Sara

Sara’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (715)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (3183)
did-not-finish‎ (1)
audio-book‎ (1399)
historical-fiction‎ (977)
bio-memoirs‎ (534)
award-winners‎ (429)
audible‎ (423)
general-fiction‎ (368)
non-fiction‎ (366)
children‎ (284)

kindle‎ (280)
wwii‎ (207)
2024‎ (190)
2015‎ (180)
2016‎ (178)
2012‎ (175)
2023‎ (173)
mystery‎ (173)
2022‎ (170)
2017‎ (162)
2021‎ (157)
history‎ (156)

2010‎ (155)
2011-a-to-z-challenge‎ (151)
classics‎ (151)
2020‎ (139)
2019‎ (132)
2018‎ (130)
2025‎ (129)
book-sale‎ (128)
2014‎ (126)
persia‎ (123)
library-have-it‎ (118)
2013‎ (116)

india‎ (116)
contemporary‎ (115)
hf-club‎ (109)
african-american‎ (107)
romance‎ (107)
england‎ (106)
jews‎ (103)
politics‎ (101)
relationships‎ (95)
young-adult‎ (93)
africa‎ (92)
amara-s-book-club‎ (90)

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Sara’s Quotes

“I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it.”
― Nuruddin Farah

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“When a freedom is taken away from you, I suppose, you recognize it as a privilege, not a right.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Storyteller

tags: loss, privilege

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“There is a sacredness in tears....They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
― Washington Irving

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“I learned that the world didn't see the inside of you, that it didn't care a whit about the hopes and dreams, and sorrows, that lay masked by skin and bone. It was as simple, as absurd, and as cruel as that.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

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“A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

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Sara’s Groups

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 87252 members — last activity 12 hours, 35 min ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

Audiobooks — 16697 members — last activity 10 hours, 53 min ago
Audio & audiobooks are getting more and more popular for commuters & those wanting to squeeze in another book or two a month while doing other activit ...more

Around the World — 1901 members — last activity Jul 15, 2026 12:19AM
Each year we look at our to-be-read shelves and choose which countries of the world we want to travel through. Some of our members map their journeys ...more

Read by Theme — 499 members — last activity May 07, 2019 02:00AM
Want to join a reading group, but worry that the group will choose a book that utterly bores you? Here's an alternative designed to give you a bit mor ...more

Historical Fictionistas — 16328 members — last activity 2 hours, 2 min ago
Welcome to Historical Fictionistas! We want to experience all different kinds of HF with all different kinds of people. The more diverse, the better. ...more

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