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Shelby Boyer
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There was a pervasive idea that girls were all on the brink of madness. It took much less than anyone had previously believed to push a girl over the edge. A single novel could do it. A complicated idea could do it. Having ambition and
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“I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.”
― The Poisonwood Bible
― The Poisonwood Bible
“When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?”
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“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
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“I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual”
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Shelby’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shelby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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113 friends
684 books
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232 books
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53 friends
536 books
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1,501 books
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601 books
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55 friends
358 books
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364 books
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66 friends
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