9.12.2012


She reads anything and everything and even now hates to be disturbed and above all however often she has read a book and however foolish the book may be no one must make fun of it or tell her how it goes on. It is still as it always was real to her. 

- Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, 1933
Posted by at Wednesday, September 12, 2012

6 comments:

  1. AlisonSeptember 12, 2012 at 1:51 PM

    The world of books is a heady place to live. I'm about to finish the Book Thief and am dreading putting it down.

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    1. Jessica KleoppelSeptember 17, 2012 at 2:58 PM

      I just finished it last week with cloudy, tear-filled eyes. The Liesel and Rudy characters just broke my heart, but I loved it.

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  2. Debie GraceSeptember 16, 2012 at 4:39 AM

    The Book Thief is an awesome book! Pretty picture, btw :)

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    1. Jessica KleoppelSeptember 17, 2012 at 2:59 PM

      I loved it! It's the current "One Book, One Chicago" selection, so I'm looking forward to some coinciding lectures.

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  3. Emily PeeblesSeptember 16, 2012 at 8:54 PM

    Ah, what a wonderful photo! And I love Gertrude Stein.

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    1. Jessica KleoppelSeptember 17, 2012 at 3:01 PM

      Me too, Emily. I keep thinking back to this one part of the book where she's worried that she's going to run out of books to read—a serious concern of hers. Can you imagine?

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