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

[vio---let]

A fun bookshop stop. The coolest lady was playing sax right at the corner, and you can smell all the glorious street foods from the market nearby.

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If we do something over and over, it becomes normal. If we see the same thing over and over, it becomes normal.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists, 2014

[alezinmuggleland]

I can buy my self flowers, but you can buy me books

[crookedreads]

More and more, it feels like I’m doing a really bad impersonation of myself.

Chuck Palahniuk, Choke, 2001

[books-and-cookies]

reading buddies 🐱

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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

[crookedreads]

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’ 📖🍁🍂

[crookedreads]

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]

🐱❤️📖🐈

[crookedreads]

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

[crookedreads]

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