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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting." ”
― Quotes To Enrich Life & Spirit - From Buddha through Gandhi to Zen
― Quotes To Enrich Life & Spirit - From Buddha through Gandhi to Zen
“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
Banned Books
— 5189 members
— last activity 6 hours, 53 min ago
To celebrate our love of reading books that people see fit to ban throughout the world. We abhor censorship and promote freedom of speech.
FABClub (Female Authors Book Club)
— 652 members
— last activity May 16, 2025 05:56PM
We read books written by female authors and then we talk about them. All gender identities are welcome to become members of this group. All book selec ...more
The F-word
— 5763 members
— last activity Jan 16, 2026 02:23PM
This is our reading group for anybody who loves to read and identifies as a feminist. We'll be reading a variety of books that may fall into one of th ...more
Our Shared Shelf
— 222866 members
— last activity Apr 16, 2026 03:14AM
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
Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge
— 26920 members
— last activity 5 hours, 25 min ago
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more
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