Leigh Hecking

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Leigh’s Notes & Highlights

The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda

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The change of season in this part of the world is never dramatic. It’s more like the gradual erosion of a boundary line every time a rain shower arrives to paint the old season over bit by bit, as the new one takes its time to turn ...more

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Leigh’s Quotes

“That’s what parenthood was about, wasn’t it? Slowly understanding your child less and less until she wasn’t yours anymore but herself.”
― Megan Abbott, You Will Know Me

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“My Dear,
Find what you love and let it kill you. Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness. Let it kill you and let it devour your remains. For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it's much better to be killed by a lover.
-Falsely yours”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: death, inspirational, love

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“you will have to fight your entire life. And that’s why you’ll always be better. Because you wanted it so much more.”
― Megan Abbott, Give Me Your Hand

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“We notice the silence of men. We depend upon the silence of women.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

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“[I was dreaming of you but]
just then
Dawn, in her golden sandals
[woke me]”
― Sappho, Poems and Fragments

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Leigh’s Groups

The Sapphic Squad — 7063 members — last activity May 23, 2026 03:53PM
A book group for reading sapphic books and connecting over our often-obscure favorites! At least for now we're predominantly-YA but adult recs are ALW ...more

YA Writers and Readers — 734 members — last activity Aug 27, 2025 11:11AM
Basically this group is just a place to read, recommend, and spend time talking about books. Involving a group book every month that we read and discu ...more

The YA Dystopian Book Club — 3042 members — last activity Mar 10, 2026 11:24PM
Do you enjoy YA Dystopia novels? Then, this is the place for you. We have monthly group reads, RaR's, challenges, fun games, and lots of discussions. ...more

Camp Aengus — 12 members — last activity Jun 02, 2018 10:22PM
You've heard of camp half blood have you? Well meet Camp Aengus, were people are demigods of instead of greek gods, people are demigods of The Irish, ...more

Top 5 Wednesday — 9775 members — last activity Apr 19, 2026 09:01AM
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

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