Lisa Mcbroom

Lisa’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (791)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (4064)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
michele-s-book-club‎ (935)
themes-and-treats‎ (244)
thmes-and-treats‎ (228)
everything-pop-culture‎ (225)
teen-reads‎ (218)
inspiring-books‎ (213)
all-things-mad-men‎ (212)
nyc‎ (198)

hooray-for-hollywood‎ (184)
childhood-favorites‎ (183)
books-that-changed-the-world‎ (111)
ripped-from-the-headlines‎ (105)
best-of-2015‎ (102)
when-i-was-a-kid‎ (99)
when-i-was-a-teen‎ (90)
paris-the-city-of-lights‎ (76)
cover-love‎ (73)
best-of-2020‎ (72)
best-of-2018‎ (71)
best-of-2019‎ (69)

best-of-2022‎ (60)
best-of-2017‎ (57)
best-of-2021‎ (54)
all-about-the-kennedys‎ (46)
best-of-2023‎ (46)
best-books-of-2014‎ (43)
best-of-2016‎ (43)
recommend-to-brittany‎ (41)
blue-covers‎ (39)
mrs-gainey-s-booklist‎ (35)
worst-books-of-2014‎ (25)
worst-of-2023‎ (25)

best-books-of-2024‎ (24)
worst-of-2015‎ (24)
worst-of-2016‎ (24)
worst-of-2017‎ (23)
all-things-plathian‎ (22)
worst-of-2024‎ (22)
worst-of-2018‎ (20)
worst-fiction-of-2015‎ (19)
worst-of-2020‎ (17)
pearl-s-presents‎ (15)
all-things-audrey‎ (13)
worst-of-2019‎ (13)

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Lisa’s Quotes

“Someone once wrote that in between the lives we lead and the lives we fantasize about living is the place in our heads where most of us actually live.”
― Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band

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“Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

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“Shakespeare would have it wrong these days. It's not the world that's the stage - it's social media, where you're trying to put on a show. The rest of your life is rehearsals, prepping in the wings to be fabulous online.”
― Lauren Beukes, Broken Monsters: A Gritty Detroit Noir Thriller of Serial Murder and Urban Decay

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“Is there nowhere in an American house where one may be by one's self?”
― Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence

tags: reflection, solitude

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“It has always been a great comfort to me that I could bring a book anywhere, to any place. To any part of my life.”
― Anton DiSclafani, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls

tags: books-and-reading

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