Eleise

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Eleise’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Lady Tan's Circle of Women

Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See

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“Always remember your place in the world. If you follow these rules, you will establish yourself as a true and proper human being.”

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“ageing is nothing to be ashamed of especially when the entire human race is in it together although sometimes it seems that she alone among her friends wants to celebrate getting older because it’s such a privilege to not die prematurely,”
― Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

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“the house breathes differently when Yazz isn’t there waiting for her to return and create some noise and chaos”
― Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

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“Yazz was the miracle she never thought she wanted, and having a child really did complete her, something she rarely confided because it somehow seemed anti-feminist”
― Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

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“she didn’t tell them she’d taken her father for granted and carried her blinkered, self-righteous perspective of him from childhood through to his death, when in fact he’d done nothing wrong except fail to live up to her feminist expectations of him”
― Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other

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“Why wasn’t friendship as good as a relationship? Why wasn’t it even better? It was two people who remained together, day after day, bound not by sex or physical attraction or money or children or property, but only by the shared agreement to keep going, the mutual dedication to a union that could never be codified.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

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Eleise’s Groups

The Reading For Pleasure Book Club — 3836 members — last activity 5 hours, 21 min ago
This is a book club where we will share our current reads in ebooks, regular books, audiobooks, graphic novels and more. This is where we can all shar ...more

Shelf Awareness — 250 members — last activity Jun 25, 2023 06:55AM
Welcome to Shelf Awareness!! Here we will be having: ◾BOTM! ◾MOTW! ◾Buddy reads! ◾Thrilling games! ◾Bookish talks! ◾Challenges! ◾Review contests! A ...more

EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club — 28480 members — last activity 58 minutes ago
Click HERE for the latest group announcements. "It reminded me of ____ but in space." "I read ____ in high school, and actually liked it." "It's ...more

The book you like most — 49124 members — last activity 2 hours, 7 min ago
This group (ranked in the TOP 100 most popular groups on Goodreads) is dedicated to the "Vision and Story" project. Additionally, the group THE BOOK ...more

Literally Dead Book Club — 16524 members — last activity Feb 18, 2026 12:04PM
A mostly monthly book club (February-November) focused on thriller/mystery/horror hosted by BooksandLala and a rotating set of wonderful co-hosts! li ...more

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