September

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September’s Bookshelves

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currently-reading‎ (10)
read‎ (969)
dnf-or-on-hold‎ (124)
series‎ (757)
fantasy‎ (583)
sci-fi‎ (572)
non-fiction‎ (384)
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young-adult-childrens‎ (314)

romance‎ (305)
historical-fiction‎ (208)
dystopian-and-post-apocalyptic‎ (204)
mystery-detective‎ (190)
thriller-suspense‎ (174)
media-ebooks‎ (161)
nf-psychology‎ (160)
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fiction‎ (114)
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September is Currently Reading

September is currently reading

The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy, historical-fiction, series

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Feb 05, 2026 10:45PM

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Ash Princess (Ash Princess Trilogy, #1)

by Laura Sebastian (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy, media-audio, romance, series, young-adult-childrens

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Feb 01, 2026 09:58PM

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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain

by Lisa Feldman Barrett (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, nf-psychology, nf-science, nf-sociology, non-fiction

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September’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently

Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently by Beau Lotto

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Doubt is the genesis of powerful, deviating possibilities. In this way, the human brain is able to shed constricting assumptions and see beyond the utility with which the past has trained it to see. As I like to say, the cash is in the ...more

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September’s Quotes

“I do not know when I am being what they want me to be and when I am myself.”
― Jeff VanderMeer, Borne

tags: authenticity, conflict, expectations, identity, personal-growth, self-awareness, self-doubt

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“What is it about a woman in full control of herself that is so utterly frightening?”
― Rachel Harrison, Cackle

tags: cackle, female-empowerment, female-protagonist, women-empowerment, womens-rights

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“and I know I was going somewhere with this, I just seem to have followed the sentence into a blind alley only to wake up later with a headache and my pockets empty of spare vocabulary. Again. Where was I when I lost you?”
― Isabel Pelech, Echoes of the Ancients

tags: rambling

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“Christian supremacy is predicated on an exceptionalism that is so impossible that it requires adherents to denigrate others and bring them low in order to find the elevation they desperately fear they need to be loved by God.”
― Jamie Arpin-Ricci

tags: christian-supremacy, christianity, exceptionalism, god, love, pride, supremacy

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“Every time you abandon a part of yourself to make someone else comfortable, you dilute your power.”
― Ronda K. Salazar, Roar Like A Woman: 35 Empowering Words to Unleash Your Inner Lioness

tags: authenticity, boundaries, personal-power, self-respect, women

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