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leynes leynes said: " There are six books I read in 2015 but never wrote a review for because my ass is lazy. The Great Gatsby is one of them. The plan was to reread all of these books and then write proper reviews. I have now come to terms with the fact that I hate Fitzg ...more "

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"One thing about me: imma reread this goddamn book for its 100th anniversary despite loathing the man who wrote it, lmao." Mar 30, 2025 11:26AM

 
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"I can't be the only one who thinks that Herbert's writing style is really improved in this book? It reads so smoothly and coherently whereas book 1 and 2 were wild af on many fronts." 39 minutes ago

 
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James Baldwin
“And this was perhaps the first time in my life that death occurred to me as a reality. I thought of the people before me who had looked down at the river and gone to sleep beneath it. I wondered about them. I wondered how they had done it—it, the physical act. I had thought of suicide when I was much younger, as, possibly, we all have, but then it would have been for revenge, it would have been my way of informing the world how awfully it had made me suffer. But the silence of the evening, as I wandered home, had nothing to do with that storm, that far off boy. I simply wondered about the dead because their days had ended and I did not know how I would get through mine.”
James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

Wolfgang Herrndorf
“Ich dachte daran, dass es jetzt nicht mehr lange dauern würde, bis ich Tschick in seinem Heim besuchen konnte, und ich dachte an Isas Brief. Auch an Horst Fricke und sein Carpe diem musste ich denken. Ich dachte an das Gewitter über dem Weizenfeld, an Pflegeschwester Hanna und den Geruch von grauem Linoleum. Ich dachte, dass ich das alles ohne Tschick nie erlebt hätte in diesem Sommer und dass es ein toller Sommer gewesen war, der beste Sommer von allen, und an all das dachte ich, während wir da die Luft anhielten und durch das silberne Schillern und die Blasen hindurch nach oben guckten, wo sich zwei Uniformen ratlos über die Wasseroberfläche beugten und in einer stummen, fernen Sprache miteinander redeten, in einer anderen Welt - und ich freute mich wahnsinnig. Weil, man kann zwar nicht ewig Luft anhalten. Aber doch ziemlich lange.”
Wolfgang Herrndorf, Tschick

T.S. Eliot
“I am no prophet—and here’s no great matter;
I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,
And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,
And in short, I was afraid.”
T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

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The Hamilton Diaries is a weekly read-along of the biography "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow. Videos are posted Wednesdays from January 11 to Marc ...more
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HEY, I'm searching a reading buddy for the following plays: - The Merchant of Venice / DONE: April 2017 - Henry V - Julius Caesar / DONE: May 2017 - ...more
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Readalong starts on the 20th February! :)
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In the month of July we will read Moby Dick by Herman Melville. The read-along starts 6th July. We will discuss the book once a week. :)
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