"Ultimately what I like about reading together is that we all make it happen together. Of course even amid shared experience we’re still alone… each re...

Because so many people use goodreads, it is an amazingly good—and amazingly underutilized—resource for understanding what people read, why, and how they feel about their reading experiences.
~ John Green (author) ~












Because so many people use goodreads, it is an amazingly good—and amazingly underutilized—resource f...
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"I wish I knew how to quit you, Tumblr.
"Just move to the Internet, its great here. We get to live inside where the weather is always awesome.