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Bookish Thoughts: A Bookish Quote

August 17, 2011 – 12:49 pm

I am reading The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and honestly I have not got into a book like this in a long time. I absolutely love books about books, so maybe that’s part of it.
So, I read this last night- on page 8 no less- and had to share it with [...]

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Bookish Thoughts: A Quote

August 8, 2011 – 8:10 am

So I just read The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan and… wow. I’ll review it later, but I just wanted to share this quote with you.
It knocked me off my feet.
Don’t go crazy, but I bent a (tiny!) corner over in a library book to mark it so I could come back, reread, and share [...]

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Bookish Thoughts: Great Book-Related Quote

February 28, 2010 – 10:20 am

You guys know I love me some Stephen King.  I am reading Hearts in Atlantis right now and in the first little chapter came across this gem:
” ‘There are books full of great writing that don’t have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story, Bobby.  Don’t be like the book-snobs who won’t do that. [...]

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