Why I Read

Why I Read

By
Wendy Lesser
Wendy Lesser
2014 • 223 pages

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49 books

Writing Reference

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Clifford Garstang
How Fiction Works
Aspects of the Novel
The subversive copy editor
Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer
The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot
Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice

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569 books

Borrowed From Library

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Anki
Partials
Bowl of Heaven
Night Shift
By Book or By Crook
Saga, Vol. 2
Saga, Vol. 1
Absolutely Truly

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229 books

Non Fiction

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Anki
1776
At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
Understanding Comics
The Knitter's Book of Yarn
Free-Range Knitter
Knitting in Plain English

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695 books

Status Borrowed

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Anki
A Rising Thunder
The Girl of Fire and Thorns
Outliers: The Story of Success
Blink
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Black Sheep
The shadow of Malabron

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165 books

Come Back To Later

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Anki
Decision Points
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
Sourcery
The Magic of Recluce
A Letter of Mary
The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure

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15 books

Essays

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Becca
Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
Intimations
Why I Read
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
Happy-Go-Lucky
Having and Being Had

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553 books

Non Fiction

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pickles
Gender Failure
Work
The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats

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136 books

Memoir

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pickles
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats
Hunger
Girlhood
Happy Fat
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North

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17 books

Lit

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pickles
A Book of Common Prayer
Packing My Library
Lost Children Archive
Universal Harvester
Self Care
The Acme Novelty Library #13
Why I Read

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1,304 books

Zzreviewed

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Court
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Hansel and Gretel
Loveless, Volume 01
Good eggs
Sandcastle
Fowl Language
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

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180 books

Meta

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Court
My Ideal Bookshelf
The Polysyllabic Spree
Housekeeping vs. the Dirt
Shakespeare Wrote for Money
So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading
The Uncommon Reader
The Elements of F*cking Style: A Helpful Parody

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82 books

Abandoned

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Court
Still Alice
Adventures in the Dream Trade
Why I Read
The Good Fairies of New York
The Lost Art of Reading: Why Books Matter in a Distracted Time
Pinocchio