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Jessica’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (1042)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (903)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
1ya‎ (398)
12sff‎ (248)
romance‎ (109)

literature‎ (90)
2018‎ (80)
2017‎ (74)
wise-woman‎ (59)
2018-missed‎ (37)
audio‎ (28)
fya-bozeman‎ (28)

2016‎ (26)
nonfiction‎ (23)
poetry‎ (22)
prodev‎ (22)
fya‎ (20)
big-magic‎ (16)
fya-bozeman-2018‎ (12)

2017-missed‎ (10)
graphic-novels‎ (9)
anthronerd‎ (6)
memoir‎ (2)
2019-anticipating‎ (0)
nostalgia‎ (0)
nostalgia-hs‎ (0)

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Jessica’s Quotes

“They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'Shit, it's raining!”
― Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain

tags: rain, war, weather

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“Saint George's legend tells of the dangers of mythical creatures and the value of man asserting dominance over them. Manu's tale, quite conversely, stresses the value of mercy, coexistence, and peaceful symbiosis. [...] Marlowe is a good man, but he only knows how to slay dragons. The world is full of dragon-slayers. What we need are a few more people who aren't too proud to listen to a fish.”
― William Ritter, Jackaby

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“I have lived through war, and lost much. I know what's worth the fight, and what is not. Honor and courage are matters of the bone, and what a man will kill for, he will sometimes die for, too. And that, O kinsman, is why a woman has broad hips; that bony basin will harbor a man and his child alike. A man's life springs from his woman's bones, and in her blood is his honor christened. For the sake of love alone, I would walk through fire again.”
― Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross

tags: diana-gabaldon, fiery-cross, outlander

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“We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights. ”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Avatar

tags: inspirational

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“I had not slept with many men other than my husband, but I noticed before that to sleep, actually sleep with someone did give this sense of intimacy, as though your dreams had flowed out of you to mingle with his and fold you both in a blanket of unconsciousness knowing. A throwback of some kind, I thought. In older, more primitive times, it was an act of trust to sleep in the presence of another person. If the trust was mutual, simple sleep could bring you closer together than the joining of bodies.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

tags: intimacy, outlander, trust, truth

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Jessica’s Groups

Nostalgia — 3 members — last activity May 13, 2009 12:16PM
Melinda and Jessica go back to the books that were really cool in Public School, to look at them with the eyes of a college education...Island of the ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222925 members — last activity Oct 27, 2026 11:29AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

Sirens Conference — 297 members — last activity Oct 16, 2020 10:58AM
Sirens Conference Website: http://www.sirensconference.org/ Once a year, Narrate Conferences presents Sirens, a conference on women in fantasy litera ...more

Country Bookshelf Reading Challenge — 2 members — last activity Mar 02, 2018 05:47PM
Are you participating in the Country Bookshelf Reading Challenge? Join us to chat about what we're reading, what challenge we're working on, and find ...more

The Romance of Bookselling — 19 members — last activity Mar 29, 2020 05:35PM
A Group of Independent Booksellers and related industry professionals sharing reviews of Romance and Romance-adjacent books.

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