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Book cover for Pilgrimage of Desire: An Explorer's Journey Through the Labyrinths of Life
writing was there for me the whole time, waiting for me to realize that the stories I had to tell were just as important as everyone else’s and that I could learn the skill needed to tell them.
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Sara Baume
“See how community is only a good thing when you're a part of it.”
Sara Baume

Matthew Quick
“Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.”
Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook

Michael Crichton
“Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.”
Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park

Astrid Lindgren
“A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.”
Astrid Lindgren

53316 Graphic Novel Reading Group — 5400 members — last activity Dec 30, 2025 08:11AM
This is a place where lovers of the Sequential Art form of Literature (graphic novels, comic books, manga, etc.) can get together and talk about their ...more
12544 The Life of a Book Addict — 12152 members — last activity 5 hours, 7 min ago
We now read at "On the Same Page." ...more
37092 Writers and Readers — 3102 members — last activity Dec 21, 2025 09:20AM
A group for writers and readers to meet and discuss books and the writing process. The group allows promotion of books, but please post in the designa ...more
233 ¡ POETRY ! — 22583 members — last activity Dec 24, 2025 01:37PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read ...more
26989 Goodreads Authors/Readers — 55735 members — last activity 1 hour, 38 min ago
This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more
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