16 books
—
4 voters
read
(1105)
currently-reading (7)
to-read (16)
we-are-the-ladies (578)
contemporary-literary-fiction (265)
classics (108)
currently-reading (7)
to-read (16)
we-are-the-ladies (578)
contemporary-literary-fiction (265)
classics (108)
memoirs
(103)
my-favorites (93)
academic-readings-that-i-also-love (90)
nonfiction-essays (88)
nonfiction-learning (88)
not-quite-literary-fiction (80)
my-favorites (93)
academic-readings-that-i-also-love (90)
nonfiction-essays (88)
nonfiction-learning (88)
not-quite-literary-fiction (80)
“It was April the season of blood oranges, emotion running like the stream behind my house upstate, turbulent and thawing. I thought about how fragile people get when they withdraw from anything, how they become bloody yolks protected only by the thinnest shell”
― I Love Dick
― I Love Dick
“Dear Dick, I wrote in one of many letters, what happens between women now is the most interesting thing in the world because it's least described”
―
―
“... I found the second story that I'd ever written, 20 years ago in Wellington. It was written in the third person, the person most girls use when they want to talk about themselves but don't think anyone will listen.”
―
―
“When I was twelve, I was interviewed by a doctoral candidate in education and asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said that I either wanted to be a philosopher or a clown, and I understood then, I think, that much depended on whether or not I found the world worth philosophizing about, and what the price of seriousness might be.”
―
―
“I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.”
― Infinite Jest
― Infinite Jest
Book Blog Networking
— 802 members
— last activity Apr 26, 2023 06:11AM
Where Book lovers & Book bloggers come to network! ...more
Where Book lovers & Book bloggers come to network! ...more
MashableReads
— 737 members
— last activity Apr 04, 2024 05:12PM
Mashable's social book club meets monthly for lively discussions of contemporary titles with the authors themselves. We're bringing together readers f ...more
Mashable's social book club meets monthly for lively discussions of contemporary titles with the authors themselves. We're bringing together readers f ...more
Rebecca’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Rebecca’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Rebecca
Lists liked by Rebecca