crooked reads

Ashley. Professional book person. This is my commonplace book. Contents: Quoting, Reading, and Writing. Also: My travels in bookstores and Little Free Libraries. Subscribe to my monthly newsletter Shop my Bookshop

[crookedreads]

No one wants to hear from you until you give them a reason.

David duChemin, The Problem with Muses, 2020

[themelodyofspring]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge

July 03, 2025 - Bookmarks

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Ah, good conversation—there’s nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, 1920

[jennablackmorebooks]

It’s the season for readin’ 📖🍁🍂

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Let me tell you, pet, life is either boring or shocking, there’s not much in between.

Ella Baxter, New Animal, 2021

[books-and-cookies]

🐱❤️📖🐈

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Ideas seem to spark when we least expect it, such as while walking the dog or brushing our teeth. That’s the default mode at work; when our body is at rest, or doing a menial task, our mind is at its busiest.

Manoush Zomorodi, Bored and Brilliant, 2017

[gcantread]

cafe reading

freebie 🌊 | 29 November 2025

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Before that she hadn’t realized how fragile happiness was, how if you were careless, you could knock it over and shatter it.

Celeste Ng, Everything I Never Told You, 2014

[slippersandsand]

reading some kundera before sleep

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It’s a lot easier to be lost than found. It’s the reason we’re always searching and rarely discovered—so many locks not enough keys.

Sarah Dessen, Lock and Key, 2008

[coruscatingdust]

Sophocles: The Three Theban Plays

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You’ll learn that the best rewards come with the biggest consequences. Because nothing that great is given for free.

Lauren Asher, The Fine Print, 2021

[macrolit]

Which brick book should I make next? 🧱📚

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Hello, 911? I’ve been lying awake for an hour each night, reliving a two-second awkward experience I had in front of a casual acquaintance three years ago, for eight months.

Samantha Irby, Wow, No Thank You., 2020

[violetsnotebook-archive]

a used bookstore tucked in a quiet narrow alley in paris. 

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How do you just stop being terrified of getting left behind and ending up by yourself forever and not meaning anything to the world?

John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, 2006