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Liz is Currently Reading

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All the President's Men

by Carl Bernstein

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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

by Caroline Criado Pérez

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Liz’s Notes & Highlights

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Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was by Angélica Gorodischer

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Long is the history of the Empire, very long, so long that a whole life dedicated to study and research isn’t enough to know it wholly. There are names, events, years, centuries that remain dark, that are recorded in some folio of some ...more

Liz’s Quotes

“When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day.”
― Jean Fritz

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“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

tags: philosophy

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“Very young children love and demand stories, and can understand complex matters presented as stories, when their powers of comprehending general concepts, paradigms, are almost nonexistent.”
― Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

tags: children-s-books, fiction, narrative, stories, storytelling

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Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 26979 members — last activity Jun 26, 2026 12:04AM
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more

Casual Readers — 402 members — last activity May 09, 2024 01:04PM
This group is for... duh, casual readers. You don't have to be a hardcore bibliophile to fit in here. Join us for casual discussions, friends and fun! ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222795 members — last activity Jun 22, 2026 07:51AM
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

The History Book Club — 26263 members — last activity 15 hours, 26 min ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

Hugo & Nebula Awards: Best Novels — 2154 members — last activity Jun 24, 2026 07:58AM
This group is for like-minded people who want to read all of the Hugo and Nebula winners and runners-up. The Hugo Awards are chosen by the fans. The ...more

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