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Laura is Currently Reading

Laura is currently reading

Very Nice Funerals (Rocky Start #2)

by Jennifer Crusie (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 30, 2025 02:23PM

“In general there should be gay characters in YA because a) surprise, there are gay folks everywhere and b) in my opinion as a father, there’s not a damn thing wrong with my child encountering gay folks in her literature, because see point a).”
― John Scalzi

tags: characters, gay, glbt, literature, raising-kids, writing, ya

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“Saddling another person with a book he did not ask for has always seemed to me like a huge psychological imposition, like forcing someone to eat a chicken biryani without so much as inquiring whether they like cilantro.”
― Joe Queenan

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“The librarians were mysterious. It was said they could tell what book you needed just by looking at you, and they could take your voice away with a word.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith

tags: librarians

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“When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.”
― John Scalzi, Old Man's War

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“Because to the poor, books are not diversions. Book are siege weapons.”
― Joe Queenan, One for the Books

tags: books, poverty

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