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This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1)

by Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author)

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The Anti-Heroes

by Jen Lancaster

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The Foiled Plan (War of Sins, #2)

by Veronica Lancet (Goodreads Author)

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Shirley’s Notes & Highlights

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it.

Shirley’s Quotes

“Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.”
― Jane Yolen, Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood

tags: childhood, disease, literature

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“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
― L.M. Montgomery

tags: beginnings, fresh-start, inspirational, mistake, mistakes, new-day, start-over, tomorrow

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“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

tags: inspirational

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“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Airman's Odyssey

tags: love

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“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...”
― Alfred Lord Tennyson

tags: happiness, hope, inspirational, new-year

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East Valley Women's Fiction Club — 15 members — last activity Sep 15, 2012 07:04PM
A group of savvy women in the East Valley who like to read and socailize.

unofficial theknitgirllls — 17 members — last activity Aug 20, 2015 06:38PM
A book group for viewers of the podcast The Knitgirllls. Keep each other motivated on your reading challenges, share your favorite books to read while ...more

The Scarlet Page Reading Room — 10 members — last activity May 16, 2023 05:16AM
A group for The Scarlet Page Bookstore. Share what you are reading, ask for recommendations Encourage other during the Reading Challenges

TheIntrovertBookClub — 818 members — last activity Sep 11, 2026 04:48PM
Hi my name is Ali 🤗. Welcome to the Introvert Book Club 📚 This is a cozy, low-pressure space. Read at your own pace, join the discussions when you’d ...more