Claire Talbot

Claire’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (415)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1431)
teen‎ (154)
bomc‎ (63)
favorites‎ (63)
historical-fiction‎ (59)
middle-grade‎ (54)

as-the-page-turns‎ (45)
netgalley‎ (40)
read-across-the-states‎ (39)
books-i-still-think-about‎ (28)
claire-talbot-s-2018-challenge‎ (19)
reese-s-bookclub‎ (18)
jenna-reads‎ (13)
mommy-sarah-bookclub‎ (11)

cli-fi‎ (8)
audio‎ (6)
did-not-finish‎ (6)
net-galley‎ (6)
couldn-t-get-into‎ (5)
book-chat-made-me-read-it‎ (4)
2019-book-club-possibilities‎ (2)
icymi‎ (1)

picture-book‎ (1)
re-read‎ (1)
bom‎ (0)
delete‎ (0)
net‎ (0)

Stats | More…

Claire’s Quotes

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

tags: closing-line, last-words, self-sacrifice

3073 likes

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, children, fairy-tales

25185 likes

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
― Benjamin Franklin

tags: hmmm

6899 likes

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

51644 likes

“Books may well be the only true magic.”
― Alice Hoffman

tags: books

6771 likes

More of Claire’s quotes…

recent posts
Claire’s Groups

MCLS Reading Challenge — 131 members — last activity Jan 15, 2020 09:07AM
A group for staff of the Monroe County Library System to participate in the annual System Reading Challenge.

Goodreads Librarians Group — 314852 members — last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

MCLS TeensLit — 73 members — last activity Feb 06, 2026 08:17AM
Books loved by teen services librarians in the Monroe County Library System that is in Rochester NY.

The Next Best Book Club — 26037 members — last activity 11 hours, 59 min ago
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more

Read With Jenna (Official) — 30857 members — last activity 4 hours, 27 min ago
When anyone on the TODAY team is looking for a book recommendation, there is only one person to turn to: Jenna Bush Hager. Jenna will select a book a ...more

More of Claire’s groups…