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It should be illegal for this to have been a bad read for me. Here are my reasons for this: 1) I found it in a used bookshop, which is cute. 2) I found it when I couldn’t stop reading books about bookstores, so. Also cute. 3) AND LOOK AT THE COVER! ...more |
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in a word: swoon. review to come / 4 stars ------------- just sat down to read a bit of this and accidentally read 100 pages. SIRI, CLEAR MY SCHEDULE. I'M BOOKED |
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At the end of 2014, I was in my junior year of high school, and I was in the deepest depression of my life. Before then and since, I’ve had bad days and dark spells, but none of it has ever been as bad as it was then. In the winter going into 2015, I ...more |
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oprah was right. review to come / 4.5 stars ---------- all it takes to convince me to read a book is 500,000 ratings with a 4.48 average + a Goodreads award + tons of nominations + the New York Times, Barack Obama, Oprah, and every major publication ...more |
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I have NO clue why I thought reading this book would be a good idea. I cannot handle characters who are sad or embarrassed or lonely. Stories like this are without exception unpleasant for me. I skip pages when it seems like someone is on the brink of ...more |
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“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.”
― The Night Circus
― The Night Circus
“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“He knew why he wanted to kiss her. Because she was beautiful. And before that, because she was kind. And before that, because she was smart and funny. Because she was exactly the right kind of smart and funny. Because he could imagine taking a long trip with her without ever getting bored. Because whenever he saw something new and interesting, or new and ridiculous, he always wondered what she'd have to say about it--how many stars she'd give it and why.”
― Attachments
― Attachments
“I remember my own childhood vividly...I knew terrible things. But I knew I mustn't let adults know I knew. It would scare them”
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“Are you happy here?" I said at last.
He considered this for a moment. "Not particularly," he said. "But you're not very happy where you are, either.”
― The Secret History
He considered this for a moment. "Not particularly," he said. "But you're not very happy where you are, either.”
― The Secret History
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