How Two Read

Because reading was never meant to be done alone.

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Books are allowed to be pretty on the outside too.

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"In the far Algerian distance, a city of low square forms was set against a sky that was faint with the last sunset hues."

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Some books are better close up

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Never leave a crazy person alone in the drawing room.

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Pride and Prejudice or the book that ruined me for the real world.

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My first literary crush is the Artful Dodger from Oliver Twist. It didn't help matters that it is Rory's first nickname for Jess.

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Some books and movies mean so much more than what they are because of the memories they created.

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Hemingway should always be served on the rocks.

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The character in HP I am most disappointed we never get to meet. Who is she? Why does she love wearing wizard robes? Did she also have clashing red hair? Why the bow tie? SO MANY QUESTIONS!

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My favorite fictional character is the compassionate and sad Mephistopheles from Christopher Marlowe's Dr Faustus. His soliloquies always astound me.

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Some classics are best with cereal

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Four books about finding yourself. Four books about losing yourself.

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The Portrait of Dorian Gray stays with you. It's not a novel one can easily walk away from. The moment you enter this garden, it wraps around you, ensnaring you in the beautiful tragedy.

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These books always make me think of summer. I can still smell the salt air on their pages.

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Sometimes, you need your pencils to inspire you