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

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

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

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    1. 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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