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If you’re not wearing lipstick and earrings, you might as well be naked, Esperanza used to say. It wasn’t until Jasmine was older that the true meaning sank in. Those things were armor against a world that had wanted to treat her
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“Anyone who prefers minimalism probably had everything growing up.”
― Happy Hour
― Happy Hour
“When I was a child, luxury was fur coats, evening dresses, and villas by the sea. Later on, I thought it meant leading the life of an intellectual. Now I feel that it is also being able to live out a passion for a man or a woman.”
― Simple Passion
― Simple Passion
“From the very beginning, and throughout the whole of our affair, I had the privilege of knowing what we all find out in the end: the man we love is a complete stranger.”
― Simple Passion
― Simple Passion
“One opposite of imagination is “efficiency.”
― Novelist as a Vocation
― Novelist as a Vocation
“I looked out over the beautiful expanse, bathed in soft yellow moonlight till it was almost as light as day. In the soft light the distant hills became melted, and the shadows in the valleys and gorges of velvety blackness.”
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Dragons & Tea Book Club
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— last activity Mar 01, 2024 07:14AM
Hello! This is a book club, hosted by four Asian book reviewers, dedicated to boosting marginalized voices and celebrating diverse books, while always ...more
Black Coffee
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— last activity Nov 17, 2025 12:15AM
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more
MoPOP Book Club
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— last activity Sep 29, 2020 03:06PM
The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, WA hosts a quarterly book club. We select books that connect to our collection of science fiction, fantasy, popu ...more
Early Modern History, 16th-18th Century
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— last activity Jun 18, 2022 11:43AM
This is a group for all those with an interest in Early Modern history (roughly from 1500-1800, though the 15th century is also fair game). My own int ...more
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
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