Jessie B

https://dwellinpossibilityblog.wordpress.com

Jessie’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (3576)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1348)
fiction‎ (469)
books-i-own-read‎ (377)
historicalfiction‎ (306)
borrowed-from-library‎ (274)
literary-fiction‎ (194)
non-fiction‎ (191)
kindle-books-i-own‎ (185)
contemporary‎ (180)
set-in-england‎ (178)

books-i-own-tbr‎ (161)
modernclassics‎ (136)
mystery-thriller-suspense‎ (133)
classics‎ (109)
1930s‎ (73)
in-translation‎ (71)
translated‎ (68)
london‎ (65)
romance‎ (65)
wwii‎ (64)
read-on-oyster‎ (59)
victorian‎ (59)

wit‎ (59)
novella‎ (57)
winter‎ (57)
20th-century‎ (54)
art-arthistory‎ (50)
gothic‎ (50)
nineteenth-century‎ (47)
regency‎ (44)
feminism‎ (43)
1920s‎ (41)
janeite‎ (40)
lgbtq‎ (40)

magical-realism-fantasy‎ (40)
history‎ (34)
nyc‎ (34)
coming-of-age‎ (32)
holiday‎ (32)
memoir‎ (32)
autobiography‎ (28)
favorites‎ (27)
persephonebooks‎ (27)
dual-timeline‎ (26)
ireland‎ (26)
summer‎ (26)

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Jessie’s Quotes

“I am a restlessness inside a stillness inside a restlessness.”
― Dodie Smith (Cassandra Mortmain, I Capture the Castle), I Capture the Castle

tags: love, young

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“As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.”
― Georgette Heyer, Venetia

tags: desires, promises

1678 likes

“What better way to get to know someone than through her choice and treatment of books? ”
― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

302 likes

“No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: judgmental-people, racism

388 likes

“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.”
― Rebecca West

tags: feminism, qotd

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Persephone Books — 1417 members — last activity 4 hours, 20 min ago
Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more

The Classics Club — 242 members — last activity Jul 02, 2023 12:46PM
This group is made up of members of the Classics Book Club. Members who happen to be part of Goodreads can meet here to share links, post reviews, etc ...more

Top 5 Wednesday — 9797 members — last activity Dec 09, 2025 10:01AM
Welcome to the official group page of the T5W! This weekly book meme officiated in November 2013 and is still going strong! Join the group to become a ...more

Tome Topple Readathon — 3000 members — last activity Sep 10, 2023 03:39PM
The next round of the Tome Topple Readathon will take place from midnight in your time zone on February 7th to 11:59pm in your time zone on February 2 ...more

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon — 4429 members — last activity 28 minutes ago
Our next readathon will be April 18-19, 2026. We'll start reading at 8am Eastern Time April 18th, and end at 8am April 19th.. ...more

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