Kara Ayers
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“That’s ridiculous. It didn’t even hurt that much. Besides, shouldn’t I get to be the one who decides what I can and can’t handle? I’m not so weak that I need to be protected from my own choices.”
“How much more could her heart break? A lot. It could and would break a lot more. There were, contrary to science, an infinite number of atriums and ventricles.”
― Vera, or Faith
― Vera, or Faith
“We’re not good at accountability because it requires vulnerability and discipline. We’re much better at blame, which is simply the discharging of anger and pain.”
― Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
― Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit
“So I'm only ten, she thought to herself. And then she imagined her future self, a middle-school Vera, a high-school Vera, a college Vera, a girlfriend Vera, a woman-in-STEM Vera, a mommy Vera, all looking back at this ten-year-old present-day, present-second Vera with all the pity and wonder and faith that older people needed to just get through the rest of their lives.”
― Vera, or Faith
― Vera, or Faith
“And if I told it right, she would learn everything that I know about love and desire and the colors, about this world and the hidden world, about the man with the red-and-gold voice who was almost the ruin of me. And she would know how I survived.”
― Hester
― Hester
“But that's how the universe worked, Vera thought. You wanted to believe someone was in a pretty place like heaven, but really everybody, herself included, was living in hell.”
― Vera, or Faith
― Vera, or Faith
The Next Best Book Club
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Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more
Productivity Book Group
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— last activity Oct 28, 2016 11:59AM
A virtual, personal productivity book discussion podcast. All are invited to read along and discuss these personal productivity and related books with ...more
Diversity in All Forms!
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— last activity Feb 12, 2026 07:43PM
This book club will engage participants on a variety of culturally relevant topics that have included (but are not limited to): ethnicity/race, countr ...more
Great Lakes LEND
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— last activity Jan 21, 2018 04:05PM
LEND training programs in the Great Lakes region will be reading and discussing a common book: For 2017-2018 year, the book is: What Matters: Reflect ...more
Newberry & Caldecott Reading Group
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— last activity Jan 30, 2021 01:14PM
Newberry Medal Winner and Honor books will be read as well as Caldecott Medal Winner and Honor books. Each month, there will be four books voted on on ...more
Kara’s 2025 Year in Books
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Children's, Crime, Fiction, Graphic novels, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Psychology, Suspense, and Thriller
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