Raina Payen

Raina’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (149)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (222)
2024-reading-list‎ (1)
2024-tbr‎ (1)
5-star-books‎ (1)
5-stars‎ (1)
absolute-favorites‎ (1)
all-time-favs‎ (1)

book-club‎ (1)
bookshelf‎ (1)
contemporary‎ (1)
drama‎ (1)
ebook‎ (1)
fav‎ (1)
favorite-books‎ (1)
favorites‎ (1)
favs‎ (1)

i-own‎ (1)
kindle‎ (1)
loved‎ (1)
loved-it‎ (1)
my-books‎ (1)
my-library‎ (1)
novels‎ (1)
on-my-bookshelf‎ (1)
on-my-shelf‎ (1)

own‎ (1)
reading-challenge‎ (1)
tbr-2024‎ (1)
the-best‎ (1)
to-get‎ (1)
to-reread‎ (1)
want‎ (1)
winter-reads‎ (1)
wishlist‎ (1)

Stats | More…

Raina’s Quotes

“At altitudes of 6000 to 16,000 feet, and with wind velocities reaching 45 miles an hour, many living insects have been taken.”
― Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us

2 likes

“If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her---then don't let her go.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle

tags: love

5062 likes

“But this Scroll too has magical properties. From the moment I first saw it, the paper warmed to my touch. I know it came alive as I held it. Did you know there’s a serpent on the back? Some say it’s a dragon. It winked at me. Its lashes are gold.”
― Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

tags: betrayal, fiction, fiction-novel, investigation, murder, psychological, suspense, thriller

464 likes

“The American generals could only think in terms of large armies and huge battles. They believed or hoped that an enemy who chose to hide in jungles and tunnels would quickly be flushed out by American fire-power and then die in open battle.”
― Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy

tags: australia, historical, historical-fiction, history, oceanian-fiction, southeast-asia, truth, war, war-recount

161 likes

“Yesterday, I asked a robot, Gumball I think, do you know Murphy’s law of gravitation? It answered, ‘No, sir, I know only Newton’s and Einstein’s laws of gravitation; I don’t know Murphy’s law.’ I replied, ‘Eh, Gumball, the slice always falls with the buttered side to the floor. That’s Murphy’s law.’” Everyone burst into laughter.”
― Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan