Karen Ng

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Karen’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (26)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1971)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
started-but-did-not-finish‎ (17)
added-by-hackers-wtf‎ (14)
non-fiction‎ (296)
family‎ (190)
all-time-favorites‎ (180)
advice‎ (156)
powerful-narrative-poignant‎ (145)
women-s-fiction‎ (132)

books-and-reading‎ (131)
loss-and-grief‎ (131)
memoir‎ (125)
brain-behavior‎ (123)
inspirational‎ (122)
21st-century-learning‎ (121)
history‎ (118)
aging‎ (114)
love‎ (113)
mother-daughter‎ (110)
humor‎ (108)
neuroscience‎ (107)

europe‎ (99)
asia‎ (94)
england-british-literature‎ (91)
fantasy‎ (87)
journey‎ (87)
sociology‎ (86)
page-turner‎ (84)
education‎ (83)
asian-american‎ (82)
information‎ (82)
friendship‎ (79)
father-daughter‎ (76)

community‎ (74)
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children‎ (71)
coming-of-age‎ (71)
young-adult‎ (68)
thrill-ride‎ (67)
biography‎ (66)
medical‎ (64)
war‎ (63)
crime‎ (60)
health‎ (59)
science‎ (59)

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Karen’s Quotes

“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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“Reality was utterly coolheaded and utterly lonely.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 Book 1

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“It's like the Tibetan Wheel of the Passions. As the wheel turns, the values and feelings on the outer rim rise and fall, shining or sinking into darkness. But true love stays fastened to the axle and doesn't move.”
― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

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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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“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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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 — 321714 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 — 2196 members — last activity Apr 25, 2026 10:17PM
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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