Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
to-read
(663)
currently-reading (9)
read (855)
did-not-finish (0)
self-improvement (0)
mystery-whodunnit (136)
fiction-general (119)
children-and-ya (86)
all-time-favorite-authors (84)
church-and-religion (84)
classics (65)
fiction-historical (57)
currently-reading (9)
read (855)
did-not-finish (0)
self-improvement (0)
mystery-whodunnit (136)
fiction-general (119)
children-and-ya (86)
all-time-favorite-authors (84)
church-and-religion (84)
classics (65)
fiction-historical (57)
reading-challenge-2015
(57)
romance (53)
nonfiction-general (50)
reading-challenge-2023 (45)
reading-challenge-2013 (44)
reading-challenge-2016 (40)
reading-challenge-2022 (38)
old-friends (36)
did-not-enjoy (35)
reading-challenge-2024 (34)
reading-challenge-2026 (34)
reading-challenge-2014 (33)
romance (53)
nonfiction-general (50)
reading-challenge-2023 (45)
reading-challenge-2013 (44)
reading-challenge-2016 (40)
reading-challenge-2022 (38)
old-friends (36)
did-not-enjoy (35)
reading-challenge-2024 (34)
reading-challenge-2026 (34)
reading-challenge-2014 (33)
womanhood
(32)
reading-challenge-2021 (29)
autobiographies-biographies-memoi (28)
fiction-horror-thriller (28)
fiction-christian (27)
reading-challenege-2025 (25)
reading-challenge-2018 (25)
reading-challenge-2017 (24)
didn-t-finish (22)
homeschool-and-enrichment (22)
marriage-and-relationship (19)
homemaking (15)
reading-challenge-2021 (29)
autobiographies-biographies-memoi (28)
fiction-horror-thriller (28)
fiction-christian (27)
reading-challenege-2025 (25)
reading-challenge-2018 (25)
reading-challenge-2017 (24)
didn-t-finish (22)
homeschool-and-enrichment (22)
marriage-and-relationship (19)
homemaking (15)
“And US presidents aren’t allowed to go up in the Arch because it’s a security risk.”
― The Vanderbeekers on the Road: A Harlem family's cross-country birthday surprise for Papa hits a detour when Laney fears a college visit means change
― The Vanderbeekers on the Road: A Harlem family's cross-country birthday surprise for Papa hits a detour when Laney fears a college visit means change
“Sometimes you’re supposed to retreat, sometimes you’re supposed to yell and make noise, and sometimes you’re not supposed to make eye contact.”
― The Vanderbeekers on the Road: A Harlem family's cross-country birthday surprise for Papa hits a detour when Laney fears a college visit means change
― The Vanderbeekers on the Road: A Harlem family's cross-country birthday surprise for Papa hits a detour when Laney fears a college visit means change
“Ninety minutes in Kentucky just passing through. The green is greener here than what I knew, I knew. Ninety minutes in Kentucky how I wish I could spend this time with you. You would love it too. Ninety minutes in Kentucky is coming to an end.”
― The Vanderbeekers on the Road: A Harlem family's cross-country birthday surprise for Papa hits a detour when Laney fears a college visit means change
― The Vanderbeekers on the Road: A Harlem family's cross-country birthday surprise for Papa hits a detour when Laney fears a college visit means change
“Knowing a person’s story doesn’t mean you have the right to tell it. And sometimes the right to hear it has to be earned.”
― The Witches of Moonshyne Manor
― The Witches of Moonshyne Manor
“By the power of Phil Collins, I rebuke you!” she said. “By the power of Phil Collins, who knows that you coming back to me is against all odds, in his name I command you to leave this servant of Genesis alone...
By the power of The Thorn Birds - she cried - by the sacred strength of My Sweet Audrina and Forever...
By the power of lost retainers and Jamaica and bad cornrows and fireflies and Madonna, by all these things I rebuke you”
―
By the power of The Thorn Birds - she cried - by the sacred strength of My Sweet Audrina and Forever...
By the power of lost retainers and Jamaica and bad cornrows and fireflies and Madonna, by all these things I rebuke you”
―
Gretchen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gretchen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
698 books
|
62 friends
1,327 books
|
59 friends
1,836 books
|
131 friends
1,736 books
|
103 friends
1,238 books
|
145 friends
170 books
|
54 friends
176 books
|
54 friends
33 books
|
64 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Gretchen
Lists liked by Gretchen