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Kathleen is Currently Reading

Kathleen is currently reading

The Witches

by Roald Dahl

bookshelves: currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in October 2016

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Oct 13, 2016 08:02PM

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Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

by Jonathan Maberry (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: horror, currently-reading

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Aug 07, 2026 01:13PM

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The Tale of Despereaux

by Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author)

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Jul 17, 2026 11:35AM

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His palm skin tents outward. Jay feels the point of the beak grind against a hand bone. Blood, thicker and darker, syrups out. The pain is polychromatic, barbed wire through every nerve, white blindness.

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery

by Brom

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True Crime

by Samantha Kolesnik

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Kathleen’s Quotes

“The weariest nights, the longest days, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.”
― Baroness Emmuska Orczy

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Our Shared Shelf — 222848 members — last activity Aug 14, 2026 07:48AM
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

Literary Society — 3 members — last activity Feb 28, 2016 05:02PM
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Our Shelf — 2 members — last activity Dec 28, 2018 04:31AM
Books we want to read together

2019 Bluebird Bluebird Readalong — 19 members — last activity Apr 12, 2019 01:35PM
Reading & discussing Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke in honor of #MarchMysteryMadness ...more

Horror Spotlight — 1407 members — last activity Mar 20, 2023 07:29AM
We read diverse horror. Our readalongs take place on our discord server each month.

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