Barbara

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Barbara’s Bookshelves

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currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (3220)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
gave-up‎ (2)
mystery‎ (1471)
mystery-paranormal‎ (534)

fiction‎ (156)
romantic-suspense‎ (132)
suspense‎ (962)
mystery-cozy‎ (865)
paranormal-fiction‎ (289)
mystery-historical‎ (175)
thriller‎ (169)

mystery-romance‎ (57)
mystery-humorous‎ (56)
fiction-suspense-mystery‎ (35)
womens-fiction‎ (32)
romance‎ (30)
fantasy-sci-fi‎ (29)
humorous‎ (23)

non-fiction‎ (15)
police-procedural‎ (6)
family-saga‎ (5)
romance-historical‎ (4)
memoir‎ (3)
topical-current-issues‎ (1)

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Barbara’s Quotes

“Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.”
― Judith Viorst, Love and Guilt and the Meaning of Life, Etc.

tags: chocolate, strength

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“There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal.”
― Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys

tags: life

997 likes

“When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.”
― Jean Fritz

1077 likes

“People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.”
― Saul Bellow

tags: book-lovers, libraries, reading

3599 likes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

136238 likes

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Ask Tess Gerritsen - September 23, 2012 — 431 members — last activity Sep 18, 2013 03:30PM
Join us on Sunday, September 23, 2012 for a special discussion with Internationally bestselling author, Tess Gerritsen. Tess will be discussing her wo ...more

Ask Rhys Bowen, Deborah Crombie, and Charles Todd! — 433 members — last activity Nov 14, 2019 09:49PM
Join us on Wednesday, February 19th for a special discussion with authors Rhys Bowen, Deborah Crombie, and Charles Todd! The authors will be answering ...more

Neja's Book Club — 319 members — last activity Feb 05, 2026 02:05PM
Even if you have read one good book in your life, you will know what reading gives. It gives you incomparable pleasure. Join this Book Club and share ...more

Food Book Club — 990 members — last activity Sep 24, 2026 06:09AM
I always wanted to have a Book Club. I was always a bookworm. But, because I think there's a lot of cool groups here on Goodreads I thought it would b ...more

International Book Club — 479 members — last activity Dec 24, 2025 09:38AM
Want a place that is very relaxed. Want a club where you can read whatever you want? Then you found the right group. International Book Club has been ...more

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