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Book cover for Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) by Martha Wells

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I was having an emotion, and I hate that. I’d rather have nice safe emotions about shows on the entertainment media; having them about things real-life humans said and did just led to stupid decisions

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Amanda’s Quotes

“Being a fangirl is the best thing that's ever happened to me. ...We know what we're into, we love hard, and we're okay with it.”
― Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks

tags: fangirl, fangirling, geek-girl

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“She still held sorrows, but she was not made of them. Her life was not a tragedy. It was a history, and it was hers.”
― Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road

tags: history, life, sorrow, tess, tragedy

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“the patriarchy, above all else, fears women coming together, so internal female division only succeeds in greasing that machine.”
― Juno Dawson, Her Majesty's Royal Coven

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“I am frequently underestimated. I think it's because I'm short.”
― Amie Kaufman, Illuminae

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“I should have been more aggressive in my dowry demands, she suddenly thought. Because she had not been paid enough to marry into this family.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Kingdom of Copper

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Our Shared Shelf — 222871 members — last activity 13 hours, 26 min ago
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

Manga Monday Book Club — 543 members — last activity Apr 15, 2020 11:28PM
Welcome to the Manga Monday Book Club! Every other monday we'll be meeting on my channel (youtube.com/morereader) to discuss our manga pick. Leading ...more

Literally Dead Book Club — 16527 members — last activity Feb 18, 2026 12:04PM
A mostly monthly book club (February-November) focused on thriller/mystery/horror hosted by BooksandLala and a rotating set of wonderful co-hosts! li ...more

Life's Library — 406 members — last activity Dec 21, 2019 06:05AM
A place for members of the Life's Library book club to gather on goodreads. ...more

Buzzwordathon — 6261 members — last activity 1 hour, 53 min ago
The Buzzword Readathon (#buzzwordathon) is a monthly readathon, running the first week of each month (1st through 7th). Each month will have a designa ...more

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