Amy

Amy’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (591)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1005)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
animal-books‎ (62)
fantasy‎ (51)
nonfiction‎ (43)
horror‎ (37)
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)
fairy-tales‎ (12)
guidebooks‎ (12)
cats‎ (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)

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Amy’s Quotes

“Why not dream your own wonderful sequels? When you have finished a book, it can go on in your mind, the characters doing just what you want them to do.”
― Marguerite Henry, Dear Readers and Riders

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“I think new writers are too worried that it has all been said before. Sure it has, but not by you.”
― Asha Dornfest

tags: writing

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“His lightest touch brought joy, brought comfort and a sense of belonging.”
― Sharon Brubaker, Between Earth and Sea: A Selkie Tale

tags: irish, joy, love, ocean, sea, selkie, selkie-woman, sensual

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“I'm sitting at the bar, rearranging the order of my jokes. I'm under the delusion that I'm having bad shows because of some cosmic misalignment of words, phrases, and ideas. I may as well have cast runes into a spirit bowl, hoping that the collective heart of the audience would open to my necromantic call. Maybe that's how jugglers do it. Those guys never have shitty sets.”
― Patton Oswalt, Zombie Spaceship Wasteland

tags: casting-runes, jokes, jugglers, necromantic-comedy, patton-oswalt, present-tense, spirit-bowl, stand-up

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“But really, that is kind of silly,' Abigail tried to explain. 'I mean, a book is much less personal than a programmed screen that can respond to you according to your needs, and concentrate on what's hard for you, and go fast on what's easy. A book stays the same no matter *who's* reading it. And anyway, I don't see how anyone could read a whole long book, it must be so boring!'

'But...but it wasn't,' Peter said faintly. 'I...almost forgot I was reading it. The...the whole story was going on in my head.'

'I still don't understand,' said Oliver. 'I mean, watching a real-life hologram right before your eyes is better than anything you could *imagine.*”
― William Sleator, House of Stairs

tags: dystopian-fiction

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