Laura

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Laura is Currently Reading

Laura is currently reading

Beasts of a Little Land

by Juhea Kim (Goodreads Author)

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— Jun 23, 2026 09:32AM

Jun 20, 2026 08:22PM

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The Blue Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang

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— Jun 25, 2026 08:46AM

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The Tin Men (Scott Brodie & Maggie Taylor, #3)

by Nelson DeMille

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“The thing that nobody warned you about adulthood was the number of decisions you’d have to make, the number of times you’d have to depend on an unreliable gut to point you in the right direction, the number times you’d still feel like an eight-year-old, waiting for your parents to step in and save you from peril.”
― Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had

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“Each time, when I hear what comes out of my mouth—so inadequate, so small compared to what I had experienced while reading—I feel like I’ve snatched the story from the author’s hands and trampled it underfoot.”
― Erin Bartels, The Words between Us

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“I just wanted everyone to be happy...It's hard, though, when everyone carries around a heart inside them that is so loud and so strong and so easily broken.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

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“It feels scary to talk, because once the words are out, you can’t put them back in. But if you write words and they don’t come out the way you want them to, you can erase them and start over.”
― Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary

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“The beautiful thing about the piano is that you got white keys and you got black keys. And the only way to make the most beautiful, magnificent, and poetic noise is with both sets of keys working in tandem. You can’t just play all white keys, because you won’t maximize what the instrument has to offer. You can’t just play all black keys, because you won’t maximize what the instrument has to offer. But integrate the white and black keys together, and that is when the piano makes a joyful noise.”
― Emmanuel Acho, Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

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