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In the short term, distractions can keep us from doing the things we want to do. In the longer term, however, they can accumulate and keep us from living the lives we want to live, or, even worse, undermine our capacities for reflection and
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“The final portrait is often furthest from the truth.”
― Columbine
― Columbine
“You can't really teach a kid anything: you can only show him the way and motivate him to learn it himself.”
― Columbine
― Columbine
“One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom.
We lived in the gaps between the stories.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
We lived in the gaps between the stories.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.”
― The Glass Castle
― The Glass Castle
Buzzwordathon
— 6250 members
— last activity Dec 23, 2025 10:31AM
The Buzzword Readathon (#buzzwordathon) is a monthly readathon, running the first week of each month (1st through 7th). Each month will have a designa ...more
Around the Year in 52 Books
— 10986 members
— last activity 16 hours, 15 min ago
~ 2026 Reading Challenge ~ 52 books for 52 weeks. Each week, members read the book of their choice for that week's challenge requirement. ▶︎ CURREN ...more
Alberta Lefties Reading Group
— 11 members
— last activity Mar 02, 2022 11:25AM
A group of friendly, politically-minded, curious Albertans. Group reads will include a variety of topics but will focus on explicitly leftist and inte ...more
Mount TBR 2016
— 173 members
— last activity Jan 20, 2017 09:18AM
This group is for those who would like to participate in the 2016 edition of the Mount TBR Reading Challenge which I am hosting on my blog My Reader's ...more
Mount TBR 2018
— 222 members
— last activity Jan 17, 2019 03:43AM
This group is for those who would like to participate in the 2018 edition of the Mount TBR Reading Challenge which I am hosting on my blog My Reader's ...more
Kendra’s 2025 Year in Books
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