January 2012
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Jan 24th
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“When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say...”
– Shauna Niequist (via thresca)
Jan 20th
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“Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands...”
– On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Jan 11th
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What's the first book you'll read in 2012?
I’m reading The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides and Variation and Change in Spanish by Ralph Penny. Both excellent books to start off the new year. What are you all reading? 
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December 2011
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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moncoeurestlourd asked: Hola! Eres de Chile? c:
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“porque eres mía porque no eres mía porque te miro y muero y peor que muero...”
– Fragmento de Corazón Coraza, Mario Benedetti (via moncoeurestlourd)
Dec 29th
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equipntrip: 5 Reasons I Love My Kindle for Overland Travel | OverlandSphere http://ow.ly/88xv7 outdoors overlanding
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“Live for awhile in the books you love. Learn from them what is worth learning,...”
– Rilke, Viareggio, April 5, 1903, Letters to a Young Poet (via uponswallows)
Dec 17th
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Joy is in the ears that hear: Grammar Nazi's →
didyoudrinkmygingerale: nothingrhymeswithmammoth: didyoudrinkmygingerale: lokidanu: I know you think that correcting people makes you look really clever; using a set of rules that must have been made by a God to be oh so important and restrict creativity and try and… The plural of ‘nazi’ example is funny because it actually has nothing to do with grammar. It has to...
Dec 17th
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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
– Stephen King (via litglutton)
Dec 14th
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Dec 11th
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“El amor es la compensación de la muerte; su correlativo esencial.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer
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Dec 1st
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Authors I can't stand
I’m not a very picky reader - I like all genres and can appreciate something in most novels I read (that said, I believe books have different functions, and while I appreciate brain candy, I wouldn’t put it on the same level as Steinbeck). Three others that make me cringe, even after multiple tries, are…. drum roll please….. 1. Iris Johansen 2. Bill Bryson 3. Anne Tyler ...
Dec 1st
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November 2011
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Nov 30th
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Kindle Fire
I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas!! An early Christmas gift, that is, since we’ll all be in Chile for the holiday and the holiday always feels different there. Christmas in summer will always be strange to me. So, I love it. I think this little device will revolutionize everything for me. I don’t understand what people have against e-readers - in my opinion, there is room for both...
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“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via greaterthanlapsed)
Nov 15th
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“Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.”
– Wally Lamb (via libraryland)
Nov 10th
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