Katie Noah Gibson

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Katie is Currently Reading

Katie Noah Gibson is currently reading

The House of Serendipity

by Lucy Ivison (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 21, 2026 11:06AM

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The Burning Issue of the Day (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries, #5)

by T.E. Kinsey (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 19, 2026 11:08AM

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Counterweights: An Essential Practice for Holding Hope in a Heavy World

by Shannan Martin (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 17, 2026 05:39AM

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“It’s not that I’m unaware of the suffering and the soon-to-be-more suffering in the world, it’s that I know the suffering exists beside wet grass and a bright blue sky recently scrubbed by rain. The beauty and the suffering are equally true.”
― Ann Patchett, Tom Lake

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“Words define us, they explain us, and, on occasion, they serve to control or isolate us.”
― Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

tags: literary, words-have-power

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“Then the sun peeped over the edge of the prairie and the whole world glittered. Every tiniest thing glittered rosy toward the sun and pale blue toward the sky, and all along every blade of grass ran rainbow sparkles.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter

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“The right book in the hands of the right person at exactly the right moment can change their life forever.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

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“I cannot overstate the benefits of a busy day for an anxious mind or a lonely heart.”
― Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

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