Rowan January

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Rowan’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (232)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (947)
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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“You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”
― Brene Brown

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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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“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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“If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!”
― Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or: A Fragment of Life

tags: life, possibilities

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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??? — 119696 members — last activity 1 hour, 22 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 — 1653 members — last activity Nov 26, 2025 08:29PM
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