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Alison’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alison’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Alison Gresik
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Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life
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2015
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Brick and Mortar
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2001
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2 editions
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| I was fortunate to read this book while in Africa for the first time, on a trip to South Africa, Zambia, and Botswana, and it did what the best fiction does: provided a bridge from somewhere familiar to somewhere new; gave me poetry and history and p ...more | |
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Unshaming: A Memoir of Recovery, Relapse, and What Comes After
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“It seemed that my unhappy state was marked by three things: self-deception, self-abuse, and anhedonia. I told myself things that weren’t true, I neglected my needs or actively punished myself, and I took little delight from what the world offered.”
― Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life
― Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life
“Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.” — Lin Yutang”
― Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life
― Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life
“I’m still sleepy, a good frame of mind for writing — the inner critic snuggles deeper under the silk comforter and lapses back into unconsciousness while the dreamer and I begin work undisturbed. I”
― Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life
― Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life
Writers of Color Book Club
— 511 members
— last activity May 30, 2026 12:12AM
Here we'll be reading books by Black, Indigenous, and other authors of color in an effort to diversify our reading habits. Welcome and enjoy! ...more
Almost Fearless: Monthly Travel Book Club
— 309 members
— last activity Feb 18, 2023 11:23AM
A book club started by Christine Gilbert of http://almostfearless.com -- we read one travel or memoir title per month.
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 331875 members
— last activity 6 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
2016 Authors of Color Challenge!
— 37 members
— last activity May 06, 2018 12:10PM
The challenge: devote half of your 2016 reading to authors of color. I noticed in my own reading habits a paucity of books by people of color. I have ...more
Oh, did I forget to mention that 3 of the 4 books I've bought in Malaysia are YA? I must rectify that! ;-)