

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
― World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
― World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

“I had two broken horses…and they were the most unbroken creatures I’ve met here on earth.”
― Broken Horses
― Broken Horses

“P.S. This book was written in a pre-COVID world. The 2020 of Minnie and Quinn’s world now exists only in some parallel universe. Whatever the year ahead might bring for us all, let’s keep reading. Books free us from isolation. Stories unite us. We’ve all had to play in one-player mode for a while—but we’re all still in this game together.”
― This Time Next Year
― This Time Next Year

“I know the sort of man who likes me. So I wondered, not for the first time, what secret I might possess, what magic charm or talisman had allowed me to get Malloy's attention in the first place. To get him to fuck me. I am not the kind of woman he likes.”
― In the Cut
― In the Cut

“Be a good companion to yourself and you will never be lonely.”
― This Time Next Year
― This Time Next Year
Giselle’s 2024 Year in Books
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