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bee is Currently Reading

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The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic

by R.K. Narayan

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The Spear Cuts Through Water

by Simon Jimenez (Goodreads Author)

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A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

by Tia Williams (Goodreads Author)

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"never ✍🏾 join ✍🏾 a circus ✍🏾 for a man ✍🏾 he will steal … ✍🏾✍🏾 your mom’s wigs … ✍🏾" — Apr 07, 2025 07:03AM

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bee’s Quotes

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

tags: comedy, elizabethan, robin-goodfellow

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“Day 1,361 of My Captiv- Oh, Let Us Cut the Shit, Shall We? We Have a Ring to Retrieve.”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

tags: funny, humor

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“I want to meet you in every place I ever loved. Listen to me. I am your echo. I would rather break the world than lose you.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

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“But for girls like us, down there at the Home, the devil turned out to be our only friend.”
― Grady Hendrix, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

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“Isn’t it obvious?” “Apparently not.” “I’m not just writing about you,” said Shane. “I’m writing to you.”
― Tia Williams, Seven Days in June

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if you love reading books, are gay and also love girls, this is the group for you.

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A book group for reading sapphic books and connecting over our often-obscure favorites! At least for now we're predominantly-YA but adult recs are ALW ...more

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