7,031 books
—
28,401 voters
Adrienne
https://www.goodreads.com/littlewoman
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Honeymooners, The Flintstones, The Simpsons, Married … with Children, The King of Queens—ANY SITCOM. Literally just pick one randomly—you’ll probably see it. We don’t see the inverse too often. It goes too much
...more


“To read great books does not mean one becomes ‘bookish’; it means that something of the terrible insight of Dostoyevsky, of the richly-charged imagination of Shakespeare, of the luminous wisdom of Goethe, actually passes into the personality of the reader; so that in contact with the chaos of ordinary life certain free and flowing outlines emerge, like the forms of some classic picture, endowing both people and things with a grandeur beyond what is visible to the superficial glance.”
―
―

“Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.”
―
―

“The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

“A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet.”
―
―

“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
― Alice in Wonderland
― Alice in Wonderland

Did you enjoy Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy and want to explore more in the genre? Or just looking for something new to read ...more

A place to discuss Scandi Crime novels, which includes novels from: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark. Whether it's Smilia from Peter Hoeg's S ...more

For employees of Simpson Housing

Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more
Adrienne’s 2022 Year in Books
Take a look at Adrienne’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Children's, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Cooking, Crime, Fantasy, Fiction, Food, Historical fiction, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Religion, Romance, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, Young-adult, and Women's Fiction
Polls voted on by Adrienne
Lists liked by Adrienne