Leigh Hecking

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Leigh’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Night Country (The Hazel Wood, #2)

The Night Country (The Hazel Wood, #2) by Melissa Albert

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That boy, the one who’d saved me, then let me go. In my memory he was soft and hard and shining. Eyes a carbonated color and smile with secrets in it, good ones and bad. You are one of those impossible things.

The Aosawa Murders

by Riku Onda

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The Farm

by Joanne Ramos

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Leigh’s Quotes

“People think that intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realize you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me'- that's intimacy.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

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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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“Are all these books doors?'
'A book is always a door.”
― Melissa Albert, The Night Country

tags: books, doors, doorways, escape, escapism, melissa-albert, reading, the-night-country

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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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“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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Leigh’s Groups

The Sapphic Squad — 6762 members — last activity Dec 07, 2025 05:19AM
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 — 740 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 — 3057 members — last activity Nov 22, 2025 07:14AM
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 — 9815 members — last activity Nov 06, 2025 12:03PM
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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