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Giselle

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Giselle’s Quotes

“Don't let me think.”
― Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

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“No proper princess would come out looking for dragons," Woraug objected.

"Well I'm not a proper princess then!" Cimorene snapped. "I make cherries jubillee and I volunteer for dragons, and I conjugate Latin verbs-- or at least I would if anyone would let me. So there!”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Dealing with Dragons

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“What happens in a certain place can stain your feelings for that location, just as ink can stain a white sheet. You can wash it, and wash it, and still never forget what has transpired - a word which here means 'happened, and made everybody sad'.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

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“You're always in the kitchen," Alianora said when she poked her head through the door a moment later. "Or the library. Don't you ever do anything but cook and read?”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Dealing with Dragons

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“Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.”
― Patricia C. Wrede, Dealing with Dragons

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Giselle’s Groups

Giselle's Random Nonsense Book Club — 35 members — last activity Jun 07, 2018 10:30AM
This is a book club where, each month, we'll be reading one Fantasy book and one Historical Romance book. Why? Because that's what I like! Also, rando ...more

The Neverlanders — 130 members — last activity May 26, 2016 08:53AM
This group is a middle grade book club where we read different middle grade books throughout the year. We'll be using #TheNeverlanders as our hashtag ...more

BookTube 2018! — 9363 members — last activity Jun 25, 2025 08:57PM
For those of us who love GoodReads AND YouTube! Do you review novels on YouTube? Come join the group!

2020 Retellings Reading Challenge — 78 members — last activity Dec 19, 2020 08:09PM
This is the Goodreads group for the 2020 Retellings Reading Challenge, hosted at Cornerfolds.com! Join the challenge HERE!

SBTB Goodreads Group — 1218 members — last activity Jun 23, 2025 11:29AM
A Goodreads group for romance readers and fans of the blog Smart Bitches, Trashy Books.

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