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Kai is Currently Reading

Kai Gordon is currently reading

Assistant to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #1)

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (Goodreads Author)

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— Mar 05, 2026 09:40PM

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The Briar Club

by Kate Quinn (Goodreads Author)

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The Secret History

by Donna Tartt

bookshelves: thriller, classics, fiction, mystery, contemporary, currently-reading

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A wind has come and gone, taking apart the mind; it has left in its wake a strange lucidity. How privileged you are, to be passionately clinging to what you love; the forfeit of hope has not destroyed you. —Louise Glück, “October”

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Kai’s Quotes

“There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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Transgender Book Club — 413 members — last activity Feb 04, 2026 11:23PM
Originally spawned from a small community on tumblr, this group was started for trans people to come together and discuss books. The main intent of th ...more

Hugo & Nebula Awards: Best Novels — 2118 members — last activity 23 hours, 8 min ago
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

LGBTQIAPN+ Safe Space — 71 members — last activity Mar 06, 2026 04:13AM
This group welcomes anyone and everyone! In this group we talk about real world problems that we think the LGBTQ+ community should have a say in. We a ...more

Transgender Book Club — 59 members — last activity Feb 26, 2026 06:29PM
A book club that hopes to bring together people under the trans umbrella.

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