Rowan January

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Rowan’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (232)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (948)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
2012-read‎ (78)
young-adult‎ (68)
2013-read‎ (33)
2017-read‎ (33)

urban-fantasy‎ (33)
romance‎ (32)
2011-read‎ (26)
fantasy‎ (26)
historical‎ (20)
dystopian‎ (18)
literary-fiction‎ (12)
memoir‎ (8)

non-fiction‎ (8)
sci-fi‎ (8)
horror‎ (7)
2020-read‎ (6)
counselling‎ (4)
crime‎ (4)
fairy-tale‎ (4)
2016-read‎ (3)

self-help‎ (3)
thriller‎ (3)
retelling‎ (2)
2015‎ (1)
graphic-novels‎ (1)
magical-realism‎ (1)
mystery‎ (1)
steampunk‎ (1)

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Rowan’s Quotes

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

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“His debtors always assumed he'd demand their firstborn. Like I'm fucking Rumpelstiltskin? What would Lothaire do with countless squalling babes? Raise them in a kennel?”
― Kresley Cole, Lothaire

tags: iad, paranormal-romance, vampire

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“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.”
― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection

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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, children, fairy-tales

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“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”
― Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Infidel

tags: atheism, death, inspirational, life

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Rowan’s Groups

Messy Reads — 37 members — last activity Mar 09, 2012 06:49PM
Created for readers of the blog, Kind of a Mess, this group is for discussing books, recommending books, reading books, swapping books, questioning bo ...more

What's the Name of That Book??? — 120757 members — last activity 1 hour, 59 min ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more

Immortals After Dark — 1648 members — last activity Apr 18, 2026 01:27PM
This group is in honor of Kresley Cole's fantastic paranormal romance series, Immortals After Dark. We will discuss and celebrate these books and othe ...more