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Amy’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (576)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (990)
animal-books‎ (62)
fantasy‎ (50)
nonfiction‎ (43)
horror‎ (35)
sci-fi‎ (33)
90s-books‎ (28)
humor‎ (22)
historical-fiction‎ (21)
religion‎ (21)

picture-books‎ (18)
slice-of-life‎ (17)
poetry‎ (15)
fiction-not-fantasy‎ (14)
guidebooks‎ (12)
cats‎ (11)
fairy-tales‎ (11)
old-books‎ (11)
graphic-novels‎ (8)
choose-your-own-adventure‎ (7)
mice‎ (7)
wolves‎ (7)

foxes‎ (5)
mermaid‎ (5)
uplifting‎ (5)
dogs‎ (4)
fill-in-the-blank‎ (4)
lgtbq‎ (4)
would-you-rather-books‎ (4)
2000s-books‎ (3)
royal-diaries‎ (3)
canines‎ (2)
dinosaurs‎ (2)
egypt‎ (2)

game-books‎ (2)
manga‎ (2)
self-help‎ (2)
angels‎ (1)
birds‎ (1)
childhood-books‎ (1)
christmas‎ (1)
dragons‎ (1)
funny‎ (1)
grief‎ (1)
horses‎ (1)
mermaids‎ (1)

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“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
― Charles Bukowski, Women

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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

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“Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.”
― Ursula K. LeGuin, The Tombs of Atuan

tags: inspirational

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“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: good, writing

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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