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Book cover of Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Book 60 of 2025
ππ Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
"At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present does not change."
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Book cover of I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
ππ I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
"Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you canβt fake a thought."
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Above painting she loved literature. She was a tireless reader who followed her inclinations rather than the rules dictated by the guardians of taste.
Murder mysteries. A mere pastime, of course. But she was always trying to outsmart the detectives.
ππ Hernan Diaz, Trust
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Book cover of Trust by Hernan Diaz
ππ Trust by Hernan Diaz
A certain amount of time is allotted to each of us. How much, only God knows. We cannot invest it. We cannot hope for a return of any kind. All we can do is spend it, second by second, decade by decade, until it runs out.
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It is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.
ππ Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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I read The Great Gatsby. It is one of my favorite books.
ππ Donna Tartt, The Secret History
βmine, too, Donna Tartt. Mine, too.
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Book cover of The Secret History by Donna Tartt
ππ The Secret History by Donna Tartt
I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell.
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Book cover of The Wrong Side of Goodbye (Harry Bosch #19) by Michael Connelly
ππ The Wrong Side of Goodbye (Harry Bosch #19) by Michael Connelly
He knew that in his internal universe, there was a mission etched in a secret language, like drawings on the wall of an ancient cave, that gave him his direction and meaning.
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β’ A couple who are always arguing, bickering, and fighting throughout the novel. Irritating AF!
e.g.,
β’ Jane and Ben (The Devil You Know)
β’ Alice and Wade (The Things We Cannot Say)
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Book cover of The Devil You Know (Dr. Jane McGill #2) by Freida McFadden
ππ The Devil You Know (Dr. Jane McGill #2) by Freida McFadden
"You were the love of my life... I'd never met another woman who made me want to know my fate before. I just wish..."
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Book cover of The Devil Wears Scrubs by Freida McFadden
ππ The Devil Wears Scrubs (Dr. Jane McGill #1) by Freida McFadden
Hours awake: A jillion
Chance of quitting: 91%
Hours awake: Oh, f*ck it all to hell
Chance of living happily ever after:
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Book cover of The Darkroom of Damocles by Willem Frederik Hermans
ππ The Darkroom of Damocles by Willem Frederik Hermans
War as such doesn't make any sense, there's not a single ideology worth taking seriously
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Nevertheless, the book gave Jack a feeling he had never had before, that the past was like a story, in which one thing led to another, and the world was not a boundless mystery, but a finite thing that could be comprehended.
ππ Ken Follett, The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge #1)
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Book cover of The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
ππ The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge #1) by Ken Follett
She wanted to say I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage.
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Book cover of The Crossing (Harry Bosch #18) by Michael Connelly
ππ The Crossing (Harry Bosch #18) by Michael Connelly
Everybody counts or nobody counts.
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She had always been a good reader... she had read with rigor what she had to read, and went on reading what she liked best: love stories by well-known authors, the longer and more ill-fated the better.
ππ Gabriel GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez, Until August
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Book cover of Until August by Gabriel GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez
Book 50 of 2025
ππ Until August by Gabriel GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez
"And so," he insisted: "until when?"
"Until never again," she said.
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Book cover of When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa RidzΓ©n
ππ When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa RidzΓ©n
'You know I'm proud of you. And your mum is too.'
'I know, Dad.'
A window opens, and I hear the cranes gathering to fly south.
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Book cover of Cockroaches by Jo NesbΓΈ
ππ Cockroaches (Harry Hole #2) by Jo NesbΓΈ
"He who is destined for the gallows will not drown, as we say in Norwegian."
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Book cover of The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
ππ The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
There are some things which, even if they are true, we should not believe possible.
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β’ There's no glossary of non-English words nor a footnote to translate phrases or sentences.
I have trust issues with Google translate. I like authors who provide the English translation within the story, as part of the narrative.
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When he needed to calm his mind, he opened a book. Any book. He had never failed to feel refreshed, even if the book was no good.
ππ Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman
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Book cover of The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
ππ The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
But every so often the government remembered about Indians. And when they did, they always tried to solve Indians. They solve us by getting rid of us.
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Book cover of Pedro PΓ‘ramo by Juan Rulfo
ππ Pedro PΓ‘ramo by Juan Rulfo
"No, I was asking about the town. It seems so alone, as if abandoned. As if no one were living here."
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ππ When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi β about life and mortality
ππ Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough β this should be a required reading for anyone who belongs to the species, Homo sapiens.
I'd taken solace in books for my entire life. As a child I'd become so absorbed in my favorite stories. Even as an adult, I could still lose myself in fictional worlds, feeling the wrench when I was forced to return to real life.
ππ Clare Leslie Hall, Broken Country
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Book cover of Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
ππ Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
"This is a love story with too many beginnings. I refuse to think about how it is going to end."
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Book cover of The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
ππ The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
"You were born with the gift of rain. Your life will be abundant with wealth and success. But life will test you greatly. Rememberβthe rain also brings the flood."
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"Read your own heart, and know yourself."
ππ A Grain of Wheat by NgΕ©gΔ© wa Thiong'o
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Book cover of A Grain of Wheat by NgΕ©gΔ© wa Thiong'o
ππ A Grain of Wheat by NgΕ©gΔ© wa Thiong'o
"Our fathers fought bravely. But do you know the biggest weapon unleashed by the enemy against them? It was not the Maxim gun. It was division among them. Why? Because a people united in faith are stronger than the bomb."
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