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The King's Messenger

by Susanna Kearsley (Goodreads Author)

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The Summer Queen (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)

by Elizabeth Chadwick (Goodreads Author)

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“History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club.”
― John W. Campbell Jr.

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“That man makes me feel like I have my bonnet on backwards.”
― Nancy E. Turner, These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories

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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women

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“Ove had never been asked how he lived before he met her. But if anyone had asked him, he would have answered that he didn’t.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

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“The only way we will survive is by being kind. The only way we can get by in this world is through the help we receive from others. No one can do it alone, no matter how great the machines are.”
― Amy Poehler, Yes Please

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What's the Name of That Book??? — 121813 members — last activity 38 minutes ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more

Clean Reads — 7140 members — last activity Aug 11, 2026 08:27PM
This is a group for people who love to read a good book, but don't want to have to put it down one chapter in because of things that, if it were a mov ...more

Retro Reads — 645 members — last activity Aug 09, 2026 03:11PM
A buddy reading group for those interested in twentieth century books and authors. Our time period will be 1900-2000. Authors like M.M. Kaye, Elizabet ...more

Great Female Protagonists — 203 members — last activity May 25, 2026 08:37AM
I love books with great female protagonists, so I thought this could be a group where people can share book recommendations and discuss books for stro ...more

North & South — 234 members — last activity Apr 17, 2026 11:20AM
"I believe I've seen Hell, and it's white. It's snow white..." Anyone who loves Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, and the BBC Mini-Series of the st ...more

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