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Laura is Currently Reading

Laura is currently reading

The Bass Rock

by Evie Wyld (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: age-adult-fiction-to-read, genre-historical-fiction-to-read, book-standalones-to-read, europe-great-britain-scotland, europe, europe-great-britain, currently-reading

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An Archive of Romance (A Study in Drowning)

by Ava Reid (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2020s, author-female, genre-novella-to-read, genre-fantasy-to-read, dark-academia, age-ya-fiction-to-read, genre-gothic-to-read, physical-tbr, short-books-under-250-pages-to-read, currently-reading

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We Free the Stars (Sands of Arawiya, #2)

by Hafsah Faizal (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: physical-tbr, currently-reading

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Laura’s Quotes

“To love another person is to see the face of God.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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“Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers. How delightful if that were true.”
― Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

tags: reading

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“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow

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“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: mischief

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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy

tags: change, tolstoy

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The Hopefuls — 3618 members — last activity May 22, 2026 05:20PM
Just a place for Hopefuls to share books, friendship and love.

Around the Year in 52 Books — 11592 members — last activity 2 hours, 20 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

Perustopia Book Club — 16563 members — last activity Jun 09, 2026 07:03PM
Hello everybody! Regan and I are teaming up and decided to make a book club where we can all read awesome books together each month! We will also hav ...more

Top 5 Wednesday — 9750 members — last activity Aug 06, 2026 08:07PM
Welcome to the official group page of the T5W! This weekly book meme officiated in November 2013 and is still going strong! Join the group to become a ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222881 members — last activity Sep 07, 2026 09:03PM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

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