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Paperback Castles

I live on a page in a book. My name is written in a curly and swirly font, along with long descriptions of sleepless nights and filled bookcases.

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Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
Marcel Proust, Lydia Davis, Christopher Prendergast
Swanns verden 2 (På sporet af den tabte tid, #2)
Marcel Proust
The Essential Rumi
Rumi, Coleman Barks, John Moyne, A.J. Arberry
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Marcel Proust, Lydia Davis, Christopher Prendergast
Rumi, Coleman Barks, John Moyne, A.J. Arberry
September 2013
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“Walking the stacks in a library, dragging your fingers across the spines -- it's hard not to feel the presence of sleeping s...
Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan
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September 2013
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This is an intricate and complex study of the slightly tilting power balance in a crumbling marriage. It is all about being i...
The Tortoise and the Hare - Elizabeth Jenkins,  Hilary Mantel (Introduction)
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September 2013
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This anthology holds 16 peculiar and haunting tales of unicorns, griffins, werewolves, deathly plants and the graceful Lady D...
Unnatural Creatures - Maria Dahvana Headley, Neil Gaiman
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September 2013
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reviewed: Swanns verden 1 (På sporet af den tabte tid, #1)
“If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less, but to dream more, to dream all the time.”I cannot ...
Swanns verden 1 (På sporet af den tabte tid, #1) - Marcel Proust
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September 2013
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“I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.”Brilliantly funny. Gaskell's little town ...
Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell
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September 2013
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“'No milk,' I said. 'No milk,' said my sister. I watched my dad think about this. He looked like he was going to suggest that...
Fortunately, the Milk . . . - Neil Gaiman
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“I sell dreams, small comforts, sweet harmless temptations to bring down a multitude of saints crashing among the hazels and ...
Chocolat - Joanne Harris
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September 2013
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September 2013
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reviewed: Krig og fred
"War and Peace" is not an enjoyable book, but it is an important one. Who am I to question Tolstoy's historical magnificence ...
Krig og fred - Leo Tolstoy
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September 2013
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“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”Sometimes simplicity is serenity. Sometimes...
Charlotte's Web - E.B. White, Garth Williams
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September 2013
03
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“I wondered if all a person could hope for was illusion and luck, for I was forced to conclude that the world was fundamental...
The Lifeboat - Charlotte Rogan
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September 2013
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One day I found a picture of this book on Tumblr. I saw the beautiful illustrations and the mysterious title, and I knew it. ...
The Mysterious Benedict Society  - Trenton Lee Stewart, Carson Ellis
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