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2017‎ (106)
2022‎ (92)
2018‎ (88)
2019‎ (85)
2021‎ (80)
2023‎ (79)

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2012‎ (75)
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kindle‎ (65)
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bingo‎ (50)
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2016‎ (42)

amazon-first-reads‎ (39)
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challenges‎ (16)
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Melanie’s Quotes

“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
― Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love

tags: death, life

17166 likes

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

60405 likes

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: inspirational, life, yourself

27369 likes

“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
― Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark

1730 likes

“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

tags: books

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Melanie’s Groups

For Love of a Book — 6481 members — last activity 1 hour, 22 min ago
This group was created to connect lovers of stories across the internet with their characters and plotlines, dreams and recommendations. Bibliophiles ...more

Turn of a Page — 3358 members — last activity 1 hour, 4 min ago
Welcome! We are a challenge group. We offer new challenges monthly, readathons, buddy reads, BOTM, SOTM, and a badge system we call Buttons!

A Million More Pages — 2180 members — last activity 1 hour, 26 min ago
Welcome! A Million More Pages (AMMP) is a reading group built around challenge-based reading, hosting seasonal challenges that encourage exploration, ...more

Game Night — 1142 members — last activity 1 hour, 17 min ago
We host team and individual reading games based on board games, game shows, dice games & all things fun! Choose one game or play them all... It's up ...more