Amanda Van Parys
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My dad didn’t know about my mom’s affair, but he did notice when my mom brought the feminist novel The Women’s Room back from the library. He immediately went to the bookstore and bought himself a hard copy so he could read it in tandem
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“He was good at seeing beauty in everything, that happens if you’re no good at seeing it in yourself.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“You can’t love someone out of addiction. All the oceans are the tears of those who have tried”
― 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
“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?”
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― 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.”
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― 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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— last activity Apr 12, 2024 02:10PM
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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— last activity Jun 16, 2020 08:45AM
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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