30,655 books
—
113,918 voters
read
(1456)
currently-reading (8)
to-read (2300)
fiction (62)
history (43)
nonfiction (31)
fifth-grade (20)
classic-literature (17)
fantasy (16)
fourth-grade (13)
currently-reading (8)
to-read (2300)
fiction (62)
history (43)
nonfiction (31)
fifth-grade (20)
classic-literature (17)
fantasy (16)
fourth-grade (13)
seventh-grade
(13)
octavia-butler (10)
ryszard-kapusczyinski (9)
philosophy (7)
stephen-king (7)
newbery-medal-winners (6)
sci-fi (6)
tolkien (5)
comics-graphic-novels (4)
literacy (4)
octavia-butler (10)
ryszard-kapusczyinski (9)
philosophy (7)
stephen-king (7)
newbery-medal-winners (6)
sci-fi (6)
tolkien (5)
comics-graphic-novels (4)
literacy (4)
Therefore they are inferior. They cannot be otherwise. Their character is built upon conventional morality. It leans on the social order. Mine stands free from everything artificial. They are bound in all sorts of conventions. They
...more
Shawn and 1 other person liked this


“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”
―
―

“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
― The Lathe of Heaven
― The Lathe of Heaven

A place to discuss Scandi Crime novels, which includes novels from: Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Denmark. Whether it's Smilia from Peter Hoeg's S ...more

Thanks to a tattooed, adventurous , bisexual computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander, Scandinavian crime fiction is now one of the most popular categor ...more

This group is for anyone interested in Utopian and Dystopian Literature to discuss anything from Thomas More's Utopia to present day fiction. Everyone ...more
Shawn’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Shawn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends�
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Shawn
Lists liked by Shawn