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Kai is Currently Reading

Kai Gordon is currently reading

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

by Ocean Vuong

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When the Tides Held the Moon

by Venessa Vida Kelley (Goodreads Author)

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When the Harvest Comes

by Denne Michele Norris

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Kai’s Notes & Highlights

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

200 highlights

First, I got myself born. A decent crowd was on hand to watch, and they’ve always given me that much: the worst of the job was up to me, my mother being let’s just say out of it. On any other day they’d have seen her outside on the deck of ...more

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Heartwood

by Amity Gaige

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The Lost Story

by Meg Shaffer

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Kai’s Quotes

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

tags: inner-strength, mahatma-gandhi, strength, will

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

tags: books, reading

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“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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Transgender Book Club — 405 members — last activity Jun 27, 2025 06:43PM
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

All the Books! — 528 members — last activity Nov 22, 2025 04:08AM
This is a group where we have fun, make new friends, and read some good books! The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.

LGBTQIAPN+ Safe Space — 67 members — last activity Nov 08, 2025 08:45AM
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 — 51 members — last activity May 18, 2025 03:46PM
A book club that hopes to bring together people under the trans umbrella.

Hooked on Books — 4622 members — last activity 15 minutes ago
📕Group News & Upcoming Challenges 📗Welcome New Members 📘Buddy Reads: Sign ups / Find a Buddy 📙Current Challenges *By joining the group, you agree to ...more

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