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Raven

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Raven’s Bookshelves

read‎ (855)
currently-reading‎ (0)
to-read‎ (488)
partially-read‎ (42)
to-acquire‎ (2767)
own‎ (932)
japanese-lit‎ (674)
not-own‎ (410)
non-fiction‎ (364)
short-stories‎ (207)
american-lit‎ (203)
chinese-lit‎ (201)

british-lit‎ (177)
art-aesthetics‎ (102)
myth-folklore-fairytales‎ (96)
history‎ (94)
french-lit‎ (91)
korean-lit‎ (89)
poetry‎ (89)
books-on-books‎ (70)
theatre‎ (59)
german-lit‎ (53)
russian-lit‎ (49)
favorites‎ (46)

foods-and-drinks‎ (43)
latin-american-lit‎ (39)
philosophy‎ (35)
nyrb-classics‎ (34)
biography-memoir‎ (31)
czech-lit‎ (31)
comics-and-manga‎ (30)
italian-lit‎ (29)
childrens-books‎ (21)
dalkey-archive‎ (21)
polish-lit‎ (21)
twisted-spoon-press‎ (21)

brain-psychology‎ (17)
icelandic-lit‎ (17)
war‎ (17)
african-lit‎ (16)
wakefield-press‎ (14)
peirene-press‎ (13)
finnish-lit‎ (11)
greek-lit‎ (11)
hungarian-lit‎ (11)
atlas-press‎ (10)
indian-lit‎ (10)
dutch-lit‎ (9)

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Raven’s Quotes

“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: inspirational-life

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“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books, library

29540 likes

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

40388 likes

“I believe that words uttered in passion contain a greater living truth than do those words which express thoughts rationally conceived. It is blood that moves the body. Words are not meant to stir the air only: they are capable of moving greater things.”
― Natsume Soseki, Kokoro

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Raven’s Groups

/lit/ (revival edition) — 1215 members — last activity 2 hours, 36 min ago
No fun allowed. Monthly reads (nominations on the 30th in a topic of this group, vote on the 31st, winner by the 1st).

Japanese Literature — 3692 members — last activity 14 hours, 47 min ago
A group for people who enjoy literature written by Japanese authors.

/lit/ — 282 members — last activity Oct 16, 2016 09:07PM
Less than one bookcase? An hero.

The Kindred Spirits — 299 members — last activity Sep 08, 2020 08:02AM
Place to meet and talk about anything.

readers advisory for all — 5215 members — last activity Feb 18, 2023 06:27PM
life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more

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