Karen

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Karen’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (7727)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (5149)
did-not-finish‎ (9)
listened-to‎ (169)
currently-listening-to‎ (1)
ebook‎ (3073)
physical-book‎ (2981)
3-stars‎ (1675)
non-fiction‎ (1587)
library‎ (1469)
kindle‎ (1399)

crime‎ (1074)
mystery‎ (955)
2-stars‎ (866)
series‎ (839)
4-stars‎ (834)
historical-fiction‎ (666)
history‎ (524)
humour‎ (483)
2020‎ (423)
fantasy‎ (422)
2023‎ (379)
adventure‎ (375)

2021‎ (350)
book-bingo-2023‎ (349)
2024‎ (340)
2012‎ (337)
book-bingo-2024‎ (328)
2011‎ (314)
2025‎ (308)
2022‎ (305)
book-bingo-2022‎ (299)
favorites‎ (292)
audiobook‎ (290)
keeper‎ (285)

made-into-movies‎ (285)
thriller‎ (277)
2013‎ (266)
reading-challenges-2025‎ (264)
science‎ (250)
2019‎ (241)
cozy-mysteries‎ (230)
2016‎ (226)
action‎ (222)
fluff‎ (219)
adapted-for-tv‎ (214)
chick-lit‎ (214)

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Karen’s Quotes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one's face.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

tags: science

226 likes

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
― Groucho Marx

tags: books, humor, reading, television

23101 likes

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
― Marie Curie

tags: fear, life, science, understanding

2897 likes

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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