found it interesting and there was plenty that was useful, however there was a lot that I...more " | |
| March 21 | ||
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Deirdre
read and liked
furies's
review of The Book Thief:
"i am so torn on how many stars to give this book . . . on the one hand, i thought it was a bit long, on the other, i haven't read a book which this much chutzpah in a long time (that didn't come out of the modernist period). it's a story of a sma...more " | |
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The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback) by Franz Kafka bookshelves: nonfiction |
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Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live (Paperback) by Martha Beck bookshelves: inspirational |
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (Paperback) by Elizabeth Gilbert bookshelves: memoir |
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity (Paperback) by Julia Cameron bookshelves: inspirational |
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Deirdre said:
"The morning pages and artist's dates were the best ideas I found here. I had heard so much about this book for so long, my expectations may have been too high.
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Deirdre
marked as to-read:
The Red Tent (Hardcover) by Anita Diamant bookshelves: to-read |
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Deirdre's favorite quotes
"Both destiny's kisses and its dope-slaps illustrate an individual person's basic personal powerlessness over the really meaningful events in his life: i.e. almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it. Destiny has no beeper; destiny always leans trenchcoated out of an alley with some sort of Psst that you usually can't even hear because you're in such a rush to or from something important you've tried to engineer."
— David Foster Wallace
— David Foster Wallace
""In dark times, the definition of good art would seem to be art that locates and applies CPR to those elements of what's human and magical that still live and glow despite the times' darkness. Really good fiction could have as dark a worldview as it wished, but it'd find a way both to depict this world and to illuminate the possibilities for being alive and human in it."
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— David Foster Wallace
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— David Foster Wallace
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