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ampersand‎ (158)
bought‎ (103)
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canadian‎ (71)
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romance‎ (66)
arc‎ (54)
ya‎ (50)
lgbtq‎ (49)
middle-grade‎ (35)

fairytales‎ (31)
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bookclub‎ (19)
childhood-favourites‎ (17)
classics‎ (16)
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orca‎ (8)
picture-books‎ (6)

gift‎ (4)
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university‎ (3)
ku‎ (2)
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I swore I wouldn’t inject romance into this novel. First of all, far too many fantasies have them and they feel poorly written and unnatural, like they’re thrown in there to keep the readers happy and not the author, or the authors think it ...more

Dani’s Quotes

“Life is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.”
― Neil Gaiman

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

tags: books

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“She herself is a haunted house. She does not possess herself; her ancestors sometimes come and peer out of the windows of her eyes and that is very frightening.”
― Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

tags: the-lady-of-the-haunted-house

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“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

tags: books, bookstore, towns

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“Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth.”
― Francesca Lia Block

tags: weetzie, wishes

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