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favorites‎ (58)
fantasy‎ (344)
science-fiction‎ (176)
queer‎ (171)
owned-books‎ (145)
sarah-shawnna-s-mini-book-club‎ (133)
horror‎ (128)
year-2023‎ (125)

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year-2022‎ (90)
mystery-thriller‎ (83)
asian‎ (74)
historical-fiction‎ (72)
black‎ (68)
graphic-novel‎ (63)
poc‎ (63)
fiction‎ (61)
feminism‎ (59)
fave-authors‎ (58)

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science‎ (31)
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Sarah is Currently Reading

Sarah is currently reading

The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self

by Martha N. Beck (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: owned-books, personal-development, mental-health, non-fiction, currently-reading

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(page 38 of 352)
— Apr 01, 2024 07:06PM

Jul 16, 2026 02:29AM

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Mongrels

by Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: owned-books, currently-reading

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(page 23 of 320)
— Jun 29, 2026 03:55PM

Jun 28, 2026 02:41PM

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Poems of Akhmatova

by Anna Akhmatova

bookshelves: owned-books, poetry, russia, author-recommended, currently-reading

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(page 74 of 192)
— Apr 30, 2026 07:20PM

Apr 29, 2026 04:32PM

Sarah’s Quotes

“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

tags: chapter-24, life, will-herondale

8972 likes

“All communication is manipulation,” Jedao said. “You’re a mathematician. You should know that from information theory.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Ninefox Gambit

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“It is difficult—it is very difficult, to befriend where you wish to consume, to find those who, when they ask Do I have you still, when they end a letter with Yours, mean it in any substantive way.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

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“At some point, you have to accept the fact that any movement creates waves, and the only other option is to lie still and learn nothing.”
― Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

tags: cause-and-effect

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“We step out of our solar system into the universe seeking only peace and friendship – to teach, if we are called upon; to be taught, if we are fortunate.”
― Becky Chambers, To Be Taught, If Fortunate

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