Maya Joelle

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Maya is Currently Reading

Maya Joelle is currently reading

The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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"O rowan fair upon your hair how white the blossom lay!" — Mar 28, 2026 10:57AM

Mar 28, 2026 10:55AM

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Holy Bible: English Standard Version (ESV)

by Anonymous

bookshelves: currently-reading, owned

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Maya Joelle said: " I've been (slowly) reading the whole bible through in printing order, in a journaling ESV edition, and thought I would chronicle some thoughts as I'm now about 1/3 of the way through the Psalms.

On the translation: I (generally) like the ESV for the ...more "

Mar 09, 2026 08:58AM · see review

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The Imitation of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis

bookshelves: owned, theology, in-translation, 2026-summer, currently-reading

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"Finally updating my Goodreads to reflect the books I am *actually* currently reading. I am loving this, so far. About 25% of it is only applicable to monks/nuns. The other 75% is just incredible spiritual advice for all Christians." — Feb 08, 2026 02:45PM

Feb 08, 2026 02:44PM

Maya’s Quotes

“Lying is just letting people believe what they want to be true.”
― Megan Whalen Turner, Return of the Thief

tags: believe, lies, lying, truth

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“God?" said Kate, revolted. "You don't look like any god to me, Christopher Heron! You look like a piece of gilded gingerbread, that's what you look like, one of those cakes they sell at a fair!”
― Elizabeth Marie Pope, The Perilous Gard

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“And for all this, nature is never spent; / There lives the dearest freshness deep down things.”
― Gerard Manley Hopkins, Poems and Prose

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“This is the life I’ve made for myself, and I want it in a way I haven’t wanted anything else I can remember. It is a wanting that is quiet, and steady, and deep as the beat of my heart.”
― Intisar Khanani, Thorn

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