Sign in with Facebook
121 books
—
38 voters
read
(2478)
currently-reading (2)
to-read (35)
dropped (60)
bbc-selections (52)
sampled (52)
half-read (47)
getting-even (40)
steven-moore-sez (22)
dalkey-to-read (17)
my-writing (17)
stalled-forever (2)
currently-reading (2)
to-read (35)
dropped (60)
bbc-selections (52)
sampled (52)
half-read (47)
getting-even (40)
steven-moore-sez (22)
dalkey-to-read (17)
my-writing (17)
stalled-forever (2)
novels
(1538)
merkins (734)
sassysassenachs (659)
distaff (400)
non-fiction (374)
dalkey-archive (321)
short-stories (319)
buried-books (310)
pernod-and-gauloises (261)
penguin-classics (243)
tortured-artists (239)
pre-1900s (220)
merkins (734)
sassysassenachs (659)
distaff (400)
non-fiction (374)
dalkey-archive (321)
short-stories (319)
buried-books (310)
pernod-and-gauloises (261)
penguin-classics (243)
tortured-artists (239)
pre-1900s (220)
“All I do know, for certain, after 53 years in this business, is that writers who sincerely think that their language can represent reality ought to be plumbers.”
―
―
“I saw that my witticism was unperceived and quietly replaced it in the treasury of my mind.”
― At Swim-Two-Birds
― At Swim-Two-Birds
“The whole world organizes itself around the fact that people manage to get their awkward bodies in position to fuck, an achievement honored by toasters, tandems, and tax cuts.”
― Dot in the Universe
― Dot in the Universe
“Be sure to enjoy language, experiment with ways of talking, be exuberant even when you don't feel like it because language can make your world a better place to live.”
― Pillow Talk in Europe and Other Places
― Pillow Talk in Europe and Other Places
“Books mean all possibilities. They mean moving out of yourself, losing yourself, dying of thirst and living to your full. They mean everything.”
―
―
The Kindred Spirits
— 299 members
— last activity Sep 08, 2020 08:02AM
Place to meet and talk about anything.
Completists' Club
— 514 members
— last activity Sep 09, 2023 03:24PM
A group for those attempting to complete, or who have completed, the canons of their favourite writers. Share your canon-wide knowledge and opinion wi ...more
The BURIED Book Club
— 852 members
— last activity Dec 30, 2023 03:57PM
TODAY BOOKS ARE NOT BURNED. THEY ARE BURIED. WE SHALL UNEARTH THEM.
Alexander Theroux Ville
— 115 members
— last activity Mar 06, 2023 03:50PM
The Theroux revival continues. This group counts as a village forum for discussing the works of Alexander Theroux. Both scholars and the naive and cur ...more
Dalkey Archive Press reads
— 147 members
— last activity Apr 18, 2020 05:39AM
Hi everyone, Join our Backlist of the Month discussions! What is Backlist of the month, you ask? It's something we'll tell you all about on Faceboo ...more
MJ’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at MJ’s Year in Books. The good, the bad, the long, the short—it’s all here.
2,052 books
|
4,996 friends
831 books
|
812 friends
1,992 books
|
1,220 friends
773 books
|
40 friends
1,771 books
|
4,326 friends
3,511 books
|
480 friends
5,418 books
|
964 friends
3,166 books
|
43 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by MJ
Lists liked by MJ
