448 books
—
177 voters
Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Erica
https://www.goodreads.com/errski
read
(316)
currently-reading (4)
to-read (578)
owned-and-to-read (154)
dnf (24)
kindle-unlimited-current (14)
scifi-and-fantasy (43)
twisty (40)
secondary-sl (34)
non-fiction (31)
horror (27)
audio-book (25)
currently-reading (4)
to-read (578)
owned-and-to-read (154)
dnf (24)
kindle-unlimited-current (14)
scifi-and-fantasy (43)
twisty (40)
secondary-sl (34)
non-fiction (31)
horror (27)
audio-book (25)
feels
(25)
library (24)
recommended (24)
women (23)
book-club (21)
i-recommend (21)
memoir (21)
loc-america (20)
short-stories (20)
short-list-plus (17)
thriller (17)
short-list (14)
library (24)
recommended (24)
women (23)
book-club (21)
i-recommend (21)
memoir (21)
loc-america (20)
short-stories (20)
short-list-plus (17)
thriller (17)
short-list (14)
There stood Monsieur Guillotine, black tights, black long stockings, black hood over head, arms crossed over his chest, stiff straight by his chopping machine, the blade high in the tent sky, a hungry knife all flashes and meteor shine,
...more
“I do not want your admiration now, because I do not want your insults in the future. I bear with my loneliness now, in order to avoid greater loneliness in the years ahead. You see, loneliness is the price we have to pay for being born in this modern age, so full of freedom, independence, and our own egotistical selves.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
“The Stoics define wisdom to be conducted by reason, and folly nothing else but the being hurried by passion, lest our life should otherwise have been too dull and inactive, that creator, who out of clay first tempered and made us up, put into the composition of our humanity more than a pound of passions to an ounce of reason; and reason he confined within the narrow cells of the brain, whereas he left passions the whole body to
range in.
Farther, he set up two sturdy champions to stand
perpetually on guard, that reason might make no assault,
surprise, nor inroad ; anger, which keeps its station in
the fortress of the heart ; and lust, which like the signs
Virgo and Scorpio, rules the appetites and passions.”
― Praise of Folly
range in.
Farther, he set up two sturdy champions to stand
perpetually on guard, that reason might make no assault,
surprise, nor inroad ; anger, which keeps its station in
the fortress of the heart ; and lust, which like the signs
Virgo and Scorpio, rules the appetites and passions.”
― Praise of Folly
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Like the first whiff of burning incense, or like the taste of one's first cup of saké, there is in love that moment when all its power is felt.”
― Kokoro
― Kokoro
Buddy Reads
— 1028 members
— last activity Feb 15, 2024 02:43PM
Welcome to the Buddy-Read Group! This group is to there to help us share our thoughts as we go through each book. Also to chat away and share non-bo ...more
Welcome to the Buddy-Read Group! This group is to there to help us share our thoughts as we go through each book. Also to chat away and share non-bo ...more
Stress Free Reading Challenges
— 1145 members
— last activity Dec 16, 2024 10:06AM
Love reading challenges, but hate all the stress of rules and deadlines? This is the place for you. Doesn't matter if you are a super speedy read ...more
Love reading challenges, but hate all the stress of rules and deadlines? This is the place for you. Doesn't matter if you are a super speedy read ...more
The Life of a Book Addict
— 12164 members
— last activity 6 hours, 20 min ago
We now read at "On the Same Page." ...more
We now read at "On the Same Page." ...more
On The Same Page
— 451 members
— last activity 1 hour, 8 min ago
On The Same Page promotes love of literature in a positive, friendly, relaxed environment. We want to bring our reading community together to learn ...more
On The Same Page promotes love of literature in a positive, friendly, relaxed environment. We want to bring our reading community together to learn ...more
Books & Boba
— 2571 members
— last activity Dec 02, 2024 04:01PM
This is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical ...more
More of Erica’s groups…
This is a book club dedicated to books written by Asian and Asian American authors. We cover a wide range of genres including contemporary, historical ...more
Erica’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Erica’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Erica
Lists liked by Erica