Sign in with Facebook
Bethany
https://www.goodreads.com/bethanyedits
to-read
(291)
currently-reading (5)
read (880)
did-not-finish (0)
fantasy (247)
books-that-made-me-think (160)
audiobook (144)
totally-adorable (143)
adventure-and-excitement (134)
page-turner (131)
currently-reading (5)
read (880)
did-not-finish (0)
fantasy (247)
books-that-made-me-think (160)
audiobook (144)
totally-adorable (143)
adventure-and-excitement (134)
page-turner (131)
nonfiction
(126)
recommended-by-a-friend (99)
picture-books (97)
urban-fantasy-or-magical-realism (87)
classics (84)
gave-me-physical-goosebumps (71)
dystopia (69)
humor (52)
mystery (48)
speculative-fiction (45)
recommended-by-a-friend (99)
picture-books (97)
urban-fantasy-or-magical-realism (87)
classics (84)
gave-me-physical-goosebumps (71)
dystopia (69)
humor (52)
mystery (48)
speculative-fiction (45)
One of the cleverest tricks of patriarchy is that it transforms all work deemed feminine into fixed, subliminal expressions of femininity—however much that work involves active time, effort, and skill. The best way to maintain a system in
...more
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― A Dance with Dragons
― A Dance with Dragons
“According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.”
― The Symposium
― The Symposium
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
―
―
“In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find - if it's a good novel - that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little... But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed.”
―
―
Ask Guy Gavriel Kay - Tuesday, April 30th!
— 421 members
— last activity Apr 08, 2015 08:20PM
Join us on Tuesday, April 30th for a special discussion with author Guy Gavriel Kay! Guy will be discussing his work, including his most recent book ...more
Gabrielle Zevin's The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
— 84 members
— last activity May 05, 2014 09:34AM
Gabrielle Zevin's latest book The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry tells the story of a bookseller with VERY strong opinions on books. This group is for peo ...more
Ask Lauren DeStefano - Tuesday, February 19th!
— 509 members
— last activity Sep 03, 2014 03:27PM
Join us on Tuesday, February 19th for a special discussion with author Lauren DeStefano! Lauren will be discussing her work, including her most recent ...more
Ask Ally Condie - Tuesday, March 12th!
— 1701 members
— last activity Feb 26, 2019 06:51PM
Join us on Tuesday, March 12th for a special discussion with author Ally Condie! Ally will be discussing her work, including the Matched trilogy in ...more
Megan S. Johnston hosts a Q & A
— 89 members
— last activity Apr 19, 2013 08:58AM
...April 10th, 2013 to April 24th, 2013...
Bethany’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bethany’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,628 books
|
40 friends
1,444 books
|
26 friends
1,179 books
|
90 friends
365 books
|
18 friends
1,367 books
|
1,948 friends
197 books
|
9 friends
872 books
|
20 friends
54 books
|
72 friends
More friends…
Polls voted on by Bethany
Lists liked by Bethany
