Karen Ng

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Karen’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (26)
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read‎ (1971)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
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added-by-hackers-wtf‎ (14)
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family‎ (190)
all-time-favorites‎ (180)
advice‎ (156)
powerful-narrative-poignant‎ (145)
women-s-fiction‎ (132)

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memoir‎ (125)
brain-behavior‎ (123)
inspirational‎ (122)
21st-century-learning‎ (121)
history‎ (118)
aging‎ (114)
love‎ (113)
mother-daughter‎ (110)
humor‎ (108)
neuroscience‎ (107)

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asia‎ (94)
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journey‎ (87)
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asian-american‎ (82)
information‎ (82)
friendship‎ (79)
father-daughter‎ (76)

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biography‎ (66)
medical‎ (64)
war‎ (63)
crime‎ (60)
health‎ (59)
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“In reality every reader is, while he is reading, the reader of his own self. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument which he offers to the reader to enable him to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have perceived in himself.”
― Marcel Proust

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“Love is not the absence of logic
but logic examined and recalculated
heated and curved to fit
inside the contours of the heart”
― Tammara Webber, Easy

tags: logic, love

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“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

tags: love

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“That's what the world is , after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

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“This Person You Love Will Take Your Life”
― Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us

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Karen’s Groups

Kinfolk Book Club — 34 members — last activity Aug 19, 2011 06:49PM
This is a book club for those of us who love to read and love to read on our Kindles.

Goodreads Librarians Group — 322270 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Moderator Support Group — 2197 members — last activity 38 minutes ago
For Moderators and Co-Moderators: This is a dedicated group for discussing ideas, sharing answers, and finding solutions with the challenges of runni ...more

The Study of the Mind: A Psychological Book Club — 2132 members — last activity Sep 12, 2023 04:49AM
This is a book club for those who love to read books about Psychology! Each month we will pick a book dealing with psychological topics, read it, and ...more

History, Medicine, and Science: Nonfiction and Fiction — 1541 members — last activity Oct 14, 2025 06:03PM
Discussion about the fascinating stories of our scientific and medical past

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