Kim DeCina

https://www.goodreads.com/ladyindigo

Kim’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (3303)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (746)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
bookopoly‎ (86)
fantasy‎ (23)
humor‎ (23)
childrens‎ (19)
young-adult‎ (19)
romance‎ (17)
beautiful-language‎ (15)
classics‎ (15)

contemporary‎ (15)
favorites‎ (15)
magic‎ (14)
characters-of-color‎ (13)
drama‎ (13)
adolescence‎ (12)
dark‎ (12)
my-childhood‎ (12)
series‎ (12)
amazing-characters‎ (11)
fantastic-worldbuilding‎ (11)
adventure‎ (10)

treasure-hunt‎ (10)
glbt‎ (9)
fairy-tales‎ (8)
problematic‎ (8)
sci-fi‎ (8)
better-than-expected‎ (7)
fairies‎ (7)
for-rereading‎ (7)
abuse‎ (6)
comedy‎ (6)
coming-of-age‎ (6)
historical-fiction‎ (6)

intrigue‎ (6)
mediocre‎ (6)
social-commentary‎ (6)
spiritual‎ (6)
dystopia‎ (5)
graphic-novels‎ (5)
magical-realism‎ (5)
mythology‎ (5)
nonfiction‎ (5)
action‎ (4)
alternate-history‎ (4)
crime‎ (4)

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Kim’s Quotes

“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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“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

tags: god, humor, life

11629 likes

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

38056 likes

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

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“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

tags: humour

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Kim’s Groups

The Seasonal Reading Challenge — 9382 members — last activity 43 minutes ago
Do you want to broaden your reading horizons and discover new books, authors and genres? Do you love reading challenges? Do you live for competition? ...more

Pick-a-Shelf — 2449 members — last activity 17 hours, 29 min ago
The purpose to this group is to challenge all you avid readers out there to expand your reading beyond your preferred genres. Who knows you may find s ...more

Crazy Challenge Connection — 1130 members — last activity 15 minutes ago
Welcome to the Crazy Challenge Connection. This group was started with several things in mind: a love of reading, the endless drive to read "just one ...more

100 Books Challenge — 102 members — last activity Apr 02, 2025 11:04AM
We are going to try to read 100 books from http://www.brittybooks.com/?p=1869 in an allotted amount of time, though we can all choose our own target. ...more

Nothing But Reading Challenges — 27578 members — last activity 21 minutes ago
We NEVER email authors or publishers offering to promote books in exchange for payment. This is a large GR scam happening across many grou ...more

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