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Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 7796 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,732,009 ratings — published 2018
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7613 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,930,506 ratings — published 2018
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7480 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,226,316 ratings — published 2018
Daisy Jones & The Six (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4899 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,914,952 ratings — published 2019
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 4582 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,469,293 ratings — published 2017
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4519 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,480,333 ratings — published 2019
Normal People (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4376 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,947,680 ratings — published 2018
The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
by (shelved 4131 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,200,499 ratings — published 2018
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4093 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,413,808 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 3813 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,656,518 ratings — published 1997
Little Fires Everywhere (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3630 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,337,548 ratings — published 2017
Nine Perfect Strangers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3131 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.56 — 488,901 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 3116 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,599,547 ratings — published 1998
Red, White & Royal Blue (Red, White & Royal Blue, #1)
by (shelved 3014 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,261,269 ratings — published 2019
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
by (shelved 2973 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.20 — 450,456 ratings — published 2019
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 2947 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,966,802 ratings — published 1999
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2894 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,509,907 ratings — published 1985
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2804 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,032,121 ratings — published 2017
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2697 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,291,737 ratings — published 2017
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2687 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.63 — 368,792 ratings — published 2018
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)
by (shelved 2641 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,125,560 ratings — published 2019
The Woman in the Window (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2617 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.94 — 904,714 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 2600 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,290,593 ratings — published 2000
An American Marriage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2371 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.93 — 394,643 ratings — published 2018
The Great Alone (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2370 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,292,758 ratings — published 2018
The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
by (shelved 2342 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,164,115 ratings — published 2019
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 2298 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,876,557 ratings — published 2003
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)
by (shelved 2292 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.91 — 557,373 ratings — published 2013
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 2191 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,730,618 ratings — published 2005
One Day in December (Paperback)
by (shelved 2165 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.82 — 369,197 ratings — published 2018
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2118 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.77 — 502,013 ratings — published 2018
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2087 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.40 — 286,285 ratings — published 2018
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
by (shelved 2085 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.87 — 508,096 ratings — published 2018
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 2047 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,817,557 ratings — published 2018
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 2042 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,186,149 ratings — published 2007
Good Omens (Paperback)
by (shelved 1993 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.25 — 837,061 ratings — published 1990
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1948 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.26 — 101,391 ratings — published 2019
City of Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1940 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.04 — 328,110 ratings — published 2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1910 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.87 — 606,485 ratings — published 2012
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
by (shelved 1878 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,302,993 ratings — published 2011
The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2)
by (shelved 1853 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.80 — 185,229 ratings — published 2019
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by (shelved 1823 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,086,158 ratings — published 2014
An Anonymous Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1820 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.79 — 184,184 ratings — published 2019
Conversations with Friends (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1810 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.73 — 621,883 ratings — published 2017
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1807 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.86 — 1,458,909 ratings — published 2016
There There (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1774 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.97 — 232,429 ratings — published 2018
The Turn of the Key (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1766 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.90 — 336,169 ratings — published 2019
The Library Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1756 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.88 — 126,925 ratings — published 2018
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1753 times as 2019)
avg rating 4.49 — 831,174 ratings — published 2016
The Flatshare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1732 times as 2019)
avg rating 3.98 — 468,444 ratings — published 2019
“She did not seem beautiful to me, especially in the beginning, but even for a long time after that, and then not until later did I come to realise that she was a jewel dropped into the murky waters of a pond, completely out of place in the Gorgani slum, where she seemed to have fallen from the skies, just like the flying Hasan Çelebi, whose name was given to a bridge. “ (Doina Ruști - Homeric)”
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“Your government is giant. How many people are in it, top to bottom? Are you going to change them? Can you change even one person, let alone all those hundreds or thousands? Actually, which one can you change? Yourself. Therefore, just practice.
So much complaining—did you control yourself, now you are looking for something else to control? And if you didn't control your own self, your own mind, then wanting to control everybody else, that's embarrassing! You are not qualified! We say, “They should do this!” “They should do that!” But what we should do ourselves, we don't know or we ignore it. Therefore, we are shameless, pointing the finger at everybody else and ignoring the smell coming from our own butt that we didn't clean nicely.
Like myself, here I have a control for my television. I have a television control but no control over my own mind! That's embarrassing!
You might think your own idea is wonderful, and everybody should follow your way. Actually, does your “my way” have any foundation? You should check. If you think you have a wonderful “my way,” then you need to get more educated. Study and check, carefully. Then you can see if your way is really solid or not before you start thinking you are a big hero just because you can blah blah blah. Anybody can blah! Even Odzer the cat can meow lots!
If you really think you are better than others, you should check carefully: what is that 'better?' If you are really better than them, then good. Stay that way. No reason to be proud. Your merit.
Don't lose it, boasting! Or if that 'better' is not really better, then examine your faults. Maybe what you thought was better was actually a mistake. Maybe they are the right way and you are the wrong way. Whatever your wrong way things are, then do confession and Vajrasattva and purify them. Slowly give up your negative things. If you find you are indeed better, you don't need to scream at everyone, “I am good! I am the goodest! The best!” If you find you have faults, you don't need to make a big announcement: “I am bad!” It is just your own business. Good things, keep. Bad things, slowly move away from them.”
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So much complaining—did you control yourself, now you are looking for something else to control? And if you didn't control your own self, your own mind, then wanting to control everybody else, that's embarrassing! You are not qualified! We say, “They should do this!” “They should do that!” But what we should do ourselves, we don't know or we ignore it. Therefore, we are shameless, pointing the finger at everybody else and ignoring the smell coming from our own butt that we didn't clean nicely.
Like myself, here I have a control for my television. I have a television control but no control over my own mind! That's embarrassing!
You might think your own idea is wonderful, and everybody should follow your way. Actually, does your “my way” have any foundation? You should check. If you think you have a wonderful “my way,” then you need to get more educated. Study and check, carefully. Then you can see if your way is really solid or not before you start thinking you are a big hero just because you can blah blah blah. Anybody can blah! Even Odzer the cat can meow lots!
If you really think you are better than others, you should check carefully: what is that 'better?' If you are really better than them, then good. Stay that way. No reason to be proud. Your merit.
Don't lose it, boasting! Or if that 'better' is not really better, then examine your faults. Maybe what you thought was better was actually a mistake. Maybe they are the right way and you are the wrong way. Whatever your wrong way things are, then do confession and Vajrasattva and purify them. Slowly give up your negative things. If you find you are indeed better, you don't need to scream at everyone, “I am good! I am the goodest! The best!” If you find you have faults, you don't need to make a big announcement: “I am bad!” It is just your own business. Good things, keep. Bad things, slowly move away from them.”
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