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It’s horrible, being ashamed of someone you care about; it eats away at you. And if you let it get to you, if you give up the fight and surrender, eventually that shame turns to hate.
“Being a parent is so strange, all our children's pain belongs to us, but so does their joy.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“What I hate most isn’t that people die. What I hate most is that they’re dead. That I’m alive, without them.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“The person we fall in love with, we hardly ever call by their name. Because it’s somehow just so obvious that it’s you I’m talking to, that it’s you I’m always thinking of. Who else?”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“He was good at seeing beauty in everything, that happens if you’re no good at seeing it in yourself.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“Louisa is a teenager, the best kind of human. The evidence for this is very simple: little children think teenagers are the best humans, and teenagers think teenagers are the best humans, the only people who don’t think that teenagers are the best humans are adults. Which is obviously because adults are the worst kind of humans.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
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An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
The Ink to Film Book Club
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A group where people can chat about books that have been made or are being made into films/TV. Discussions of past, future, or potential adaptations w ...more
Baby Nation
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A place for Baby Bees to make recs, share reviews and discuss all things literature.
What's the Name of That Book???
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Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more
Beta Reader Group
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A place to connect writers with beta readers. Sometimes writers get so involved in the plot they can't see the wood for the trees. Hang on a sec'--th ...more
Amanda’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Amanda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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