782 books
—
797 voters
Debi Cates
https://www.goodreads.com/debicates
to-read
(792)
currently-reading (6)
read (894)
to-read-digital (280)
my-cookbooks (139)
to-read-buy (61)
other (39)
dnf (16)
my-reference-lib (13)
to-read-ectorlib (9)
current-long-rolling (7)
paused-for-now (3)
currently-reading (6)
read (894)
to-read-digital (280)
my-cookbooks (139)
to-read-buy (61)
other (39)
dnf (16)
my-reference-lib (13)
to-read-ectorlib (9)
current-long-rolling (7)
paused-for-now (3)
gifts
(1)
00-own (830)
read-own-not (735)
0-fiction (570)
2reviewed (491)
zzy (485)
pg200 (451)
pg100 (392)
zread2020s (319)
f-novel (291)
pg300 (267)
classics (262)
00-own (830)
read-own-not (735)
0-fiction (570)
2reviewed (491)
zzy (485)
pg200 (451)
pg100 (392)
zread2020s (319)
f-novel (291)
pg300 (267)
classics (262)
Debi Cates
is currently reading
by Miss Read
bookshelves:
loc-uk-england,
f-novel,
pg200,
pub1950s,
lofi,
zzf4train,
zzftrainshelf,
00-own,
currently-reading
Reading for the 2nd time
“I prefer to speak in metaphor: That way, no logic can trap me, and no rule can bind me, and no fact can limit me or decide for me what’s possible.”
― Chouette
― Chouette
“Making something from nothing is the quintessential magic of women, whether turning fiber to thread or flour to bread or engaging in the ultimate creative act: conjuring new humans from nowhere at all.”
― Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World’s Ugliest Sweater
― Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World’s Ugliest Sweater
“When you are dead, you do not know you are dead.
It's only painful and difficult for others.
The same applies when you're stupid.”
―
It's only painful and difficult for others.
The same applies when you're stupid.”
―
“Now, as far as I was concerned, there are two ways of living, and because we're on a ball in space these were more or less exactly poles apart. The first, accept the world as it is. The world is concrete and considerable, with beauties and flaws both, and both immense, profound and perplexing, and if you can take it as it is and for what it is you'll all but guarantee an easier path, because it's a given that acceptance is one of the keys to any kind of contentment. The second, that acceptance is surrender, that there's a place for it, but that place is somewhere just before your last breath where you say "All right then, I have tried" and accept that you have lived and loved as best you could, have pushed against every wall, stood up after every disappointment, and until that last moment, you shouldn't accept anything, you should make things better.”
― This Is Happiness
― This Is Happiness
The Short Story Club
— 558 members
— last activity 11 hours, 7 min ago
The purpose of this group is to read and discuss one short story a week. For the the first couple of years, we read from specific anthologies, but fro ...more
The Poetry Collective
— 24 members
— last activity 9 hours, 26 min ago
Welcome! Here poetry readers unite to share and discuss a single poem a week. ( Note: currently we are not discussing original poetry promoted by t ...more
What next, now notifications are reduced, DMs abolished, so GR is dying?
— 307 members
— last activity Feb 23, 2026 12:06PM
On 20 Sept 2024, GR removed the option for email notifications, without telling users (unless they looked at the "help" page). In-app/web notification ...more
On the Southern Literary Trail
— 2192 members
— last activity 1 hour, 10 min ago
Whether you prefer Faulkner, O'Connor, McCullers or more recent authors of Southern Literature such as Clyde Edgerton, Tom Franklin, William Gay, or M ...more
Augustus -buddy read
— 3 members
— last activity Apr 11, 2025 03:34PM
Buddy read of Augustus - John Williams
Debi’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Debi’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Debi
Lists liked by Debi




























































