Kristen

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Kristen is Currently Reading

Kristen is currently reading

Nellie Taft: The Unconventional First Lady of the Ragtime Era – An Archival Biography of Co-Presidency and Women's Rights Advocacy

by Carl Sferrazza Anthony

bookshelves: currently-reading, biographicalish, presidential-political-biographie, 2024

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Mar 03, 2024 06:44PM

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Doctor Zhivago

by Boris Pasternak

bookshelves: 1001, currently-reading, 2023

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Mar 18, 2023 08:19AM

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Agnes Gray

by Anne Brontë

bookshelves: 1001, currently-reading, 2020

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Kristen’s Quotes

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

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“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

tags: love, mr-darcy

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“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”
― Sir Francis Bacon

tags: books, reading

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“I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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“What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.”
― Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History

tags: books, education, reading

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Our Shared Shelf — 223083 members — last activity Jan 26, 2026 06:48AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 310091 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

The Casual Vacancy Book Club — 933 members — last activity Mar 11, 2015 03:53PM
Are you eagerly anticipating the new J.K. Rowling book The Casual Vacancy? If so, this is the group for you! We'll be hosting a week-long read-along, ...more

First They Killed My Father Film - Book Club — 781 members — last activity Oct 19, 2017 05:13PM
Netflix & Goodreads have teamed up for an exciting opportunity for you to join a discussion and be entered to win! Directed by Angelina Jolie, First T ...more