43 ratings (4.47 avg)
36 reviews

Abby

Add friend

https://instagram.com/abbylreadsbooks?igshid=MWQ2ODkyMjM=

Abby’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (8)
currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (43)
dnf‎ (1)

favorites‎ (0)

Stats | More…

Abby is Currently Reading

Abby is currently reading

Metamorphoses

by Ovid

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

progress:

(page 210 of 723)
— Sep 08, 2025 10:43AM

Aug 05, 2025 08:31AM

“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you!”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: charlotte-bronte, heart, heartbreak, jane-eyre, love, misconceptions, obscurity, parting, plainness, poverty, soul

2434 likes

“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

1724 likes

“For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

984 likes

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women

13879 likes

“We think we have many desires, but in fact we have only one. What is it?” “To live,” said Camilla. “To live forever,”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

443 likes

More of Abby’s quotes…

recent posts
Abby’s Groups

hot girls read books — 106536 members — last activity 12 minutes ago
A little group for girls and their friends to keep up with books that they're reading :) ...more

Booktok 📚 — 217439 members — last activity 7 minutes ago
A place for booktokers to interact with each other and share the love

hopeless romantic society — 17866 members — last activity 1 hour, 31 min ago
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* if you like fairytales, taylor swift, poetry, dark academia, old love letters, crowded ballrooms, tragic love stories, the french countrys ...more

BOOKSTAGRAM! — 6396 members — last activity Dec 27, 2025 08:29PM
For all you Bookstagram people to connect with other bookstagrammers! Creators account: https://www.instagram.com/devin.reads/

BookTok Besties — 20402 members — last activity Dec 28, 2025 12:30AM
Hi there you found us! Anyone is welcome to join, all ages are welcome. Please be mindful that everyone is entitled to their own opinion, let's not s ...more

More of Abby’s groups…