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The book is not for looking, it is for reading. And reading is to gain knowledge.

Reading

What's the best book you've read recently? And why?

Can you name your least favorite book without outright hating on it?
What made you dislike the book (without spoiling it for others), and did you push yourself to read the whole thing?

Halfway through Masquerade Hotel. It is my first mystery novel and I am loving the puzzles!

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This is such an amazing scientific study after science fiction almost: Hawking was a great visionary and way beyond his time 💚

anyone else busy reading this book??

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME by Stephen Hawking

“Can I not do with you as this potter does, O house of Israel?” declares the Lord. “Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.”

A lump of clay cannot shape itself into a beautiful vessel. The potter spins the wheel, and his hands give form to the clay. When the clay resists, it breaks, crumbles, and falls apart. It is only when the potter is in control that the clay can achieve the beauty, strength, and purpose the potter envisioned from the very beginning.

Prayer
Father, act in my life as You see fit. You are my Creator and Guide, and I place my life in Your skillful hands. Shape me according to Your intention, so that I may be strong in the furnace that molds me, coming out of it as a true work of Yours, prepared to fulfill Your will. In the name of Jesus, amen.

Jeremiah 18:6

I said, “I will guard my ways,
lest I sin with my tongue;
I will restrain my mouth
while the wicked are before me.”

Sometimes, we choose to remain silent because we do not want to say something foolish or offensive. There is wisdom in tempering our speech when we know our words could dishonor God and lead us into sin, especially in the face of adversity. But in our silence, God prepares us to speak His truth when He needs us. So let us use our moments of restraint to seek both God’s words and the right time He chooses.

Prayer
Lord, thank You for restraining my tongue when my words are not pure. Although there is comfort in silence, I know You do not desire that I remain silent forever. Grant me wisdom so that, when the time comes to speak, only honorable and truthful things may come from my lips. In the name of Jesus, amen.

Psalm 39:1

...I have this sneaky feeling that this might be one of the reasons 🫣😆

I don't know....

Out of curiosity, has anyone on here ever read the novel "Fallen" by Lauren Kate?
If you have, do you prefer Cam or Daniel?
If you choose to answer the second question, why did you choose who you chose?
Keep any book past book one out of the discussion to avoid spoilers, please.

i can't seem to finish this book for someone reasonz

Love Theoreticallly

None, can't finish reading the back of a cereal box

IKEA assembly instructions in Korean only

What do you like reading MOST?

My bookshelf! 📚✨💗

Book finished in 2 days🙂‍↕️

Want reading buddies but hardly anybody reads anymore 😅

New Year gift to myself

What is everyone's first read if the year??

..totally not being nosey so I can put them on my TBR😅🙃

READING

I believe you should always re-read your favorite books at different stages of your life. The plot never changes but your perspective does

All my savings go to books

Very excited to be able to read this, fundraised on Kickstarter and arrived today!

New book

Recent reads

to get across the city in pursuit of the only copy of Mircea Cartarescu's The Brown Eye of Our Love available in all of the metropolitan area.

Admittedly, this year I bought far more books than I read. Reading books and buying books are like women's and men's gymnastics.

But that should not suggest that I don't appreciate books just because they sit on my shelves more often than they slide off my face.

I rawdogged the metro with no headphones at 28°c

Priceless 🌹🌹

Perfect start to a snowy morning

I want somone with a soul as black as night. Somone who would burn the world down for me and not lose s single minute of sleep over it

A quote from Lights out 📕

Working my way through the different stories in here

Reading my way through Beauty & the Beast

Made these bookmarks I'm pretty happy about. Now I can carry my books and there's even a spot for charms 🤩

A new kind of bookmark

Lost in books

Spending Christmas with my kindle. 🎄

The beautiful "Scarthin Books" Cromford, England

Bookstore with a view

New Year, New Reads! 📚

2028 can’t come fast enough 
, had to buy the book instead

To me, William Somerset Maugham is like a surgeon with a scalpel, masterfully peeling back the layers of the human soul. I first fell in love with his storytelling in The Painted Veil, but after finishing The Moon and Sixpence, this book has officially claimed its spot on my "must-read-again" list.

What makes this book so powerful is the third-person perspective. Maugham captures the spirit of an artist so vividly that I found myself almost forgiving Strickland’s sheer ruthlessness, seeing it instead as the raw, untamed essence of art. As a woman, I was also stunned by how strikingly he depicts the female characters—each one feels incredibly alive and complex.
There’s Mrs. Strickland, whose pride was wounded more by her husband leaving to "paint" than if he had simply left for another woman. Then there’s Blanche, who claimed to hate Strickland but ended up following her deepest desires into self-destruction. And finally, Ata, the strong island girl who looked after him until the very end. To Strickland, they all seemed like mere passersby in his life, though I can't help but wonder if he loved Ata a little more, simply because she allowed him the freedom to be himself.

One of my favorite parts was the chapter about Abraham, the brilliant doctor. Walking away from a prestigious career to settle for a low-paying job on a remote island might seem like a failure to the world, but like Strickland, it was an act of immense courage. It’s the courage to define "success" on your own terms, following your heart rather than society’s expectations.

The title itself says it all. We are all so busy staring at the "Sixpence"—the practical comforts and responsibilities of life—that we often forget to look up at the "Moon", the true calling of our souls.

As I finished the book, I couldn't help but ask myself “Do I have the courage to let go of worldly prestige to claim my own moon?” Madmen like Strickland and brave souls like Abraham are the raw truths of this world—and I believe they are still out there among us. What are your thoughts about this book? Have you ever felt like leaving everything behind to chase your own 'Moon'?

The Moon and Sixpence – Chasing the Soul or Living the Norm?

How many more bookshelves can I fit into this room? 🤔🫣😂

Sunday Morning Musings

I KNEW IT!! (I didn’t, in fact I didn’t see it coming) plot twist be twisting

No ethnicity is superior to another we are all equal

January first traditions

A spine of gold, a door of ink—
the museum is complete, and so is the magic.
Every peculiar thing now has its place,
and my shelf finally exhales. ✨📚

Books Community

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Reading

What's the best book you've read recently? And why?

Reading

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME by Stephen Hawking

What should i do

Brewing in my head

Movies, Games, Books = Love

Up late writing

Star Trek: Avenger

Time Princess