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LJ is Currently Reading

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Lady X

by Molly Fader (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: women-s-fiction, historical-fiction, currently-reading, 2026

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LJ’s Notes & Highlights

The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe

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My aunt was a difficult woman to know because her personality was almost entirely eclipsed by exhaustion.

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by Laurie Frankel

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by Minka Kent

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“So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

tags: love, marriage

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“I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

tags: love

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“I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours. ”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

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“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
― Joseph Addison

tags: mind, reading

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“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

tags: philosophy, wisdom

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