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277,414 voters
“It’s a particular kind of pleasure, of intimacy, loving a book with someone.”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“What did it matter where she came from, or whose child she was, when love was dancing in her veins?”
― Summer
― Summer
“Presumably, remembered suffering never feels as bad as present suffering, even if it was really a lot worse - we can't remember how much worse it was, because remembering is weaker than experiencing.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“One inheritance of living under the male gaze for centuries is that heterosexual women often look at other women the way a man would.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
“I squat there and think about how you get trained early on as a woman to perceive how others are perceiving you, at the great expense of what you yourself are feeling about them. Sometimes you mix the two up in a terrible tangle that’s hard to unravel.”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
Maria’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Maria’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
686 books
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8 friends
60 books
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312 books
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10 friends
132 books
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16 books
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3 friends
20 books
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2 friends
54 books
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1 friend
75 books
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7 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Fiction, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, and Travel
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