70 Books |
My name is Meagan and I love books, whiskey and all of you. This is the place where I chronicle reading 70 books a year. Book suggestion? Email me at meaganld@gmail.com |
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Notes"For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain?"Joyce Carol Oates, We Were the Mulvaney’s
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Notes February Book Giveaway!
For the month of February, I’ll be giving away We Were the Mulvaney’s by Joyce Carol Oates. Joyce Carol Oates is one of the most prolific, unforgettable writers alive today and the pages of this book are like a window to a world you can’t believe isn’t real. Promise it won’t disappoint.
Rules & How to Win:
1. Send me a message on Tumblr or an email to meaganld@gmail.com telling me 3 things you’re excited about this month. It’s that easy!
2. Deadline for entries will be February 11th.
3. If you’ve entered the giveaway before and won, you are eligible to win again after one month.
4. All countries eligible to enter.
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Notes"And that’s when I know it’s over. As soon as you start thinking about the beginning, it’s the end."Junot Díaz, This Is How You Lose Her
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I’m currently reading This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz and oh my god, oh my god, why is it so good? Please go read it immediately and talk about it with me forever.
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Notes January Book Giveaway!
I’m starting the monthly book giveaways again and we’re kicking it off with The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper! It’s classic Tropper: hilarious and heartbreaking at the same time. I loved it.
Rules & How to Win:
1. Send me a message on Tumblr or an email to meaganld@gmail.com telling me 5 random facts about yourself. It’s that easy!
2. Deadline for entries will be January 15th.
3. If you’ve entered the giveaway before and won, you are eligible to win again after one month.
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#29: I am No One you Know by Joyce Carol Oates
“For this woman was an individual wholly absorbed in selecting, leafing through, pausing to read books. You could see that this individual was a reader. One of those who reads. With concentration, with passion. With her very soul.”
Hands down my favorite collection of stories by Oates. The woman is my idol.
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Notes"The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free."Zadie Smith, On Beauty
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I just saw an ad for the Couple app (after watching Bare on YouTube for the 837th time) and I was going to link it as a joke and my mind just went...
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I have a vagina and a good sense of humor and my iPod is full of good music like what else DO YOU WANT
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Something from nothing
I’ve started reading fiction again after a six-year boycott as an English Lit burnout. Turns out, I didn’t really like four...
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If I can’t feel anything good I’d rather not feel anything at all
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i think i’d rather poke my own eyeballs out and eat them than have to read another gossip girl book ever again. :D
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30 Day Book Challenge: Day Seven
The worst book you’ve read in the last year.
I reeeally wasn’t crazy about ‘Shiver’ by Maggie Stiefvater. I don’t...
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As soon as Matt gets out of bed all of his pillows become mine.
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i wonder if i'm even capable of being in a functional relationship?
or am i too scarred?
